Conan (comics)

Conan the Barbarian by Robert E. Howard was first adapted into comics in 1952 in Mexico. Marvel Comics began publishing Conan comics with the series "Conan the Barbarian" in 1970. Dark Horse Comics published Conan from 2003 to 2018, after which the rights were reacquired by Marvel Comics.
"La reina de la Costa Negra".
The first comic book adaptation of a Howard Conan story was the feature "La reina de la Costa Negra" (taken from the original Conan story, "Queen of the Black Coast") in the miniature-size Mexican anthology title "Cuentos de Abuelito" #8 (1952) published by Corporacion Editorial Mexicana, SA. The series features the main characters, Conan and Bêlit, though Conan is depicted as blond rather than black-haired. Issues 8 through 12 adapted the original Howard story, while subsequent issues featured original material. The feature ran in nearly every issue of "Cuentos de Abuelito" up through number 61. A digest-sized standalone series, "La reina de la Costa Negra", was published by Ediciones Mexicanas Asocidas in 1958–1959 which lasted for at least eleven issues. In 1965–66 Ediciones Joma published a standard-size "La reina de la Costa Negra" comic that ran for at least 53 issues.
Marvel Comics.
Marvel Comics introduced a fairly faithful version of Conan in 1970 with "Conan the Barbarian", written by Roy Thomas with art initially by Barry Windsor-Smith, then John Buscema and Ernie Chan (aka Ernie Chua). The highly successful "Conan the Barbarian" series spawned the more adult, black-and-white "Savage Sword of Conan" in 1974, by Thomas, Buscema, and Alfredo Alcala. "Savage Sword of Conan" soon became one of the most popular comic series in the 1970s.
The Marvel Conan stories were also adapted as a newspaper comic strip which appeared daily and Sunday from September 4, 1978, to April 12, 1981. Originally written by Roy Thomas and illustrated by John Buscema, the strip was continued by several different Marvel artists and writers.
Other Marvel Conan titles over the years include "Savage Tales" (1971–1975, issues 1–5 only), "Giant-Size Conan" (1974–1975), "King Conan/Conan the King" (1980–1989), "Conan the Adventurer" (1994–1995), "Conan" (1995–1996), and "Conan the Savage" (1995–1996), as well as the 2019 resurgence of Conan at Marvel including "Conan: Serpent War" (2019–2020 miniseries), "Conan: Battle for the Serpent Crown" (2020 miniseries), alongside the resurgence of "Conan the Barbarian" (2019-present) and "Savage Sword of Conan" (2019), which both received new #1s but retained the original "Legacy Numbering" continuing where their original Marvel series left off.
Conan later appeared in the pages of "Savage Avengers".
Awards.
Academy of Comic Book Arts Shazam Awards:
1970
1971
1973
1974
Dark Horse Comics.
Dark Horse Comics began their take on Conan in 2003, which ended in 2018 when the rights were repurchased by Marvel.
The first comic series published was written by Kurt Busiek and Tim Truman and pencilled by Cary Nord and Tomas Giorello. This was followed by "Conan the Cimmerian", written by Tim Truman and pencilled by Tomas Giorello, Richard Corben and José Villarrubia. This series was a fresh interpretation, based solely on the works of Robert E. Howard and on the Dale Rippke chronology, with no connection to the large Marvel run.
Dark Horse Comics also published digitally re-coloured compilations of the 1970s Marvel Comics "Conan the Barbarian" series in graphic-novel format, by Roy Thomas (writer), Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Ernie Chan (artists), and others.
Glénat.
In France, the character is under public domain, and on the Franco-Belgian market, the publisher Glénat has, since 2018, published a series of albums with the character, "Conan le Cimmérien", written and drawn by local talent.
Titles.
Miniseries.
‡ "Conan and the Demons of Khitai" #3 featured a spoof nude advert for "Conan" #24–after complaints a second printing was issued replacing the spoof nude advert with the actual (non-nude) advert for "Conan" #24, with retailers offering the option to swap copies. (See Recalled comics for more pulped, recalled and erroneous comics.)