Conan the Barbarian #24 [British]

(March 1973)

The Song of Red Sonja (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 20 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 (credited as Barry Smith)

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

Job Number

1225-Z

Feature Logo

Conan the Barbarian [splash page masthead, curved letters]

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan; Red Sonja; Big Jax (introduction); Eannatum; Melissandra; Kharam-Akkad

Synopsis

Setting: Makkalet. Conan and Red Sonja start a bar-fight, bathe in a fountain, scale temple walls, break in and steal a snake-tiara, and fight a magical snake. At the end Sonja tricks Conan, and leaves for Pah-Disha.

Awards

• Shazam Award - Best Individual Story (Dramatic) (1973)

Reprints

• in Conan (Condor, 1979 series) #3
• in Kung-Fu (Editorial OEPISA, 1974 series) #65
• in The Avengers (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #103 (September 6, 1975) [Pages 1-7 only with alterations]
• in The Avengers Annual (World Distributors, 1976 series) #1978 (Christmas 1977)
• in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #15 (1977)
• in Conan (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #3 (1er trimestre 1978) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]]
• in Conan de barbaar (Oberon, 1979 series) #3 (1979)
• in The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #82 (November 1982)
which is reprinted
• in La Espada Salvaje de Conan el Bárbaro (Novedades, 1988 series) #25 (May 22, 1989)
• in Conan el Bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #80 ([enero 1986]), #81 ([febrero 1986])
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #8 (December 1987)
• in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #10/1991 ([oktober] 1991)
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) #4/2007 ([juli] 2007)
• in Conan Maxipocket (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2011 series) #3 - Frostgudens datter ([august] 2012)
• in Conan Le Barbare (Semic S.A., 1990 series) #37 (juin 1993)
• in Conan Saga (Comic Art, 1993 series) #4 (Marzo 1994)
• in Conan el bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #24 (diciembre 1998)
• in Essential Conan (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (July 2000) [black and white]
• in The Chronicles of Conan (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #4 - The Song of Red Sonja and Other Stories (2004), #4 - The Song of Red Sonja and Other Stories (2004) [a detail from "The Song of Red Sonja" p1]
• 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, 2018 series) #1 (2018)

Indexer Notes

Red Sonja story continues in Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #1

Four or Five Phenomenal Flashes, Fitfully Fashioned to Fight Lethargy! (Or: Those Wedding Bells are Waking Up That Old Bullpen Gang of Mine!) (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Roy, Barry, and Dan, Conan the Barbarian #19...

Feature Logo

The Hyborian Page

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery

Reprints

• in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (2018)

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Lon Wolve, R. Benitz and Keith Taylor. Roy Thomas responds and announces Barry Smith's final departure as Conan the Barbarian artist. Incidentally, Roy's responses to R. Benitz and Keith Taylor are mistakenly transposed. Includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.