Conan Classic #8

(January 1995)

The Keepers of the Crypt (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

Barry Windsor-Smith

Inks

Tom Sutton; Tom Palmer

Colors

Marie Severin ?; Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Sam Rosen

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 village on horse.

Reprints

• from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #8 (August 1971)

Keywords

Lost City of Lanjau

Indexer Notes

Based on the unfinished story fragment Hall of the Dead by Robert E. Howard.

A Tale from the Crypt (Table of Contents: 2)

Conan the Marvelous / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (2018)

Hall of the Dead (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robert E. Howard

Pencils

Barry Windsor-Smith

Inks

Barry Windsor-Smith

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (2018)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Barry Windsor-Smith

Inks

Barry Windsor-Smith

Colors

?

Reprints

• from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #2 (October 1973)