Issue Details

Issue	#227
Published	November 1994
Cover Price	$2.25
Pages	68
Editing	Richard Ashford

Cover Details - "the Four Ages of Conan. From Conan the Boy to Conan the King."

Genre	Sword and Sorcery
Pencils	Earl Norem
Inks	Earl Norem

15 page Conan story "Day of Manhood"

Characters	teenage Conan.
Synopsis	To prove himself a man, a teenage Conan must endure a test of strength and defeat a rampaging bull.
Genre	Sword and Sorcery
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	Mark Pennington
Inks	Jason Minor
Letters	Janice Chiang

8 page Conan story "Treasure"

Characters	Conan
Synopsis	Conan takes sail to the sea, battling demons and others to find hidden treasure.
Genre	Sword and Sorcery
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	Rey Garcia
Inks	Rey Garcia
Letters	Ellie DeVille
Notes	Adaptation of a poem by Jim Neal. It is also a sequel to the story "Gem in the Tower" by L Sprague deCamp and Lin Carter done in SSoC #45.

12 page Conan story "A Horror of a Different Color"

Characters	Conan
Synopsis	An early morning hunt becomes life-threatening when the tables are turned and Conan becomes the prey.
Genre	Sword and Sorcery
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	Ernie Chan
Inks	Ernie Chan
Letters	Diana Albers
Notes	Freely adapted from the story "the Damned Thing" by Ambrose Bierce.

2 page Conan text article "Conan File: Toys"

Genre	Sword and Sorcery
Script	Susan Chan

7 page Conan illustration "Simon Colby portfolio"

Genre	Sword and Sorcery
Pencils	Simon Colby
Inks	Simon Colby

15 page King Conan story "the Phoenix in the Shadow"

Characters	King Conan; Thoth-Amon.
Synopsis	King Conan and his men travel to the palace of Aquilonia and must pit themselves against the sorcery of Thoth-Amon.
Genre	Sword and Sorcery
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	Fred Harper
Inks	Fred Harper
Letters	Madonna Limcaco
Notes	This story is a sequel to "the Phoenix on the Sword" by Robert E Howard.