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Issue: Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Epic Collection #1
Publication Date: January 2020
 
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Title: The Coming of Conan
Variant: unnamed
Rating: T+
Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/05/2020
Volume: 1
Pages: 356
ISBN: 9781302925550
UPC/EAN: 9781302925550
Price: $43.99 CAD
$34.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: T+
Content Items: 69 (16 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Collects Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #1-13, and material from Chamber of Darkness (Marvel 1969 series) #4.
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Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
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Binding: trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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The Coming of Conan

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Know, oh prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis
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A brief introductory outline of the World of Conan, including a map of The Hyborian Age of Conan.
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And the Monster Man Came Walking -- Walking --

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The Sword and the Sorcerers!

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Starr the Slayer
Starr the Slayer; Trull; Morro; Len Carson
Novelist Len Carson plans to write one final story in his popular sword and sorcery series to kill off the protagonist, Starr the Slayer, but his creation comes to life and kills him in self-defense.
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The Coming of Conan!

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To the death!
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The Coming of Conan!

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Conan; Volff of Vanaheim (introduction); Olav of Aesgaard (introduction); King Kull (cameo, introduction); Sharkosh the Shaman (introduction); Star-Stone Demons (introduction)
Conan battles at Vanaheim and sees his future. Tara returns to her dimension
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In the Cavern Waits --- Doom!

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Die, manling! You are no match for the power of the Beast-Men!
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Lair of the Beast-Men!

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Conan; Thrall Kiord (first appearance, dies); Moira (first appearance); Beast-Men [Gan-Torr; Zha-Gorr; Har-Lann; King Gha-Kree]
Conan leads humans in a revolution against their ape-masters. Conan kills a snow-lion.
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Conan is in chains for the first time.

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Conan the Barbarian Vs. the Grim Grey God!

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Conan; Borri [The Grey God]
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The Twilight of the Grim Grey God!

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Conan; Borri [Grey God]; Malachi (dies); Choosers of the Slain; Dunland (first appearance); King Brian (first appearance, dies); Eevin (first appearance); Kormlada; King Tomar (first appearance, dies)
Conan meets and converses with the Grey God Borri. He then joins the Brythunian army and participates in a great and bloody battle. Conan kills Malachi, a traitor and then watches the winged Choosers of the Slain carry off the souls of the fallen to their just reward.
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Based on "The Grey God Passses" by Robert E. Howard.
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The Tower of the Elephant!

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Conan; Taurus of Nemedia (introduction, death); Yara (introduction, death); Yag-Kosha of Yag (introduction, death)
Conan scales Elephant tower, kills a lion and a giant spider, and saves Yag-Kosha by killing him at his request.
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Adapted from REH's "The Tower of the Elephant"; later also adapted in The Savage Sword of Conan #24 (Marvel) and Conan #20–22 (Dark Horse).
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The Claws of the Tigress!

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Conan; Zephra
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Zukala's Daughter

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Conan; Zephra; Zukala
Conan frees villages of Zukala's control, saves Zephra from demon, and defeats Zukala, who disappears with his daughter Zephra.
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inspired by REH poem "Zukala's Hour".
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Devil-Wings Over Shadizar!

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Conan; Jenna; Hajii
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Devil-Wings over Shadizar

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Conan; Fafnir; Jenna (introduction); Nubion; Maldiz; Hajii the Priestess; the night god
In Shadizar, Conan meets the beautiful waitress Jenna. She is however kidnapped by religious fanatics and taken to be sacrificed to the mysterious night god. The god no-one has ever seen is revealed to be a gigantic bat-like creature. Conan saves Jenna from the bat creature, while Jenna in her turn saves Conan from the priestess Hajii. Jenna then steals all his gold and leaves...
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In the Coils of the Man-Serpent!

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Conan; Son of Set; Demetrio; Aztrias
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The Lurker Within!

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Conan; "Son of Set" (a serpent-man, introduction, death); Demetrio (introduction); Aztrias (introduction, death); Dionus (introduction, death); Kallian (introduction, death); Arus (introduction, death); Thoth-Amon
Conan saves Lady Aztrias of Numalia from a pack of wolves. She hires Conan to steal from the wealthy merchant Kallian, who temporarily houses a mysterious bowl from Stygia, said to contain a great treasure. Conan burgles the merchant's house, finds the bowl empty and Kallian dead. The city guard appears and Lady Aztrias accuses him of killing Kallian. The real killer was in the bowl, however: a serpent-man, a big snake with a human head. Conan kills the sepent-man and saves Demetrio. In a vision, Conan sees the Stygian sorcerer Thoth-Amon.
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Adapted from REH story "The God in the Bowl".

