Conan #9 - Free Companions
(November 2010)

Dark Horse, 2005 Series
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Volume
9
Price
17.99 USD
Pages
196
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Brand
Dark Horse Books [facing left]
ISBN
978-1-59582-592-6 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781595825926 51799
Editing
Philip R. Simon

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Conan / cover / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Tomás Giorello
Inks
Tomás Giorello
Colors
Tomás Giorello

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Afreet; Cashius; Galan; Yasmela; Khossus
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Know, o prince that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the dreaming cities, and the years of the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of...
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan

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Chapter One (Table of Contents: 6)

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Joseph Michael Linsner
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Joseph Michael Linsner
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Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Fialla
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Proving to be the city of Khoraja's savior...

Home for the Hunt (Table of Contents: 8)

Conan / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Benjamin Truman (plot); Timothy Truman (plot, script)
Pencils
Timothy Truman (pages 5-19); Joe Kubert (pages 1-4, 20-22)
Inks
Timothy Truman (pages 5-19); Joe Kubert (pages 1-4, 20-22)
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Tell-a-Graphics
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
To my dearest brother, Khossus, King of Khorgia, Once again, I write to you. I harbor no hope that my letters will reach your hands. Nor am I fool enough to entrust my thoughts to your pitiless captors.
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Yasmela; Conan; Gwydd; Loch; Kulin; Fialla; Abbe; Gwinnet
Synopsis
While Conan hunts on the royal Khorajan hunting grounds, back in Cimmeria Kulin protects Fialla from the Skrae.
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Chapter Two (Table of Contents: 9)

Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Joseph Michael Linsner (signed)
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Joseph Michael Linsner (signed)
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Joseph Michael Linsner
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Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
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How different things had once been...

Alliance (Table of Contents: 11)

Conan / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Timothy Truman
Pencils
Tomás Giorello (pages 1-7, 22); Timothy Truman (pages 8-21)
Inks
Tomás Giorello (pages 1-7, 22); Timothy Truman (pages 8-21)
Colors
José Villarrubia
Letters
Richard Starkings

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There is an ancient rhyme... an old song that graying warriors sing as they stare into their tankards in the fading candlelight...
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Yasmela; Julion Al-Muric; Amalric; Cashius; Afreet; Galan
Synopsis
Prince Julion asks Yasmela for an alliance.
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Chapter Three (Table of Contents: 12)

Conan the Barbarian / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Joseph Michael Linsner (painting)
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Joseph Michael Linsner (painting)
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Joseph Michael Linsner (painting)
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Genre
sword and sorcery
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Conan
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If such was his road, so be it.

Deliverance (Table of Contents: 14)

Conan / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Timothy Truman
Pencils
Tomás Giorello (pp 1-5, 22); Timothy Truman (pp 6-21)
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Tomás Giorello (pp 1-5, 22); Timothy Truman (pp 6-21)
Colors
José Villarrubia
Letters
Richard Starkings

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So many dead'ns! The corpses foul every inch o' mud 'tween here and the steppes!
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Fazool; Conan; Galan; Cashius; Afreet; Jerim; Iniri; Ereshka; Yasmela; Amalric; Kooris; Maud'we; Khossus
Synopsis
Conan and his forces try to rescue King Khossus.
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Keywords
Khoraja; Koth

Chapter Four (Table of Contents: 15)

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Joseph Michael Linsner
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Joseph Michael Linsner
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Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Yasmela; Julion Al-Muric; Conan
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In this vile place, life was fleeting and hard.

The Chain (Table of Contents: 17)

Conan the Barbarian / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Timothy Truman
Pencils
Tomás Giorello (1-4, 10-11, 22-23); Timothy Truman (5-9, 12-21)
Inks
Tomás Giorello (1-4, 10-11, 22-23); Timothy Truman (5-9, 12-21)
Colors
José Villarrubia
Letters
Richard Starkings

First Line of Dialogue or Text
So, this was his catch of the day.
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Amalric; Yasmela; Julion Al-Muric; Galan; Cashius; Afreet; Aguila; Arhus
Synopsis
Conan returns with King Khossus.
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Chapter Five (Table of Contents: 19)

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Conan

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Conan saw no reason to squander the power that Amalric had handed him.

Ghosts (Table of Contents: 21)

Conan / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Timothy Truman
Pencils
Tomás Giorello
Inks
Tomás Giorello
Colors
José Villarrubia
Letters
Richard Starkings

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bah! This is a fool's errand! Surely we killed all of those Kozaki bastards!
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Amalric; Cashius; Galan; Afreet; Amurath; Olivia; Saja; Yulic; Ivanos; Aratus; Sergius
Synopsis
Conan's army attacks caravans and towns on their way to the inland sea.
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Chapter Six (Table of Contents: 22)

Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Cary Nord
Inks
Cary Nord
Colors
Dave Stewart
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Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
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Those who place their faith in fire shall receive fire as their reward.

