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Post by garbanzo on Apr 2, 2021 14:31:10 GMT -5
The recent Ablaze versions of the French Conan le Cimmérien books from Glénat have me wondering what else is out there. Here are a few things I dug up... First off are the old La Reina de la Costa Negra comics featuring Belit and a blonde Conan.  Next we have Sword Studio which published quite a few Spanish books - a series of 26 issues called Conan and another series of 5 issues called The Savage Sword of Conan, plus a one-shot called Terror en la Costa Negra. There may be more, I'm not sure.  Then there are a couple of Finnish books - The Grey God Passes and The Queen of the Black Coast. I've only seen English scanlations of these.  Lastly there's a short Conan story called Speak found in The CBLDF Presents Liberty Annual 2010 published by Image.  Anything else?? |
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Post by wolfshead on Apr 2, 2021 17:51:02 GMT -5
3 additions. Power Records with the comic book by Thomas and Neil Adams(1976) with an early version of the Crawler in the Mist (CB-116); A Golden Book from 1986 with Thing in the Cave by Jack C. Harris and Dan Adkins, an alternate version of Thing in the Crypt (CB-92); and by SQ Productions (1992) a positively beautiful adaption of the REH poem Sea Woman by Craig Hamilton--not to be missed!!!
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Post by wolfshead on Apr 2, 2021 18:05:30 GMT -5
Oh yeah, one other thing, while not Conan (of course, neither is Grey God Passes) is the chapbook Red Blades of Black Cathay by Real Free Press (publisher), Amsterdam, adapted by El Gringo (aka E. A. Fischer)
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Post by wolfshead on Apr 2, 2021 19:23:04 GMT -5
The really interesting thing about the 26 Sword Studio Conan's is that they actually fit into continuity with RT's stories in the spaces between specific Marvel issues. They're quality in both story and art. Marvel could/should have done the same with their second licensing.
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Post by garbanzo on Apr 3, 2021 13:46:45 GMT -5
Thanks for the additions, some are new to me.
Marvel reprinted the Power Records story in CtB 116 so I didn't mention that one.
I forgot about the Golden Book. I even have a copy. Wish there were more.
I haven't read any of the Sword Studio books - I had no idea they fit into RT's continuity. Cool!
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Post by wolfshead on Apr 3, 2021 18:06:13 GMT -5
Here are the details regarding the Sword Studio chronology:
#01 - “THE DEATH OF CONAN”
Script and Drawings: Benito Gallego
Timeline: Immediately before “The Coming of Conan”, Conan the Barbarian #1
#02 - “HONOR”
Script: Carlos Yáñez and Fracisco Calderón
Drawings: Antonio Verdugo
Timeline: Immediately after “The Song of Red Sonja”, Conan the Barbarian #24
#03 - “TREASURE OF THE LOST TEMPLE”
Script: Carlos Yañez
Pencils: Benito Gallego
Inks: José Antonio Fernández Agüera Rojo
Timeline: Immediately after “Beware the Hyrkanians Bearing Gifts”, Conan the Barbarian #36
#04 - “THE MOUND OF THE GREY GIANT”
Script: Carlos Yañez
Design: Benito Gallego
Drawings: José Antonio Fernández Agüera Rojo
Timeline: Immediately after #03, “Treasure of the Lost Temple”
#05 - “PERHAPS A DESERTER”
Story: Carlos Yáñez
Script: José M. Pallarés
Drawings: Antonio Vázquez
Timeline: Immediately after "The Twilight of the Grim Grey God", Conan The Barbarian #3
#06 - “IT’S NOT THAT IT HATES YOU”
Script: José Miguel Pallares
Pencils: Manuel Garcia
Inks: Antonio Vázquez
Timeline: Immediately after the #05, “Perhaps a Deserter”
#07 - “TEST OF BLOOD”
Script and Pencils: Otoniel Oliveira
Adaptation: Carlos Yáñez
Inks: Manuel Díaz Bejarano
Shading: Salvador Molina
Timeline: Immediately after #06, “It’s Not That It Hates You”
#08 - “ALLIANCE OF BLOOD”
Script: Carlos Yáñez
Drawings: Paco Nájera
Timeline: After "The Frost Giant’s Daughter”, Conan The Barbarian #16
#09 - “THE SHADOW OF VENGEANCE”
Script: Carlos Yáñez
Drawings: Benito Gallego
Timeline: Immediately after "White Death", Savage Sword of Conan Vol III #10
#10 - “BLOODY ICE”
Script: Carlos Yáñez
Drawings: José Antonio Fernández Agüera Rojo
Timeline: Immediately after #09, “The Shadow of Vengeance”, and before "Lair of the Ice Worm", Savage Sword of Conan #34
#11 - “FURY OF THE LION”
Script: Carlos Yáñez
Drawings: José Antonio Fernández Agüera Rojo
Timeline: Immediately before "The Vale of Lost Women", Conan The Barbarian #104
#12 - “THE FORGOTTEN TEMPLE OF GOD”
Script: Carlos Yáñez
Drawings: José Antonio Fernández Agüera Rojo
Timeline: Immediately after "Hawks Over Shem", Savage Sword of Conan #36
#13 - “THE TREASURE OF AKEM-LIZAR”
Script: Carlos Yáñez
Pencils: Benito Gallego
Inks: Jose Antonio Fernandez Agüera Rojo
Timeline: Immediately after "A Witch Shall Be Born", Savage Sword of Conan #5
#14 - “THE EMBRACE OF SORCERY”
Script: Carlos Yáñez
