The Chronicles of Conan Volume 8: Brothers of the Blade and Other Stories
Dark Horse Books
Year :
September 2005
Book No. : ISBN-10: 1593073496
ISBN-13: 9781593073497
Edition : 1st
Format : Trade paperback (6.6 x 10.3 inches)
Pages : 160
Cover art : John Buscema (pencils); Steve Gan (inks)
Illustrations : See below

 The Chronicles of Conan Volume 8: Brothers of the Blade and Other Stories  




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Contents
"The Altar and the Scorpion!" (18 pages, graphic adaptation)
Inspired by "The Altar and the Scorpion"
Writer: Roy Thomas
Pencils: John Buscema
Inks: Tom Palmer
Colors: Peter Dawes, Ian Sokoliwski & Wil Glass with All Thumbs Creative
Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #52, July 1975
"Incident in Argos!" (18 pages, graphic adaptation)
Freely adapted from two paragraphs of "Queen of the Black Coast"
wherein Conan relates the circumstances of his departure from Argos.
Writer: Roy Thomas
Pencils: Mike Ploog
Inks: Mike Ploog
Colors: Peter Dawes, Ian Sokoliwski & Wil Glass with All Thumbs Creative
Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #57, December 1975
"Queen of the Black Coast!" (19 pages, graphic adaptation)
Freely adapted from a portion of "Queen of the Black Coast"
The adaptation is concluded in Conan the Barbarian #100.
Writer: Roy Thomas
Pencils: John Buscema
Inks: Steve Gan
Colors: Peter Dawes, Ian Sokoliwski & Wil Glass with All Thumbs Creative
Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #58, January 1976

This volume also collects the following content from the indicated issues of Marvel's CONAN THE BARBARIAN series. These stories were inspired by REH's Conan, but do not adapt or contain any REH stories or poems. Refer to the Grand Comics Database for additional information.
Conan the Barbarian (1970 series)
The Chronicles of Conan (2003 series)

"Brothers of the Blade" by Roy Thomas; John Buscema (pencils); Frank Springer (inks)
Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #53, August 1975
"The Oracle of Ophir" by Roy Thomas; John Buscema (pencils); Tom Palmer (inks)
Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #54, September 1975
"A Shadow on the Land" by Roy Thomas; John Buscema (pencils); Tom Palmer (inks)
Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #55, October 1975
"The Strange High Tower in the Mist" by Roy Thomas; John Buscema (pencils); Pablo Marcos (inks)
Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #56, November 1975
"The Ballad of Bêlit" by Roy Thomas; John Buscema (pencils); Steve Gan (inks)
Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #59, February 1976
"Long Live the Queen!: Personal Notes on Marvel's CONAN THE BARBARIAN #52-59" by Roy Thomas (Afterword)

Notes
Collection Editor: Jeremy Barlow
Dark Horse Books is a division of Dark Horse Comics.
This reprint series was recolored from the original Marvel series utilizing computer coloring.