Conan (Marvel Comics)

Conan

An interior panel of "The Tower of the Elephant" comic adaptation by Roy Thomas featuring the art of John Buscema and Alfredo Alcala.

The original short story was written by Robert E. Howard and first appeared in a 1933 issue of Weird Tales magazine.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Conan the Barbarian #1 (Oct. 1970)
Created by Roy Thomas
Barry Smith

Conan is a fictional character based on Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian. He was introduced to the comic book world in 1970 with Conan the Barbarian, written by Roy Thomas, illustrated by Barry Smith and published by Marvel Comics.

The highly successful Conan the Barbarian series spawned the more adult, black-and-white Savage Sword of Conan in 1974 (published as part of Marvel's line of black-and-white magazines). Written by Thomas with most art by John Buscema or Alfredo Alcala, Savage Sword of Conan soon became one of the most popular comic series of the 1970s and is now considered a cult classic.

The Marvel Conan stories were also adapted as a newspaper comic strip which appeared daily and Sunday from September 4, 1978, to April 12, 1981. Originally written by Thomas and illustrated by Buscema, the strip was continued by several different Marvel artists and writers.

Marvel ceased publishing all Conan titles in 2000. In 2003, Dark Horse Comics acquired the license to publish the character.

Core appearances

Marvel Comics' Conan's core appearances include:

Title Issues Dates Notes
Conan the Barbarian #1 - 275 1970–1993
Annual #1-12 1973-1987
Savage Tales #1 - 5 1971–1975 Conan only appeared in the first five issues; the final six issues featured Ka-Zar
Giant-Size Conan #1 - 5 1974–1975
Savage Sword of Conan #1 - 235 1974–1995 Black-and-white "mature readers" title originally published by the Marvel imprint Curtis Magazines
Annual #1 1975
Conan newspaper strip 16 stories 1978–1981
The Official Handbook of the Conan Universe #1 1986
King Conan/Conan the King #1 - 55 1980–1989 Title changed from King Conan to Conan the King after issue #19
Conan the Adventurer #1 - 14 1994–1995 A "reboot" of Conan the Barbarian
Conan #1 - 11 1995 – 1996
Conan the Savage #1 - 10 1995–1996 A "reboot" of Savage Sword of Conan

Comic strip stories (Dailies and Sundays)

  1. The Coming of Conan, Roy Thomas & John Buscema
    (Sep 4, 1978 - Sep 9, 1978)
  2. The Wizard's Daughter, Roy Thomas & John Buscema
    (Sep 10, 1978 - Oct 21, 1978)
  3. Red Sonja, Roy Thomas, John Buscema & Ernie Chan
    (Oct 22, 1978 - Dec 24, 1978)
  4. The Slavers, Roy Thomas & Ernie Chan
    (Dec 25, 1978 - Feb 10, 1979)
  5. The Stolen City, Roy Thomas & Ernie Chan
    (Feb 11, 1979 - Mar 25, 1979)
  6. The People of the Cataclysm, Roy Thomas & Ernie Chan
    (Mar 26, 1979 - Jun 10, 1979)
  7. The Castle of Vincenzo, Roy Thomas & Ernie Chan
    (Jun 11, 1979 - Aug 26, 1979)
  8. The Rescue of King Sohram, Roy Thomas & Ernie Chan
    (Aug 26, 1979 - Oct 28, 1979)
  9. Bride of the Black Book, Roy Thomas & Ernie Chan
    (Oct 29, 1979 - Dec 22, 1979)
  10. Red Sonja and Thulsa Doom, Roy Thomas & Ernie Chan
    (Dec 23, 1979 - Mar 15, 1980)
  11. The Jewel of the Ages, Roy Thomas & Ernie Chan
    (Mar 16, 1980 - Apr 27, 1980)
  12. Treasure Ship, Roy Thomas & Ernie Chan
    (Apr 28, 1980 - Jun 22, 1980)
  13. Island Warrior, Roy Thomas & Ernie Chan
    (Jun 23, 1980 - Aug 27, 1980)
  14. The Plague Demon, Roy Thomas & Alfredo Alcala
    (Aug 28, 1980 - Oct 19, 1980)
  15. The Tower of the Elephant, Roy Thomas, Rudy Nebres, Pablo Marcos. & Alan Kupperberg
    (Oct 20, 1980 - Jan 3, 1981)
  16. Revenge of the Son of Yara the Wizard Priest, Roy Thomas, Doug Moench, Alan Kupperberg, Pablo Marcos, & Tom Yeates
    (Jan 4, 1981 - Apr 12, 1981)

Marvel graphic novels

Marvel Conan the Barbarian miniseries

Marvel Universe appearances in the modern day

The following occur in the Hyborean age:

Note: At least some of these appearances (e.g. What If?, Avengers Forever, and Excalibur), if not all, were not of Conan from Earth-616.

Miscellaneous appearances

Reprints

See also


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