(October 1979)
Marvel,
1974 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Barcode
- 0714860292910
- Editing
- Roy Thomas (editor); Jim Shooter (consulting editor); Rick Marschall (consulting editor); Mark Gruenwald (associate editor)
The Gem in the Tower
Conan / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Nestor Redondo (credited) (signed as
Redondo) (painting) - Inks
- Nestor Redondo (credited) (signed as Redondo) (painting)
- Colors
- Nestor Redondo (credited) (signed as Redondo) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
-
in Conan (Semic, 1990 series) #3/1993 -
in King Conan (Arédit-Artima, 1984 series) #1 [2] - Le démon de la nuit (mai 1984) -
in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #50 (May 1991) - in Conan Le Barbare (Semic S.A., 1990 series) #31 (septembre 1992)
- in Savage Sword of Conan (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #4 (September 2008)
- in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4
-
[no title indexed]
Conan / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ernie Chan (signed as
Ernie over Chan) - Inks
- Ernie Chan (signed as Ernie over Chan)
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Synopsis
- Conan standing on a rock with sword held over his head with two hands following a bloody arc from one of the attacking warriors he just sliced.
- Reprints
[Recap]
Conan / recap / 1 page
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Includes a map of the Hyborian age of Conan.
The Gem in the Tower
Conan / comic story / 30 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited)
- Pencils
- John Buscema (credited)
- Inks
- Tony DeZuniga (credited)
- Letters
- Joe Rosen
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Heave to it, my hearties!
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Gonzago (death); Mena (death); Fabio; Abimael; Tono; Borus; Siptah (flashback); Siptah's demon (introduction; death)
- Reprints
-
in The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel UK, 1977 series) #51 -
in Het bloedige zwaard van Conan de barbaar (Oberon, 1979 series) #8 - De toren van Siptah (1981) - in Conan (Arédit-Artima, 1980 series) #11 - Le joyau de Siptah (mars 1984) [Moins 1 page, colorisé [Minus 1 page, colorized]]
-
in Magnum (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1988 series) #13/1993 ([desember] 1993) - in Savage Sword of Conan (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #4 (September 2008)
- in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4, #4
-
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the short story "The Gem In the Tower" by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter.
Joe Rosen credit from Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel 2019 series) #4.
Chains and Fetters - a Study of Slavery in the Hyborian Age
text article / 5 pages
- Script
- Jim Neal (credited)
- Pencils
- John Buscema (signed as
Buscema [all caps]) (illustration); Neal Adams (illustration, see notes) - Inks
- Kerry Gammill (signed as
Gammill) (illustration); Neal Adams (illustration, see notes) - Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the musical comedy "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," the slave Hysterium tells his Roman mistress...
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Neal Adams credit from the Introduction in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4 by Roy Thomas.
A Conan Quiz
activity / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So you think you're a Conan buff, do you?
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
Master of Shadows
Red Sonja / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Christy Marx (credited)
- Pencils
- John Buscema (credited)
- Inks
- Tony DeZuniga (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The warrior woman stretches languidly...
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Red Sonja; Shadow Master (introduction; death); House of Shadows cult (introduction; death)
- Reprints
- in The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel UK, 1977 series) #52
- in Het bloedige zwaard van Conan de barbaar (Oberon, 1979 series) #8 - De toren van Siptah (1981)
- in Conan (Arédit-Artima, 1980 series) #11 - Le joyau de Siptah (mars 1984) [Colorisé [Colorized]]
- in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #9/1985 (uke 36 1985) which is reprinted
- in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #1/1990 ([september] 1990)
- in Pocketserien (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1995 series) #10 - Røde Sonja ([juni] 1997)
- in Conan album (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1992 series) #59 - Sverdløs i Zamboula ([mars] 2010)
- in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #29 (September 1989)
- in The Further Adventures of Red Sonja (Dynamite Entertainment, 2018 series) #1
-
[no title indexed]
Swords and Scrolls / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Buscema (illustrations)
- Inks
- Tony DeZuniga (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters from Dave Summick, Jack Ockelmann, Kyle Gray, Bob Wheeler, Mark Luebker and Jack R. Patterson.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Gem in the Tower
Conan -
1.
[no title indexed]
Conan -
2.
Table of Contents
-
3.
[Recap]
Conan -
4.
The Gem in the Tower
Conan -
5.
["Next Issue: Conan vs. the Picts!"]
Conan -
6.
Chains and Fetters - a Study of Slavery in the Hyborian Age
-
7.
A Conan Quiz
-
8.
Master of Shadows
Red Sonja -
9.
[no title indexed]
Swords and Scrolls
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- Steve Dasinger
- Gregory Fischer
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Darrel McCann
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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