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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published 2004
Cover Price 15.95 USD
Pages 164
Editing Jeremy Barlow

Cover Details - "The Song of Red Sonja and Other Stories"

Characters Conan
Genre sword and sorcery
Pencils Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks Barry Windsor-Smith
Reprinted from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #2 (October 1973) [a detail from "Red Nails" p1]

1 page Red Sonja illustration

Genre sword and sorcery
Pencils Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks Barry Windsor-Smith
Editing Roy Thomas (original editor)
Reprinted from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #24 (March 1973) [a detail from "The Song of Red Sonja" p1]

3 page credits

Letters typeset

21 page Conan the Barbarian story "The Shadow of the Vulture!"

Synopsis Setting:Pah-Dishah, Makkalet; Conan delivers message from Makkalet to Pah-Disha. Red Sonya saves Conan's life twice. Conan kills Mikhal Oglu (vulture) and sends his head to Yezdigerd.
Genre sword and sorcery
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks Sal Buscema; Dan Adkins; Chic Stone
Colors Peter Dawes; Ian Sokoliwsky; Dennis Kashton; Wil Glass
Editing Roy Thomas (original editor)
Reprinted from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #23 (February 1973)

20 page Conan the Barbarian story "The Song of Red Sonja"

Synopsis Setting:Makkalet; Conan & Red Sonja start a bar-fight, bathe in a fountain, scale temple walls, break in, steal a snake-tiara, fight a magical snake. At end Sonja tricks Conan, and leaves for Pah-Disha
Genre sword and sorcery
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks Barry Windsor-Smith
Colors Peter Dawes; Ian Sokoliwsky; Dennis Kashton; Wil Glass
Letters Artie Simek
Editing Roy Thomas (original editor)
Reprinted from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #24 (March 1973)

20 page Conan the Barbarian story "The Mirrors of Kharam Akkad"

Synopsis Setting: City of Makkalet; Two page Kull flashback; Akkad; Prince Yezdigerd prepares to storm Makkalet
Genre sword and sorcery
Script Roy Thomas; Barry Windsor-Smith (Co-Plotter)
Pencils John Buscema
Inks Sal Buscema; John Severin
Colors Peter Dawes; Ian Sokoliwsky; Dennis Kashton; Wil Glass
Letters Artie Simek
Editing Roy Thomas (original editor)
Notes Inspired by the short story "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thun" by Robert E. Howard.
Reprinted from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #25 (April 1973)

20 page Conan the Barbarian story "The Hour of the Griffin!"

Synopsis Setting: City of Makkalet; The Living Tarim dies; Prince Yezdigerd storms Makkalet; Conan & Chumballa Bey save Queen Melissandra; King Eannatum dies
Genre sword and sorcery
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils John Buscema
Inks Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]
Colors Peter Dawes; Ian Sokoliwsky; Dennis Kashton; Wil Glass
Letters John Costanza
Editing Roy Thomas (original editor)
Reprinted from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #26 (May 1973)

21 page Conan the Barbarian story "Red Nails"

Genre sword and sorcery
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks Barry Windsor-Smith
Colors Richard Isanove
Editing Roy Thomas (original editor)
Notes Adapted from the short story by Robert E. Howard.
Reprinted from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #2 (October 1973)

25 page Conan the Barbarian story "The Lurker From the Catacombs"

Genre sword and sorcery
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks Barry Windsor-Smith
Colors Peter Dawes; Ian Sokoliwsky; Dennis Kashton; Wil Glass
Editing Roy Thomas (original editor)
Notes Adapted from the short story "Red Nails" by Robert E. Howard.
Reprinted from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #3 (February 1974)

12 page Conan the Barbarian story "He Comes From the Dark"

Genre sword and sorcery
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks Barry Windsor-Smith
Colors Peter Dawes; Ian Sokoliwsky; Dennis Kashton; Wil Glass
Editing Roy Thomas (original editor)
Notes Adapted from the short story "Red Nails" by Robert E. Howard.
Reprinted from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #3 (February 1974)

5 page text article "Red Sonja and Red Nails"

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

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

Synopsis Promotional material for this volume.