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Conan the Barbarian is a comics book title starring the sword-and-sorcery character created by Robert E. Howard, published by the American company Marvel Comics. It debuted with a first issue cover-dated October 1970 and ran for 275 issues until 1993.
Marvel Comics began publishing Conan comics with the series Conan the Barbarian in 1970. Dark Horse Comics published Conan from 2003 to 2018, when the rights were reacquired by Marvel Comics. [1] Marvel published Conan comics until 2022, when Titan Comics took over the license (through Heroic Signatures) to begin publishing its own series. [2]
Dark Horse Comics published compilations of the 1970s Marvel Comics series in trade paperback format. Barack Obama, former President of the United States, is a fan of the character and collects Conan the Barbarian comic books. [37] Obama also appeared as a character in a comic book called Barack the Barbarian from Devil's Due. [38] [39]
"Conan the Barbarian" Reprints stories from Savage Sword of Conan #5 and the first storyline from the syndicated Conan newspaper strip. [27] 24: 1979 "The Rampaging Hulk" Reprints stories from The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #175–178. Also includes a new Hercules story by writer Jo Duffy and artist Ricardo Villamonte. [28] 25: 1980
Barry Windsor-Smith provided new painted covers for the first nine issues the title, all of which contained black-and-white reprints of his original 1970s Conan stories. [2] Solomon Kane appeared in The Conan Saga #50 (May 1991) with a previously unpublished story by Alan Rowlands, with art by Steve Carr and Al Williamson.
Conan the Barbarian; 1 Conan the Barbarian, Volume 1: Bound in Black Stone: Free Comic Book Day 2023: Conan the Barbarian Conan the Barbarian #1–4 128 February 13, 2024: ISBN 978-1-78774-014-3: 2 Conan the Barbarian, Volume 2: Thrice Marked for Death: Conan the Barbarian #5–8 112 July 16, 2024: ISBN 978-1-78774-015-0: 3 Conan the Barbarian ...
Savage Sword of Conan starred Robert E. Howard's most famous creation, Conan the Barbarian, and has the distinction of being the longest-surviving title of the short-lived Curtis imprint. As a "magazine", Savage Sword of Conan did not have to conform to the Comics Code Authority, making it a publication of choice for many illustrators. It soon ...
In 1970, Marvel published the first comic book issue of Robert E. Howard's pulp character Conan the Barbarian. Conan's success as a comic hero resulted in adaptations of other Howard characters: King Kull, Red Sonja and Solomon Kane. DC Comics responded with comics featuring Warlord, Beowulf and Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser.