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Issue Details

Issue #0
Published June 2008
Cover Price 0.99 USD
Pages 24
Editing Philip R. Simon; Scott Allie (consulting editor); Ryan Jorgensen (assistant editor); Patrick Thorpe (assistant editor); Joshua Elliott (designer); Jason Hvam (digital production)

Cover Details

Characters Conan
Genre sword and sorcery
Pencils Tomas Giorello
Inks Tomas Giorello
Colors Dave Stewart

1 page credits "Conan"

Characters Conan
Script Robert E. Howard (quotation)
Pencils Tomas Giorello
Letters typeset
Notes This page contains the indicia and credits for this issue with an accompanying quotation and illustration.

16 page Conan story "Cimmeria"

Characters Conan
Synopsis On his way home to Cimmeria, Conan confronts a group of Vanir raiders.
Genre sword and sorcery
Script Tim Truman
Pencils Tomas Giorello
Inks Tomas Giorello
Colors Jose Villarrubia
Letters Richard Starkings; Comicraft
Notes This story was inspired by Robert E. Howard's poem of the same name. The title appears on the credits page only. The first line of the story reads: "I remember--".

1 page Conan promo (ad from the publisher) "Next Month: Conan the Cimmerian #1 -- A July Scorcher!"

Pencils Frank Cho; Joe Kubert
Inks Frank Cho; Joe Kubert
Colors Dave Stewart; Joe Kubert
Letters typeset
Notes A preview of the 2 covers for the next issue.

Half page Lockbox 313 text article "Lockbox 313"

Script Philip Simon
Letters typeset
Notes An introduction to the series from the editor.

Half page The Adventures of Two-Gun Bob story "For months I had been absolutely barren of ideas..."

Characters Robert E. Howard
Synopsis Howard discusses the creation of the character Conan.
Genre biography
Script Robert E. Howard; Jim Keegan (adaptation); Ruth Keegan (adaptation)
Pencils Jim Keegan; Ruth Keegan
Inks Jim Keegan; Ruth Keegan
Colors Jim Keegan; Ruth Keegan
Letters Jim Keegan; Ruth Keegan
Notes The story comes from a December 14, 1933 letter from Robert E. Howard to Clark Ashton Smith.