True Believers: Conan - Queen of the Black Coast! #1

(March 2019)

Queen of the Black Coast! (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script

Robert E. Howard (original story); Roy Thomas (adaptation)

Pencils

John Buscema

Inks

Steve Gan

Colors

Michele Wolfman

Letters

John Costanza; Joe Rosen

Job Number

JV149

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan; Royal Guard; Captain Tito (dies); Yusef (in flashback); Tara (in flashback); Captain in the Royal Guard (in flashback, dies); Sergeant Vorio; Ephemero Portus (in flashback, dies); Sirens; Bêlit; Black Corsairs; Odongo (dies); N'yaga

Synopsis

Conan barely escapes the law in Messantia by boarding a ship heading due south. Off the coast of Kush, the ship is unexpectedly boarded by the pirate queen Bêlit and her Black Corsairs. Conan is offered a chance to live if he can defeat the warrior Odongo in battle. Conan is victorious and Odongo dies. Bêlit is impressed by Conan – they quickly become lovers and Conan her second-in-command.

Reprints

• from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #58 (January 1976)

Keywords

Argos; Falcon (ship); Khemi; Kush; Messantia; River Styx; Shem; Stygia; Tigress (ship)

Indexer Notes

Technically, the first appearance of Bêlit is in Giant-Size Conan #1, as a small (blonde!) figure in a flashback panel. This is the first full appearance.