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Issue: Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Epic Collection #5
Publication Date: January 2002
 
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Title: Of Once and Future Kings
Variant: unnamed
Rating: T+
Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/30/2022
Volume: 5
Pages: 364
ISBN: 9781302933531
UPC/EAN: 978130293353154499
Price: $56.25 CAD
$44.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: T+
Content Items: 74 (17 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Collects Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #60-71, Conan the Barbarian Annual (Marvel, 1973 series) #2-3, Conan the Barbarian: The Crawler in the Mists! (Peter Pan, 1976 series) #PR-31, and material from F.O.O.M. (Marvel, 1973 series) #14.
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Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
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Publishing Format: collected edition
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[untitled]

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Conan; King Kull
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Epic Collection

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Promo ad for Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Epic Collection (Marvel, 2020 series) #1 - The Coming of Conan.
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Conan the Barbarian the Original Marvel Years: Of Once and Future Kings

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Of Once and Future Kings

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The Hyborian Age of Conan

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Riders of the River-Dragons!

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Conan; Nyami; warrior on crocodile
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Romita heavily revised many of Kane's figures. Info per Ken Landgraf, who posted a photocopy of Kane's original pencil art from his collection on Facebook.
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Riders of the River-Dragons! (Amra part 1)

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Conan; Belit; N'yaga; M'Gora; Red Sonja (flashback); Ombassa; Nyami
Setting: Tigress and Watambi Village. Conan fights warriors on crocodiles and saves the Watambi village. Belit is kidnapped.
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This is the Night Of the Killer Moth!

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Conan; Belit; giant moth
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On the Track of the She-Pirate!

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Conan; Ombassa; Nyami; Kawaku; M'gora; N'yaga; Red Sonja (flashback); Anaki; Amra
Setting: Watambi Village and Jungle. Kawaku attempts mutiny and is stopped by Conan. Belit captured by Giant Moth and saved by Amra, Conan attacks Crocodile Warriors.
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Death in the Land of Dagon!

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Lord of the Lions! (Amra part 3)

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Conan; Amra (origin); Shulo (black lion, origin); Tindaga (Death); Maketa
Conan saves Maketa.
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Dwellers in Darkness!

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Conan; Amra; Belit; Shulo
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Cover pencils by Tim Stroup and Nick Caputo. Nick suggested, via the GCD Error List (29 August 2006) that the inks were by Vince Colletta; Tony Rose challenged that (GCD Error List 29 August 2006).
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Death among the Ruins!

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Conan; Makeda; Belit; Amra; Shulo
Conan kills Amra and becomes known as Amra. Conan, Belit and Amra fight underground goblins. Shulo recognizes Conan as Amra.
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Part 4 of Amra story.
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Fiends of the Feathered Serpent!

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Conan; Bêlit
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The Secret of Skull River!

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Conan; Hanuman; Grandall; Naia; Thuribald; Sophos; Anaximander
Someone savage this way comes!
Setting: countryside and village. Conan saves village from evil wizard dumping toxic waste in the river.
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A note on the splash page explains that inker Steve Gan could not complete the story on time necessitating a reprint.

Story takes place between Conan the Barbarian (Marvel 1970, series) #'s 44 & 45. Story was originally presented in Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #5 in black & white.

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Rage in a Land Beyond Time!

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Conan; Belit
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Fiends of the Feathered Serpent!

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Conan; Belit; Ahmaan the Merciless; N'yaga; Kawaku; Baktu; Tezcatlipoca
Setting: Tigress and isolated island. Tale of Ahmaan the Merciless of the Black Corsairs. Tez.. kills Baktu, Conan, Belit, and N'yaga kill Tez. Conan fights feathered serpent.
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Dagon, God of Death!

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Conan; Dagon
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Daggers and Death Gods!

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Conan; Belit; Red Sonja
Setting: Messantia. Conan and Belit compete with Red Sonja for the Book of Skelos. Conan and Belit mistakenly battle one-another.
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C-27
Story continues in Marvel Feature (Marvel, 1975 series) #6.
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Talons of the Man-Tiger!

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Conan; Man-Tiger; Tara
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Possible Marcos inks per Nick Caputo, September 2018.
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Talons of the Man-Tiger (Part 3)

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Setting: Messantia. Red Sonja beats Belit at swordplay (and takes page of skelos). Conan kills Man-tiger, and frees Yusef from prison. Conan and Belit chase Red Sonja in last panel.
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Story continues in Marvel Feature (Marvel, 1975 series) #7. A note on the letters page explains that the Tribe consists primarily of Yong Montano and Tony DeZuñiga, although others artists were certainly part of the group at one time or another.
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The Battle of the Barbarians!

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King Kull!

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Of Once and Future Kings!

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Conan; King Kull; Red Sonja; Bêlit; Karanthes; Bulgar; Dalzan; Black Legion; Brule; unnamed Stygian wizard; Thoth-Amon
Tarim's blood! Crom and Mitra!
Setting: Temple of Ibis and Palace of King Kull. Conan battles Kull, kills unnamed Stygian wizard, and returns King Kull back to his time.
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Part 7 of 7.
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The Demon from the Deep!

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The Demon out of the Deep!

