(August 2009)

Dark Horse, 2008 Series
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Price
2.99 USD
Pages
40
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dark Horse Comics Inc.
Brand
Dark Horse Comics; Robert E. Howard Official License
Barcode
761568153675 01311
Editing
Philip Simon (editor); Scott Allie (consulting editor); Patrick Thorpe (assistant editor); Ryan Hill (digital production); M. Joshua Elliott (designer)

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joseph Michael Linsner (signed)
Inks
Joseph Michael Linsner (signed)
Colors
Joseph Michael Linsner

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Princess Yasmela; Natohk
Reprints

[Conan] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robert E. Howard (quotation)
Pencils
Tomás Giorello
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

This page contains the indicia and credits for this issue with an accompanying illustration and quotation.

Black Altar [Black Colossus: Part Six of Six] (Table of Contents: 2)

Conan / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Robert E. Howard (original story); Timothy Truman (adaptation)
Pencils
Tomás Giorello
Inks
Tomás Giorello
Colors
José Villarrubia
Letters
Richard Starkings; Comicraft

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Natohk (death); Princess Yasmela; Amalric; Thoth-Amon (cameo)
Synopsis
While the Khorajan army defeat's Natohk's forces in battle, Conan rescues Princess Yasmela from Natohk himself, slaying him in the process.
Reprints

Coming This Year... (Table of Contents: 3)

Conan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Timothy Truman; Joseph Michael Linsner; Darick Robertson
Inks
Timothy Truman; Joseph Michael Linsner; Darick Robertson
Colors
Joseph Michael Linsner; ?
Letters
typeset

Genre
sword and sorcery
Synopsis
A look at upcoming Conan issues.

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

Lockbox 313 / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Philip Simon
Pencils
Mike Mignola; Joseph Michael Linsner
Inks
Mike Mignola; Joseph Michael Linsner
Colors
Joseph Michael Linsner; ?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Captain Nathaniel Jaime, Mark Munroe, and T. William Gans with an accompanying preview of the next issue's cover and a preview of the cover of the Solomon Kane: The Castle of the Devil trade paperback.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Adventures of Two-Gun Bob / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Robert E. Howard (original story); Jim Keegan (adaptation); Ruth Keegan (adaptation)
Pencils
Jim Keegan; Ruth Keegan
Inks
Jim Keegan; Ruth Keegan
Colors
Jim Keegan; Ruth Keegan
Letters
Jim Keegan; Ruth Keegan

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I was born in the little ex-cow-town of Peaster, about 45 miles west of Fort Worth...
Genre
biography
Synopsis
Howard describes his birthplace.

Indexer Notes

This story is based on an October 1930 letter between Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft and a September 1931 letter between Robert E. Howard and Wilfred Blanch Talman.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Conan
  2. 1. [Conan]
  3. 2. Black Altar [Black Colossus: Part Six of Six]
    Conan
  4. 3. Coming This Year...
    Conan
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Lockbox 313
  6. 5. ["I was born in the little ex-cow-town of Peaster, about 45 miles west of Fort Worth..."]
    The Adventures of Two-Gun Bob
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Nuno Miranda
  • Mark Q
  • Claus Simonsen