- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited) (adaptation); Robert E. Howard (credited) (original story)
- Pencils
- Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)
- Inks
- Tom Sutton (credited as Sutton); Tom Palmer (credited as Palmer)
- Colors
- Mimi Gold
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited)
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; nameless mercenary (dies); Keepers of the crypt; Jenna; soldiers
- Synopsis
- Conan comes across the ruins of the ancient city of Lanjau, where he battles a giant lizard. He meets a nameless mercenary and they both decide to work together in order to retrieve the lost treasure of Lanjau. Undead creatures, keepers of the crypt, try to stop them but are defeated by sunlight. An earthquake buries the mercenary, Lanjau and the treasure. Conan comes to a nearby village, where he once again meets Jenna. When soldiers come to arrest him, Conan and Jenna flee the village on a horse.
- Reprints
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in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #54 (3ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] -
in Savage Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #6 ([March 1975]) -
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 de barbaar (Oberon, 1981 series) #3 (april 1981) -
in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #5 (Novembro de 1982) -
in Conan el Bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #71 ([septiembre 1985]) -
in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #3 (July 1987) -
in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #1/1990 ([september] 1990) which is reprinted-
in Conan Le Barbare (Semic S.A., 1990 series) #29 (juillet 1992) -
in Conan Saga (Comic Art, 1993 series) #2 (Agosto 1993) -
in Conan Classic (Marvel, 1994 series) #8 (January 1995) -
in Conan el bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #8 (Mayo 1998) -
in Essential Conan (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (July 2000) [black and white] -
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) -
in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 ([January] 2019) -
in Conan le barbare : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2019 series) #1970-1971 (août 2019) -
in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Epic Collection (Marvel, 2020 series) #1 - The Coming of Conan (2020) -
in Serie-nytt [delas?] (Semic, 1970 series) #12/1972 [first Swedish translation / första svenska översättningen]
- Keywords
- Lost city of Lanjau
Based on the unfinished story fragment Hall of the Dead by Robert E. Howard.
Coloring credits acknowledged by Barry Windsor-Smith in Spectrum Super Special #3 [2005]. Nick Caputo believes that Tom Palmer inked pages 3, 9, 10 and 11, with the remainder inked by Tom Sutton.
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 halves are normally joined back into one.
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Reprints
Map of the lands of Hyboria based on a map prepared by Robert E. Howard.