The Chronicles of Conan
#15 - The Corridor of Mullah-Kajar and Other Stories
(July 2008)
Dark Horse,
2003 Series
- Volume
- 15
- Price
- 16.95 USD
- Pages
- 204
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dark Horse Books
- Brand
-
Dark Horse Books [facing left]
- ISBN
-
978-1-59307-971-0
- Barcode
- 9781593079710 51695
- Editing
- Philip Simon (editor)
Table of Contents
table of contents / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Buscema
- Inks
- Neal Adams
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Conan
Barbarian Dreams
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 5 pages
- Script
- J. M. DeMatteis
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It was an age undreamed of-
The Crawler in the Mists!
Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Rasto
- Reprints
-
from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #116 [Direct] (November 1980)
-
Crawler in the Mist!
Conan / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Len Wein; J. M. DeMatteis
- Pencils
- John Buscema (breakdowns); Neal Adams (finished art); John Buscema (additional art)
- Inks
- Neal Adams; John Buscema (additional art)
- Colors
- George Roussos
- Letters
- Michael Higgins [as Marv Bullpen]; Irving Watanabe [as Marv Bullpen]; ? [as Marv Bullpen]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It begins with a sibilant challenge and an undulating whinney of equine terror, here in the eastern deserts of Corinthia...
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Rasto; M'najj
- Synopsis
- Conan is bitten by a poisonous snake. Rasto binds Conan for a slave, but Conan defeats him. They enter the desert ghost city of Kamalla and fight M'najj, a sorcerer from another world in the shape of a slug.
- Reprints
- from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #116 (November 1980) which is reprinted
-
In the Lair of Mullah-Kajar!
Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
- from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #117 [Direct] (December 1980)
-
The Corridor of -- Mullah-Kajar
Conan / comic story / 22 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A soft night wind blows out of the desert and wafts through the streets of Zamboula...
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Mullah-Kajar; Red Sonja (illusion)
- Synopsis
- Conan infiltrates a temple to rescue a Turanian ambassador and his wife.
- Reprints
- from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #117 (December 1980)
-
The Valley of Forever Night!
Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Jenna; Myya L'rrasleff; the Converted
- Reprints
- from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #118 [Direct] (January 1981)
-
Valley of Forever Night
Conan / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- J. M. DeMatteis
- Pencils
- John Buscema (breakdowns); Ernie Chan (finished art)
- Inks
- Ernie Chan
- Colors
- George Roussos
- Letters
- John Costanza
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A garbled shriek intrudes upon the night's stillness, here in southwestern Shem... intruding, too, upon the bleak reveries of a steel-eyed Cimmerian wanderer...
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Jenna; Hajii (flashback); Night-God (flashback); Garakaa (flashback); Myya L'rrasleff
- Synopsis
- Conan saves Jenna from a swordsman. Jenna is covered with leprosy-like boils, and Conan also catches the disease.
- Reprints
- from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #118 (January 1981)
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A Voice from the the Past!
Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Buscema
- Inks
- John Buscema
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
- from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #119 [Direct] (February 1981)
-
The Voice of One Long Gone
Conan / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- J. M. DeMatteis
- Pencils
- John Buscema
- Inks
- John Buscema (pp. 1, 3, 6, 11); Bob McLeod (remaining pages)
- Colors
- George Roussos
- Letters
- Joe Rosen
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The fulsome curse of Myya L'Rrasleff is ended and, with its passing the mood in this Shemitish town has shifted from dark despair -- to days of besotted jubilation that borders on madness.
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Jenna; Bakkhai; Drogin; Ravenna; Yag-Kosha (illusion); Thak (illusion); Bêlit (illusion)
- Synopsis
- Conan encounters his grandfather, Drogin, who should be dead.
- Reprints
- from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #119 (February 1981)
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When the God of Death Beckons, Even Heroes Must Fall!
Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Vonndhar; Conan; Jenna
- Reprints
- from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #120 [Direct] (March 1981)
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The Hand of Erlik!
