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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.