Conan the Barbarian #56

(November 1975)

The Strange High Tower in the Mist! (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

John Buscema

Inks

Pablo Marcos

Colors

Phil Rachelson

Letters

John Costanza

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan; Tara; Yusef; Mad Jakk (introduction, death?)

Synopsis

Conan and his friends are on their way to the city of Messantia. They come to a strange city where they try to rescue a beautiful girl who has been snatched by a bat-thing and taken to a high tower. As Conan bests the bat-thing, the city suddenly turns to dust. Tara and Yusuf tell Conan of their encounter with the founder of the city, the deformed Mad Jakk. The city was a magical construct that took on a life of its own and ensnared adventurers in order to create a population. When the city could not defeat Conan, it self-destructed and Mad Jakk chose to follow his city into oblivion.

Reprints

• in Planet of the Apes (Marvel UK, 1974 series) #121 (1977) [Pages 8-11 plus new splash], #122 (1977) [Pages 12-15 plus new splash], #123 (23rd February 1977) [Pages 16-19 plus new splash]
• in Conan le Barbare (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #5 - L'oracle d'Ophir ([juillet] 1980) [- 1 page]
• in Conan el Bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #3 ([febrero 1983])
• in Conan (Semic, 1990 series) #1/1991 ([17 januari] 1991)
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #84 (March 1994)
• in Conan el bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #57 (marzo 2000)
• in Pocketserien (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1995 series) #29 - Conan - Skorpionens alter ([juli] 2001)
which is reprinted
• in Conan album (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1992 series) #58 - Skorpionens alter ([august] 2009)
• 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

magical city