Conan / comic story / 22 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On a winding road in southwestern Shem, a cloudless day of simple beauty suddenly becomes a... ...nightmare!
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Jenna; Conan; Vonndhar; Agaarn; Orawk; Okkan; Moretto; Erlik
- Synopsis
- Conan meets Vonndhar, a human warrior given immortality by Erlik, the god of death, and Vonndhar has come to judge if Jenna is to live or die.
- Reprints
- from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #120 (March 1981)
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To Slay a Goddess!
Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; the Goddess of Mreead-zza
- Reprints
- from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #121 [Direct] (April 1981)
-
The Price of Perfection
Conan / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- J. M. DeMatteis
- Pencils
- John Buscema (breakdowns); Bob McLeod (finished art)
- Inks
- Bob McLeod
- Colors
- George Roussos
- Letters
- Michael Higgins
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Crom's bones! You women of Khorshemish know how to show a travel-weary wanderer a good time!
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan [Kalna-Fakir]; Jenna (flashback); Thugra Khotan (flashback); General Imbalayo (flashback); Atreah; Princess Prem; King Pragma; Siddhia; Goddess of Mreead-zza
- Synopsis
- Princess Prem entraps Conan and gives him amnesia, then tells Conan he is her husband Kalna-Fakir.
- Reprints
- from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #121 (April 1981)
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Attack of the Midnight Monster!
Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Thoth-Amon; Slave of the Ring
- Reprints
- from Conan Annual (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 ([September] 1976)
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Prologue
Conan / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Know, o' prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed-of...
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Bêlit; King Numedides
- Reprints
- from Conan Annual (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 ([September] 1976)
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Indexer Notes
Prologue to the main story.
The Phoenix on the Sword!
Conan / comic story / 31 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (adaptation); Robert E. Howard (original)
- Pencils
- Vicente Alcázar
- Inks
- Yong Montaño
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jim Novak
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's right -- go into the night, you creatures of the night!
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Ascalante; Rebel Four [Baron Dion; Gromel; Rinaldo; Volmana]; Thoth-Amon; Conan; General Prospero; Slave of the Ring [Midnight Monster]; Epemitreus the Sage; Kull (illusion); Publius; Pallantides
- Synopsis
- Ascalante works with the Rebel Four to kill King Conan.
- Reprints
- from Conan Annual (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 ([September] 1976)
-
Indexer Notes
Adapted from REH's "The Phoenix On the Sword".
Broken into two parts, the second is titled "Ring of Evil!".
Afterword on "The Phoenix on the Sword"
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Although Conan's creator, Robert E. Howard, liked to claim that the Cimmerian basically just took possession of him, so that for a long period of time he couldn't write about anything else...
- Reprints
- in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #3 (2019) [reformatted]
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Table of Contents
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Conan -
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Table of Contents
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Barbarian Dreams
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The Crawler in the Mists!
Conan -
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Crawler in the Mist!
Conan -
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In the Lair of Mullah-Kajar!
Conan -
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The Corridor of -- Mullah-Kajar
Conan -
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The Valley of Forever Night!
Conan -
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Valley of Forever Night
Conan -
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[no title indexed]
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A Voice from the the Past!
Conan -
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The Voice of One Long Gone
Conan -
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[no title indexed]
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When the God of Death Beckons, Even Heroes Must Fall!
Conan -
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The Hand of Erlik!
Conan -
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[no title indexed]
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To Slay a Goddess!
Conan -
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The Price of Perfection
Conan -
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[no title indexed]
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Attack of the Midnight Monster!
Conan -
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[no title indexed]
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Prologue
Conan -
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The Phoenix on the Sword!
Conan -
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[no title indexed]
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Afterword on "The Phoenix on the Sword"
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[no title indexed]
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["Also from Dark Horse"]
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["Following a legendary writer like Roy Thomas was no easy task, but J. M. DeMatteis (Justice League, Spider-Man, Moonshadow) found himself doing just that..."]
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- Ralf Haring
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