Conan the Barbarian #7

(July 1971)

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Conan the Barbarian / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script:

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

Pencils:

Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]

Inks:

Sal Buscema; Dan Adkins

Colors:

Mimi Gold

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Genre:

fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery

Characters:

Conan; "Son of Set" (a serpent-man, introduction, death); Demetrio (introduction); Aztrias (introduction, death); Dionus (introduction, death); Kallian (introduction, death); Arus (introduction, death); Thoth-Amon

Synopsis:

Conan saves Lady Aztrias of Numalia from a pack of wolves. She hires Conan to steal from the wealthy merchant Kallian, who temporarily houses a mysterious bowl from Stygia, said to contain a great treasure. Conan burgles the merchant's house, finds the bowl empty and Kallian dead. The city guard appears and Lady Aztrias accuses him of killing Kallian. The real killer was in the bowl, however: a serpent-man, a big snake with a human head. Conan kills the sepent-man and saves Demetrio. In a vision, Conan sees the Stygian sorcerer Thoth-Amon.

Reprints:

• in Serie-nytt [delas?] (Semic, 1970 series) #8/1972 (1972) [first Swedish translation / första svenska översättningen]
• in Climax Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1962 ? series) #11 ([Circa 1971-1974])
• in Giant-Size Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #4 (June 1975) [-1 page]
• in Conan (Carlsen/if [SE], 1978 series) #1 (1978) [second Swedish translation / andra svenska översättningen]
• in Conan (Ace Books, 1978 series) #3 (11694) (1978)
• in Conan de barbaar (Oberon, 1979 series) #1 (1979)
• in Conan (Condor, 1979 series) #1 (1979)
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #3 (July 1987)
• in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #1/1990 ([september] 1990)
which is reprinted
• in Conan Maxi (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2002 series) #2 - Zukalas datter ([oktober] 2002) [bearbeidet oversettelse]
which is reprinted
• in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #7/2005 ([juni] 2005)
• in Conan Maxipocket (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2011 series) #2 - Zukalas datter ([10. oktober] 2011)
• in Conan Saga (Comic Art, 1993 series) #2 (Agosto 1993)
• in Conan Classic (Marvel, 1994 series) #7 (December 1994)
• in Essential Conan (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (July 2000)
• in The Chronicles of Conan (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #1 - Tower of the Elephant and Other Stories (2003)
• in The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 (February 2010)
• in Conan el Bárbaro. Edición 35 Aniversario (Planeta DeAgostini, 2017 series) (Marzo 2017)

Keywords:

Nemedia; Numalia

Indexer Notes

Adapted from REH story "The God in the Bowl"; coloring credits acknowledged by Barry Windsor-Smith in Spectrum Super Special #3 [2005]. Nick Caputo believes that Dan Adkins inked pages 1-6 and Sal Buscema inked the remainder.

Story page count is 20 (numbered) in book, but since pages 12 and 13 are half-pages (shared with adverts), the total comes to 19 pages in this index. In reprints the two halfs are normally joined back into one.

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

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Mike Stamm, Michael N. Tierstein, David Milner