Issue Details

Issue	#8
Published	August 2005
Cover Price	16.95 USD
Pages	164
Editing	Jeremy Barlow

Cover Details - "Brothers of the Blade and Other Stories"

Genre	sword and sorcery
Pencils	John Buscema
Inks	Steve Gan
Reprinted	from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #58 (January 1976) [a detail from "The Ballad of Belit!" p1]

1 page Conan illustration

Genre	sword and sorcery
Pencils	Mike Ploog
Inks	Mike Ploog
Editing	Roy Thomas (original editor)
Reprinted	from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #58 (December 1975) [a detail from "An Incident in Argos!" p1]

3 page credits

Letters

typeset

18 page Conan the Barbarian story "The Altar and the Scorpion!"

Synopsis	Setting:Belverus & Plain of Shamu; Conan fights a bull and a giant scorpion; First appearance of Tara of Hanumar; Conan obtains his cloak & mail-shirt
Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	John Buscema
Inks	Tom Palmer
Colors	Peter Dawes; Ian Sokoliwsky; Wil Glass
Letters	John Costanza
Editing	Roy Thomas (original editor)
Notes	Adapted from the short story by Robert E. Howard.
Reprinted	from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #52 (July 1975)

18 page Conan the Barbarian story "Brothers of the Blade!"

Synopsis	Setting: City of Ronnoco & countryside; Conan fights the blade brothers & kills Slicer & Steel-Skull; Tara kills Clawfoot
Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	John Buscema
Inks	Frank Springer
Colors	Peter Dawes; Ian Sokoliwsky; Wil Glass
Letters	John Costanza
Editing	Roy Thomas (original editor)
Reprinted	from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #53 (August 1975)

18 page Conan the Barbarian story "The Oracle of Ophir!"

Synopsis	Setting: City of Ronnoco & nearby hills; Conan visits an oracle and fights an evil twin-self.
Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	John Buscema
Inks	Tom Palmer
Colors	Peter Dawes; Ian Sokoliwsky; Wil Glass
Letters	John Costanza
Editing	Roy Thomas (original editor)
Reprinted	from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #54 (September 1975)

18 page Conan the Barbarian story "A Shadow on the Land!"

Synopsis	Setting: City of Ronnoco, Plain of Shamu; Conan saves the city of Ronnoco
Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	John Buscema
Inks	Tom Palmer
Colors	Peter Dawes; Ian Sokoliwsky; Wil Glass
Letters	John Costanza
Editing	Roy Thomas (original editor)
Reprinted	from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #55 (October 1975)

19 page Conan the Barbarian story "The Strange High Tower in the Mist!"

Synopsis	Setting: Countryside & magical city in the mist; Conan defeats a bat-thing & destroys the city in the mist
Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	John Buscema
Inks	Pablo Marcos
Colors	Peter Dawes; Ian Sokoliwsky; Wil Glass
Letters	John Costanza
Editing	Roy Thomas (original editor)
Reprinted	from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #56 (November 1975)

18 page Conan the Barbarian story "Incident in Argos!"

Synopsis	Setting: Messantia; Conan kills Ephemero Portus is separated from Tara & Yusef and flees Messantia guards
Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	Mike Ploog
Inks	Mike Ploog
Colors	Peter Dawes; Ian Sokoliwsky; Wil Glass
Letters	Joe Rosen
Editing	Roy Thomas (original editor)
Reprinted	from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #57 (December 1975)

19 page Conan the Barbarian story "Queen of the Black Coast!"

Synopsis	Setting: Tigress; First appearance of Belit; Odongo kills Tito; Conan becomes Belit's lover.
Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	John Buscema
Inks	Steve Gan
Colors	Peter Dawes; Ian Sokoliwsky; Wil Glass
Letters	John Costanza; Joe Rosen
Editing	Roy Thomas (original editor)
Notes	Adapted from the short story by Robert E. Howard.
Reprinted	from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #58 (January 1976)

17 page Conan the Barbarian story "The Ballad of Belit!"

Synopsis	Setting: Tigress & flashback scenes; N'yaga tells Conan the Origin of Belit
Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	John Buscema
Inks	Steve Gan
Colors	Peter Dawes; Ian Sokoliwsky; Wil Glass
Letters	Joe Rosen
Editing	Roy Thomas (original editor)
Reprinted	from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #59 (February 1976)

5 page text article "Long Live the Queen!"

Synopsis	Thomas gives some background on the creation of the stories in this volume.
Script	Roy Thomas
Letters	typeset

4 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Chronicles of Conan"

Synopsis

House ad for Dark Horse's Conan material

1 page (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix*

Synopsis

Promotional material for this volume