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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published March 2009
Cover Price 2.99 USD
Pages 40
Editing Philip R. Simon; Scott Allie (consulting editor); Patrick Thorpe (assistant editor); Joshua Elliott (designer); Jason Hvam (digital production)

Cover Details

Characters Conan
Genre sword and sorcery
Pencils Joseph Michael Linsner (signed)
Inks Joseph Michael Linsner (signed)
Colors Joseph Michael Linsner

1 page credits "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 illustration and quotation.

22 page Conan story "The Mercenary [Black Colossus: Part Two of Six]"

Characters Conan; Amalric; Cashius; Aratus; Count Thespides; Princess Yasmela
Synopsis Shortly after making Conan a captain in his mercenary army, Amalric sells the army's services to Princess Yasmela of Khoraja.
Genre sword and sorcery
Script Timothy Truman
Pencils Tomas Giorello
Inks Tomas Giorello
Colors Jose Villarrubia
Letters Richard Starkings; Comicraft

1 page Lockbox 313 letters page "Lockbox 313"

Script Philip R. Simon
Pencils Joseph Michael Linsner
Inks Joseph Michael Linsner
Colors Joseph Michael Linsner
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from M. L. Elliott, Mike Sheridan, Steven Leitman, D. W., Malcolm Henderson, and Jason Shrum with an accompanying preview of the next issue's cover.

Half page The Adventures of Two-Gun Bob story "Near Brownwood, TX. Fall, 1934."

Characters Robert E. Howard; Novalyne Price
Synopsis Robert and Novalyne admire the sunset.
Genre biography
Script Novalyne Price Ellis (original story); 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 This story is taken from Novalyne Price Ellis' memoir: One Who Walked Alone.