Hell or Plunder (Table of Contents: 24)

Conan / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Timothy Truman
Pencils
Tomás Giorello
Inks
Tomás Giorello
Colors
José Villarrubia
Letters
Richard Starkings

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is a cold greeting, my friend.
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Sergius; Cashius; Galan; Afreet; Mehsud; Ivanos; Aratus; Amurath; Olivia; Yssiir
Synopsis
Conan's mercenaries attract the attention of Shah Amurath.
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Chapter Seven (Table of Contents: 25)

Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Cary Nord
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Cary Nord
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Dave Stewart

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
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Find your strength, my brother... in the place... where it has ever dwelled.

Blood on the Ilbars (Table of Contents: 27)

Conan / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Timothy Truman
Pencils
Tomás Giorello
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Tomás Giorello
Colors
José Villarrubia
Letters
Richard Starkings

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Through the rising veil of morning mist, the thing approached.
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Afreet; Amurath; Cashius; Galan; Mehsud; Olivia
Synopsis
The final battle between Conan's mercenaries and Shah Amurath's army.
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Bonus Gallery (Table of Contents: 28)

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Justin Sweet (painting)
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Justin Sweet (painting)
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Justin Sweet (painting)
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sword and sorcery
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Conan
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Joe Kubert
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Joe Kubert provided two pages of his pencil work to run exclusively in this volume.
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Conan

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Joe Kubert
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Joe Kubert
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Joe Kubert's inks for Conan the Cimmerian #14, page 20.
Characters
Conan; Yasmela

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Conan / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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Joe Kubert
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Joe Kubert
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Joe Kubert ?
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Mr. Kubert's variant cover for Conan the Cimmerian issue #1, the first time his vision of Robert E. Howard's Conan ever saw print.
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
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Timothy Truman
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Timothy Truman
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Timothy Truman's inks for Conan the Cimmerian #14, page 6.
Characters
Gwydd

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Timothy Truman
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Timothy Truman
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Truman's inks for Conan the Cimmerian #16, page 9.
Characters
Yasmela; Conan; Amalric

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Tomás Giorello
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Conan's mercenaries - the Free Companions, also known as the Kozaki - face Shah Amurath' forces at the Ilbars River.
Characters
Conan; Shah Amurath; Galan

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Conan
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
  5. 4. ["Know, o prince that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the dreaming cities, and the years of the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of..."]
    Conan
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
  7. 6. Chapter One
    Conan
  8. 7. ["Proving to be the city of Khoraja's savior..."]
  9. 8. Home for the Hunt
    Conan
  10. 9. Chapter Two
    Conan
  11. 10. ["How different things had once been..."]
  12. 11. Alliance
    Conan
  13. 12. Chapter Three
    Conan the Barbarian
  14. 13. ["If such was his road, so be it."]
  15. 14. Deliverance
    Conan
  16. 15. Chapter Four
    Conan
  17. 16. ["In this vile place, life was fleeting and hard."]
  18. 17. The Chain
    Conan the Barbarian
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
  20. 19. Chapter Five
    Conan
  21. 20. ["Conan saw no reason to squander the power that Amalric had handed him."]
  22. 21. Ghosts
    Conan
  23. 22. Chapter Six
    Conan
  24. 23. ["Those who place their faith in fire shall receive fire as their reward."]
  25. 24. Hell or Plunder
    Conan
  26. 25. Chapter Seven
    Conan
  27. 26. ["Find your strength, my brother... in the place... where it has ever dwelled."]
  28. 27. Blood on the Ilbars
    Conan
  29. 28. Bonus Gallery
    Conan
  30. 29. ["Joe Kubert provided two pages of his pencil work to run exclusively in this volume."]
  31. 30. ["Joe Kubert's inks for Conan the Cimmerian #14, page 20."]
  32. 31. ["Mr. Kubert's variant cover for Conan the Cimmerian issue #1, the first time his vision of Robert E. Howard's Conan ever saw print."]
    Conan
  33. 32. ["Timothy Truman's inks for Conan the Cimmerian #14, page 6."]
  34. 33. ["Truman's inks for Conan the Cimmerian #16, page 9."]
  35. 34. ["Conan's mercenaries - the Free Companions, also known as the Kozaki - face Shah Amurath' forces at the Ilbars River."]
  36. 35. [Kull]
  37. 36. [Solomon Kane]
  38. 37. Conan Zone
  39. 38. [no title indexed]
  40. 39. [no title indexed]
This issue was modified by
  • Ralf Haring
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Claus Simonsen