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Conan; Belit; Fallon (death); Lireigh (death); Gowar (death); Marga (death)
Setting: Tigris and Vanir village on Western Sea. Conan tells story of youth to Belit in which he is captured by Vanirmen and kills a merman. Fallon, Lireigh, Gowar, and Marga die.
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Conan the Barbarian #70

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Conan; Belit; pirates
Conan! There are too many of them! We're finished!
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The City in the Storm!

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Conan; Belit; Kawaku; M'gora; N'yaga; Auro; Akkheba
Setting: Tigris and island city of Kelka. Conan, Belit and the corsairs defend Kelka from Auro and his Argossean pirates. They are then captured by Kelkan ruler Akkheba who serves them drugged wine.
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The Altar of the Damned!

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Conan; Aluna
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The Secret of Ashtoreth!

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Conan; Belit; Kawaku; M'gora; Akkheba (death); Astarta [Ashtoreth]
Setting: Island city of Kelka. Conan and Belit escape and free Astarta. City of Kelka is destroyed by a sea-god. Kawaku betrays Conan and Belit. Belit kills Akkheba.
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Part 2 of 2. Freely adapted from the story "The Marchers of Valhalla" by Robert E. Howard
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Attack of the Midnight Monster!

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Conan; Thoth-Amon; Slave of the Ring
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Art credits from Buckler. Dan Adkins previously credited with inks by Nick Caputo.
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Prologue

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Conan the Cimmerian; Belit; Black Corsairs; Frost Giant's sons; King Numedides (dead); Picts
Prologue to the main story
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The Phoenix on the Sword

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Conan; Epemitreus the Sage; Count Trocero; Publius; General Prospero; Black Legion; King Numa; Aesir (mentioned); Vanir (mentioned); Cult of Mitra; Inner Circle of Priests; Officer; Kull (illusion); Ascalante (dies); Rebel Four [Baron Dion (dies); Gromel (dies); Rinaldo (dies); Count Volmana (dies)]; Thoth-Amon; Black Ring (mentioned); Ymir (mentioned); King Ctesphon (mentioned); Set (mentioned); Slave of the Ring [Midnight Monster] (dies)
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Adapted from Robert E. Howard's "The Phoenix on the Sword".
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Roy Thomas and Glen Lord relate how Robert E. Howard's Kull story "By This Ax I Rule" was later revised to become his first Conan story.
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King Kull!

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Conan; King Kull
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Conan the Barbarian and King Kull!

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Introduction.
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At the Mountain of the Moon-God

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The Crawler in the Mists!

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Conan
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The Crawler in the Mists

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Conan; Rasto; M'najj
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Adams credit from http://nealadams.com/checklist/checklistAlbumArt02.html
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Conan the Barbarian

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Promo ad for Conan the Barbarian: The Crawler in the Mists! [Book and Record Set] #PR-31, appearing on the back cover of that album.
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Power Records #31 - Conan the Barbarian (1976) - 7-inch Record

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FOOM Magazine #4

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The Barbarian and the Bullpen!

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Conan the Cimmerian Plus: Thomas Speaks!

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Appears after page 9 of the sequence "Conan the Cimmerian Plus: Thomas Speaks!".
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Robert E. Howard: the Man Who Created Conan!

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Conan Checklist

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A Marvel artistic double-treat -- two views of Conan the Barbarian...
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Marvel Artist/Writer Scorecard

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Marvel Value Stamp Series B (1976) Conan the Barbarian

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Marvel Heroes House Ad Featuring Conan From April 1976 Titles

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The Marvel Explosion is here!
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Marvel Subscription Ad Featuring Conan from August 1976 Titles

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F.O.O.M. House Ad from November 1976 Titles

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The Mighty Marvel Bicentennial Calendar 1976 April 1976 Art

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The Mighty Marvel Bicentennial Calendar 1976 April 1976 Art

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Power Records #8180: Conan the Barbarian (1976)

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The (Almost) Forgotten Tales of Conan

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The voice is just as you always imagined it would be.
About the "Conan the Barbarian" record album released in 1976 + a 45 r.p.m. version packaged with a 20-page comics version of "The Crawler in the Mists".
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Pages 58-61, 66.

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Power Records #31: Conan the Barbarian (1976), Unused Cover Art

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Conan the Barbarian #62 Cover Pencil Sketch

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Conan
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Conan the Barbarian #63 Page 18 Original Art

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Conan; Bêlit; Sholu
Well? Come Ahead!
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Conan the Barbarian #66 Page 1 Pencil Art

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Conan; Bêlit
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Conan the Barbarian #66 Page 5 Pencil Art Photocopy

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Conan the Barbarian #66 Page 17 Unused Pencil Art Photocopy

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The Savage Sword of Conan #16 Pinup

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An unused page from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #66, page 17.
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Conan the Barbarian #66 Page 17 Pencil Layout Photocopy

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Conan; Bêlit; Red Sonja
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Conan the Barbarian #70 Cover Original Art

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Conan; Bêlit
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Marvel Comics Index #2 (1976)

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Conan
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Epic Collection

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Robert E. Howard's Greatest Creations -- Together in an Epic for the Ages!

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Promo ad for the contents reprinted in this issue.

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