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The Keepers of the Crypt!

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Conan; Jenna
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The Keepers of the Crypt

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Conan; nameless mercenary (dies); Keepers of the crypt; Jenna; soldiers
Conan comes across the ruins of the ancient city of Lanjau, where he battles a giant lizard. He meets a nameless mercenary and they both decide to work together in order to retrieve the lost treasure of Lanjau. Undead creatures, keepers of the crypt, try to stop them but are defeated by sunlight. An earthquake buries the mercenary, Lanjau and the treasure. Conan comes to a nearby village, where he once again meets Jenna. When soldiers come to arrest him, Conan and Jenna flee village on horse.
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Based on the unfinished story fragment Hall of the Dead by Robert E. Howard.

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The Garden of Fear!

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The Garden of Fear

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Conan; Jenna; Hialmar; The Winged One
While Conan and Jenna are the guests of a primitive mountain tribe, Jenna is kidnapped by a mysterious winged creature. This creature is the last survivor of his race and takes Jenna to a tower surrounded by flesh-eating flowers. Conan uses a herd of woolly mammoths to scale the tower, kill the creature and save Jenna.
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Beware the Wrath of the Bull-God!

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Beware the Wrath of Anu!

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Conan; Burgun; Jenna; Aron; Igon; Red Bull
Conan teams with Burgun in thievery. Burgun is betrayed and hung. Conan avenges his death by killing Aron and a priest. Jenna leaves Conan for Igon. Red Bull is freed and becomes the stars.
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The Talons of...Thak!

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Rogues in the House

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Conan; Thak [an ape] (villain, introduction, death); Nabonidus (Death); Igon (Death); Jenna; Murilo (introduction)
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The most savage hero of all!
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The Dweller in the Dark

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Conan; Yulek; Queen Fatima; Yaila
Conan becomes Captain of the royal guard in the small city-state of Zahmahn as well as the lover of Queen Fatima. When the Queen catches Conan with the servant girl Yaila in a delicate situation, she leaves them in the dungeon to be devoured by the Dweller in the Dark. They manage to escape, however, and Conan throws the Queen to the monster. According to tradition, Zahmahn can only be ruled by a female sovereign, so Conan nominates Yaila as the new queen.
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The Blood of the Dragon!

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Tales of the Hyborian Age!
Roy Thomas; Gil Kane; Kalligor; Valannus; Hydragon
This story is set in Conan's Hyborian in the kingdom of Aqilonia. Kalligor desires to marry the Baron's daughter and so he rides to kill the Hydragon and win her hand.
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Gil Kane draws himself and Roy Thomas on the splash and last pages.
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Web of the Spider-God!

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Web of the Spider-God

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Conan; Sarkon (introduction, death); Thanix (introduction, death); Modar (introduction, death); Tork; Lea
Conan is delirious in desert, Thanix saves his life. Conan fights Omm (giant spider), Tork destroys Yezud and leaves for Shadizar with Lea.
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Conan the Barbarian #1 plot with page breakdown notes by Barry Windsor-Smith.
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Roy's Rostrum

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Roy Thomas continues to promote Conan the Barbarian and take fans behind the scenes of its development in his "Roy's Rostrum" column in Marvelmania #3 (1971).
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In his final "Roy's Rostrum" focused on Conan the Barbarian, Roy Thomas delved further into the development of the comic book series. Also included are Barry Windsor-Smith's original pencils from Conan the Barbarian #1 that went unused after the story was revised.
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Original art from Conan the Barbarian #3 pages 16, 18, concept sketch of #3 cover, original art of #4 and #5 covers, #5 pages 1, 5-6, 19.
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I'll Fly Away ...

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The Hall of the Dead

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Conan the Barbarian #8's "The Keeper of the Crypt" was based on the story synopsis "The Hall of the Dead" by Robert E. Howard, completed by L. Sprague De Camp.
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Conan the Barbarian #10 cover, concept sketches.
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Before and after images of panels that had to be changed, from Conan the Barbarian #10, page 16 panel 7, and page 23 panel 7.
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Conan the Marvelous

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Web of the Spider-God

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The Coming of Conan!

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Conan fights a sorcerer and winged men.
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In the Cavern Waits...Doom!

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The Claws of the Tigress!

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Conan; Zephra
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Devil-Wings Over Shadizar!

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Conan; Jenna; Hajii
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In the Coils of the Man-Serpent!

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Conan; Son of Set; Demetrio; Aztrias
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The Keepers of the Crypt!

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The Garden of Fear!

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Beware the Wrath of the Bull-God!

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Conan; Bull of Anu
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Web of the Spider-God!

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