Conan the Barbarian #16 [British]

(July 1972)

The Frost Giant's Daughter (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith) (signed as Barry Smith)

Inks

Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith) (signed as Barry Smith)

Colors

Barry Windsor-Smith

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

Feature Logo

Conan the Barbarian!

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan; Hymdul; Horsa; Niord; Gorm; Atali; Frost Giants

Synopsis

Setting: Snowy battlefield. Conan chases Atali across the snow, slays her two frost giant brothers, and catches her. Her father, Ymir then takes her from Conan.

Reprints

• from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #1 (May 1971) [pp. 2-12; modified]
• in The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #1 (August 1974) [black and white]
which is reprinted
• in Die Sprechblase (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1978 series) #17 (15 Dezember 1978)
• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #2/1985 ([februari] 1985)
• in Conan der Barbar (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1982 series) #6 (1986)
• in La Aventura de Conan: Antología 15 Años (Planeta DeAgostini, 1997 series) (Noviembre 1997)
• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 ([March] 2019)
• in Dracula (Arédit-Artima, 1974 series) #17 (2ème trimestre 1978) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Conan (Ace Books, 1978 series) #5 (11696) (1978) [reformatted]
• in Conan de barbaar (Oberon, 1979 series) #3 (1979)
• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #3/1985 (uke 10 1985)
which is reprinted
• in Conan Maxi (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2002 series) #3 - Frostgudens datter ([juli] 2003) [bearbeidet oversettelse]
which is reprinted
• in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #1/2006 ([januar] 2006)
• in Conan Maxipocket (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2011 series) #3 - Frostgudens datter ([august] 2012)
• in Conan el Bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #76 ([diciembre 1985])
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #6 (October 1987) [in this form; which was from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #1 (May 1971) with one page added and some editing]
• in Havoc (Marvel UK, 1991 series) #1 (13th July 1991) [Pages 1 to 7 only.], #2 (20th July 1991) [Pages 8 to 12 only.]
• in Conan Saga (Comic Art, 1993 series) #3 (Febbraio 1994)
• in Conan el bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #16 (Septiembre 1998)
• in Essential Conan (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (July 2000) [black and white]
• in The Chronicles of Conan (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #2 - Rogues in the House and Other Stories (2003)
• in Savage Sword of Conan (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #1 (December 2007)
• in The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #2 (May 2010)
• in Conan el Bárbaro. Edición 35 Aniversario (Planeta DeAgostini, 2017 series) (Marzo 2017)
• in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 ([January] 2019)
• in Conan (Condor, 1979 series) #3

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the short story by Robert E. Howard; coloring credits acknowledged by Barry Windsor-Smith in Spectrum Super Special #3 [2005]

This story exists in several different versions. The original version was published in Savage Tales #1, 11 pages in black and white. The second version was published in Conan the Barbarian #16 with an extra splash page, in total 12 pages in color (with some nudity covered up). The third version was published in Savage Sword of Conan #1, 12 pages in black and white (original black-and-white version plus the extra splash page with ink washes applied).

The Sword and the Sorcerers! (Table of Contents: 2)

Starr the Slayer / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)

Inks

Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)

Colors

Barry Windsor-Smith

Letters

Jean Simek (as Jean Izzo)

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Trull the Wizard; Morro; Starr the Slayer

Synopsis

Setting: Zardath. In this early prototype of Conan, Starr the Slayer kills a Wizard, then travels to the present and kills his writer.

Reprints

• from Chamber of Darkness (Marvel, 1969 series) #4 (April 1970)
• in L'Inattendu (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #10 (4ème trimestre 1977) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Conan de barbaar (Oberon, 1979 series) #3 (1979)
• in Conan el Bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #75 ([noviembre 1985])
• in Conan Le Barbare (Semic S.A., 1990 series) #32 (octobre 1992)
• in Conan Saga (Comic Art, 1993 series) #3 (Febbraio 1994)
• in Conan el bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #16 (Septiembre 1998)

Indexer Notes

Smith recolored story, as noted in the letters page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Hyborian Page / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

The Hyborian Page

Reprints

• in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 ([January] 2019)

Indexer Notes

Special Surprise Note; letters from Tom Steinke and Jeffrey May.

Incredible, Inedible Info to Stun Your Six Senses and Soothe Your Secret Soul! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

The Hyborian Age of Conan (Table of Contents: 5)

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robert E. Howard; ?

Pencils

Barry Windsor-Smith (as Barry Smith)

Inks

Barry Windsor-Smith (as Barry Smith)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery

Reprints

• in Essential Conan (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (July 2000) [black and white]
• in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 ([January] 2019)