Volume: 1
Price: 0.20 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1972-08-15
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The Black Hound of Vengeance!
The Black Hound of Vengeance!
Conan
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cover /
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Conan
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cover /
1
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| Pencils: | Barry Windsor-Smith (signed as Barry Smith) |
| Inks: | Barry Windsor-Smith (signed as Barry Smith) |
| Colors: | |
| Letters: |
- Genre:fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters:
Conan; Melissandra; Kharam-Akkad
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in Gli Albi dei Super-Eroi (Editoriale Corno, 1973 series) #41 -
in Conan el Bárbaro (El Dorado, 1978 series) #11 -
in Conan le Barbare (Editions Héritage, 1972 series) #5 -
in Conan le Barbare (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1976 series) #[2] - Les Faucons des Mers (avril 1977) [cover] - in Conan (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #2 (1er trimestre 1978)
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in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #75 (June 1993) -
in Conan el bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #20 (Octubre 1998) - in Essential Conan (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (July 2000) [black and white]
- in The Chronicles of Conan (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #3 - The Monster of the Monoliths and Other Stories (2003) [a detail from "The Black Hound of Vengeance" p1]
- in The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #2 (May 2010)
- in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (2018)
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in Conan The Barbarian: The Original Comics Omnibus (Titan, 2024 series) #1 (2024)
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Reprints (12)
Indexer Notes
Coloring credits acknowledged by Barry Windsor-Smith in Spectrum Super Special #3 [2005]
This issue has 1 variant
Issue Data
- Publisher's Brand:
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
- Indicia Frequency: monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Printer: ?
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Parts of this issue are reprinted:
Indexer Notes
On-sale date from Etcetera & The Comic Reader #87 July 1972.
The Black Hound of Vengeance!
The Black Hound of Vengeance!
Conan
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comic story /
20
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Conan
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comic story /
20
pages
| Script: | Roy Thomas (credited) |
| Pencils: | Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith) |
| Inks: | Dan Adkins (credited) |
| Colors: | |
| Letters: | John Costanza (credited) Barry Windsor-Smith (story title) |
- Genre:fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Job Number:1046Z
- Feature Logo:Conan the Barbarian [splash page masthead, curved letters]
- Keywords:City of Makkalet
Characters:
Conan; Melissandra; Kharam-Akkad; Fafnir (death); Yezdigerd; The Tarim; Balthaz (death)
- Synopsis:
- Conan and Fafnir serve aboard a ship from Turan, just outside the city of Makkalet. Conan infiltrates the Temple of Tarim in order to kidnap the living god Tarim, but he fails, kills a black hound and flees. Fafnir has lost his arm in battle and is thrown overboard by Balthaz to drown because he is already as good as dead. Angry, Conan kills Balthaz and flees Yezdigerd's ship.
- Awards:
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in Conan (Condor, 1979 series) #2 -
in Conan (Semic, 1973 series) #1/1975 ([januari] 1975) - in Conan le Barbare (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1976 series) #[2] - Les Faucons des Mers (avril 1977) [Noir & Blanc [Black & White]]
- in Conan (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #2 (1er trimestre 1978) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]]
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in Conan de barbaar (Oberon, 1979 series) #2 (1979) - in Conan el Bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #78 ([diciembre 1985]), #79 ([enero 1986])
- in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #7 (November 1987) [black and white]
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in Espada Selvagem de Conan em Cores (Editora Abril, 1987 series) #5 (Dezembro de 1989) [recolored] -
in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #7/1991 ([juli] 1991) which is reprinted - in Conan Maxi (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2002 series) #3 - Frostgudens datter ([juli] 2003) [bearbeidet oversettelse] which is reprinted
- in Conan Le Barbare (Semic S.A., 1990 series) #35 (février 1993)
- in Conan Saga (Comic Art, 1993 series) #4 (Marzo 1994)
- in Conan el bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #20 (Octubre 1998)
- in Essential Conan (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (July 2000) [black and white]
- in The Chronicles of Conan (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #3 - The Monster of the Monoliths and Other Stories (2003)
- in The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #2 (May 2010)
- in Conan el Bárbaro. Edición 35 Aniversario (Planeta DeAgostini, 2017 series) (Marzo 2017)
- in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (2018)
- in Conan The Barbarian: The Original Comics Omnibus (Titan, 2024 series) #1 (2024)
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Reprints (19)
Indexer Notes
Coloring credits acknowledged by Barry Windsor-Smith in Ragnarok #3 [Dec. 1973/Jan. 1974], p. 42 and Spectrum Super Special #3 [2005].
Windsor-Smith letters credit is by Roy Thomas (2018, 109).
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Reference:
Thomas, Roy. 2018. Barbarian Life: A Literary Biography of Conan the Barbarian, Volume One. N.p.: Pulp Hero Press.
Gangway, World! Madcap Marvel Marches Merrily On!
Gangway, World! Madcap Marvel Marches Merrily On!
Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox
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in-house column /
1
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Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox
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in-house column /
1
page
[no title indexed]
[no title indexed]
The Hyborian Page
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letters page /
1
page
The Hyborian Page
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letters page /
1
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| Script: | |
| Pencils: | Barry Windsor-Smith (after Robert E. Howard, illustration) |
| Inks: | Sal Buscema (illustrations) |
| Colors: | ? |
| Letters: | ? typeset |
Indexer Notes
No letters this issue; announcement about Conan winning a Shazam award; includes a map of the Hyborian world based on one by Robert E. Howard (originally from Conan #16) with the besieged city of Makkalet added.
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