Drawings: Manuel García Shading:
Miguel A. Castillo
Timeline: Immediately after #13, “The Treasure of Akem-Lizar”
#15 - “THE ARENA OF DEATH (Sands of Death”
Script: Carlos Yáñez
Pencils: Rafael Vargas Simón
Inks: Rafa Sánchez and Asier Casas
Shading: Óscar Escamilla
Timeline: Immediately after #14, “The Embrace of Sorcery”, and before "The Sleeper Beneath the Sands", Savage Sword of Conan #6
#16 - “OASIS”
Script: Manuel Barrero
Drawings: Francisco Nájera
Timeline: After "Mirror of the Manticore", Savage Sword of Conan #58
#17 - “MESSIANIC RITES”
Script: Helio Mira
Pencils: Antonio Verdugo
Inks: Manuel Díaz
Timeline: This flashback occurs immediately after #16, “Oasis”
#18 - “THE CITADEL OF TERROR”
Script: Carlos Yáñez
Drawings: Martinez
Inks: Manuel Díaz
Timeline: After the mini-series "Scarlet Sword", Conan The Barbarian #1-3
#19 - “NATALA”
Script: Osvaldo Magalhaes
Text: Carlos Yáñez
Drawings: Rodney Buchemi
Color: Alberto de Vicente
Timeline: Before "The Slithering God", Savage Sword of Conan #164
#20 - “THE CREATURE OF THE LAKE”
Script and Drawings: Benito Gallego
Timeline: Immediately before "The Temple of the Twelve Eyed Thing", Savage Sword of Conan #75
#21 - “CREATURES OF THE DARKNESS”
Script: Miguel Fernández Soto
Drawings: Mariano Saura Copete
Timeline: Before "Conan the Buccaneer", Savage Sword of Conan #40-43
#22 - “BLOOD THIRST”
Script: Carlos Yáñez
Drawings and Color: Miguel Jiménez
Timeline: Before "Moon of Blood", Savage Sword of Conan #46
#23 - “MOON OF DEATH”
Script: Carlos Yáñez
Drawings: Benito Gallego
Timeline: After "Moon of Blood", Savage Sword of Conan #46
#24 - “THE WEEPING”
Script: Helio Mira
Drawings: José Antonio Fernández Agüera Rojo
Timeline: After "Conan the Avenger", King Conan #5-8 and before “The Hyborian Odyssey", Savage Sword of Conan #166-169
#25 - “FIRE AND ASHES”
Script: Carlos Yáñez and Fracisco Calderón
Drawings: José Antonio Fernández Agüera Rojo
Timeline: From “The Sword of the Elder Gods”, Conan the King #55 and “The Sleeping Lion”, Conan the King #29. This story" fixes" the continuity between these stories
#26 - “THE OTHER CONAN”
Script: Helio Mira
Pencils: Jaime Calderón
Inks: Manuel Díaz
Timeline: In an unspecified time between “Treachery”, Conan the King #49 and “Conan of the Isles", Marvel Graphic Novel #42
And if you can find the SQ Productions portfolio of Conan: Sea Woman within your budget, grab it. It is arguably the best art of any work done on Conan, including BWS.
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Post by danieljames495 on Apr 3, 2021 23:59:10 GMT -5
Wait so these are original stories? I was under the impression that it was some sort of reprint. I should've figured. I have a Conan art portfolio from SQ Productions called "Conan the Cruel" but I've never heard of the sea woman one. I'll try tracking it down.
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Post by wolfshead on Apr 4, 2021 10:33:39 GMT -5
Yup, the Sword Studio stories were original.
The Sea Woman portfolio is in color with 5 plates. Think of the first as a cover, the rest have one large image (think of a splash), with smaller
images of sequential art following along with the poem written in dialogue boxes. It is absolutely brilliant!
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Post by danieljames495 on Apr 4, 2021 13:45:16 GMT -5
I did some research and someone over on a Spanish forum posted a download link for the 26 sword studio issues. They're pretty short reads honestly but the art looks good from what I can tell. I'm putting the download link here as well for anyone interested: uploaded.net/file/mdcwbxr7 |
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Post by wolfshead on Apr 4, 2021 14:15:51 GMT -5
You're right, most are short, but they fill in some blanks, like how Conan met Natala before Slithering Shadow. I found all this years ago on the now defunct Crom forum (think that was the forum's name)..
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Post by danieljames495 on Apr 4, 2021 14:37:51 GMT -5
Hmm. I was working on translating the Glenat titles but since Ablaze is doing that right now I may translate these instead. Like a fun little weekend project.
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Post by danieljames495 on Apr 4, 2021 17:21:16 GMT -5
Benito Gallego's art looks a lot like Buscema's actually.
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Post by wolfshead on Apr 4, 2021 17:33:11 GMT -5
BG sometimes looks more like Big John than Big John did. If Marvel hired Gallego and took Sword Studio's attitude with regard to Conan's chronology, the 2nd licensing of Conan would have been much better.
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Post by garbanzo on Apr 4, 2021 17:58:44 GMT -5
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Post by danieljames495 on Apr 4, 2021 18:56:15 GMT -5
Oh nice! I'll try to see if I can print them out as floppies. |
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