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Issue: Conan Saga #50

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Publication Date: May 1991

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Issues: #50 of 97 Issues (169 Printings)

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Variant: Direct Edition

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Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 68

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $2.75 CAD
£0.95 GBP
$2.25 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
7 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Mike Rockwitz (editor); Barry Dutter (associate editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color cover; black and white interior

Dimensions: 8 in. x 11 in.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Conan Saga #50 [Newsstand]

Conan Saga #50 [Direct Edition]

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Content Items (7 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

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Pages: 1

Incident in Argos!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Conan; Tara; Yusef; Royal Guard; a nameless captain (dies); Publio; Cenzo; Murivo; Tonio; Momratha; Ephemero Portus (dies); Sergeant Vorio

Synopsis: Conan and his friends arrive in Messantia and immediately come into conflict with some cocky members of the Royal guard. Two guards ambush Conan and try to sell him as a slave. Conan breaks loose and hides in the house of fortune teller Momratha, who shows him visions of his future. Meanwhile, Yusuf has killed a captain who harassed Tara, and now they are both on the run. Conan is apprehended but refuses to betray his friends. Fleeing fromn the courthouse, Conan kills the corrupt judge Ephemero Portus. On horseback, Conan leaves the city and leaves his friends behind.

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Pages: 18

Notes: The fortune teller Momratha shows Conan visions that later will come true: Conan as a captain, nailed to a cross and finally as a king.

Adapted from a portion of the Robert E Howard story "Queen of the Black Coast".

Queen of the Black Coast!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Conan; Royal Guard; Captain Tito (dies); Yusef (flashback); Tara (flashback); captain in the Royal Guard (flashback, dies); Sergeant Vorio; Ephemero Portus (flashback, dies); Sirens; Bêlit; Black Corsairs; Odongo (dies); N'yaga

Synopsis: Conan barely escapes the law in Messantia by boarding a ship heading due south. Off the coast of Kush, the ship is unexpectedly boarded by the pirate queen Bêlit and her Black Corsairs. Conan is offered a chance to live if he can defeat the warrior Odongo in battle. Conan is victorious and Odongo dies. Bêlit is impressed by Conan – they quickly become lovers and Conan her second-in-command.

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Pages: 19

Notes: Adapted from a portion of the Robert E Howard story "Queen of the Black Coast". The adaptation is concluded in Conan the Barbarian #100.

Technically, the first appearance of Bêlit is in Giant-Size Conan #1, as a small (blonde!) figure in a flashback panel. This is the first full appearance.

Satan's Sanctuary

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Solomon Kane; Brother Dom (death); Driago (death); Gasper

First Line: No passport... no papers...

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Pages: 10

Notes: This is identified on the contents page as a new story.

Hyborian Age - chapter 1 (of 6): Pre-Cataclysmic Age

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Hyborian Age

Synopsis: A brief history of the Hyborian Age.

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Pages: 6

Ernie Chan Portfolio

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Genres: fantasy

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Pages: 5

[untitled]

Illustration on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Conan

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Pages: 1