Conan the Barbarian #59 [British]

(February 1976)

The Ballad of Belit! (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

John Buscema

Inks

Steve Gan

Colors

Michele Wolfman

Letters

Joe Rosen

Job Number

JV177

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan; Black Corsairs [Bêlit (origin); M'Gora; N'yaga the Shaman]; nameless Stygian priest; King Athrahasis (Belit's father, in flashback, dies?); the Shemite Royal Guard (in flashback); King Nim-Karrak (Belit's uncle, in flashback); Chief Uzumi (dies, in flashback); Bird-Riders; Birds-That-Run; Derketa [Goddess of Death] (mentioned, in flashback); Dagon (mentioned, in flashback); Blood-Crazed Baboon (in flashback, dies); Man-Eating Leopard (in flashback, dies); Mound-Dwellers (in flashback)

Synopsis

Conan hears the story of Bêlit from N’yaga's lips. Bêlit is the rightful heir to the throne Asaglun. When she was a child, her uncle Nim-Karrak overthrew and killed her father, the king. N'yaga saved her life and rejoined his tribe, where he spread the legend that Bêlit was the daughter of Derketa, goddess of death. Bêlit grew up to become the best warrior of the tribe. The jealous Chief Uzumi sent her on a suicide mission to reclaim a relic from the Mound-Dwellers, but ended up getting killed himself. As the new chief, Bêlit turned to piracy in order to raise funds for her revenge.

Reprints

• in Conan le Barbare (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #6 - La tigresse de la côte noire ([octobre] 1980)
• in Conan (Condor, 1979 series) #8 (1982)
• in Conan el Bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #5 ([marzo 1983])
• in Conan de Barbaar Special (Juniorpress, 1985 series) #1 (1985)
• in Magnum (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1988 series) #7/1988 ([oktober] 1988)
which is reprinted
• in Pocketserien (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1995 series) #3 - Conan ([oktober] 1995)
• in Conan Maxi (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2002 series) #4 - Sagaen om Belit! ([november] 2003) [bearbeidet oversettelse]
which is reprinted
• in Conan Krønikene (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2005 series) #24 ([april] 2011)
• in Conan Maxipocket (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2011 series) #4 - Sagaen om Belit ([oktober] 2012)
• in Conan (Semic, 1990 series) #2/1991 ([28 februari] 1991)
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #51 (June 1991)
• in La Aventura de Conan: Antología 15 Años (Planeta DeAgostini, 1997 series) (Noviembre 1997)
• in Conan el bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #60 (mayo 2000)
• in The Chronicles of Conan (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #8 - The Tower of Blood and Other Stories (August 2005)
• in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #3 (2019)
• in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Epic Collection (Marvel, 2020 series) #4 - Queen of the Black Coast (2021)

Keywords

Asgalun (city-state); Khemi; Kush; Liquid Silver; Shem; Silver-Eye of Dagon; Stygia; the Silver Isles; Tigress (ship)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Hyborian Page / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

John Buscema; Gil Kane (illustrations)

Inks

Tom Palmer; Tom Palmer (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Conan

Reprints

• in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #3 (2019)

Indexer Notes

Editorial on the background and history of Belit. Letters from Carl Waluconis, Fernando Pereira, Edward Via, Marvin Sander, Kim Thompson. Also includes Marvel Value Stamp Series B #33.

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