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Conan The Barbarian

Conan The Barbarian, the main character of the series, as he appears in the 1980s film adaptations.

Conan the Barbarian is a short story series by Robert E. Howard published by Weird Tales.

Publications[]

Conan The Barbarian first appeared in Weird Tales on December 1932. He would later be adapted into comics by both Marvel and Dark Horse Comics.

Short Stories[]

  • The Phoenix on the Sword (December 1932)
  • The Scarlet Citadel (January 1933)
  • The Tower of the Elephant (March 1933)
  • Black Colossus (July 1933)
  • The Slithering Shadow (September 1933)
  • The Pool of the Black One (October 1933)
  • Rogues in the House (January 1934)
  • Shadows in the Moonlight (April 1934)
  • Queen of the Black Coast (May 1934)
  • The Devil in Iron (August 1934)
  • The People of the Black Circle (September - November 1934)
  • A Witch Shall be Born (December 1934)
  • Jewels of Gwahlur (March 1935)
  • Beyond the Black River (May 1935)
  • Shadows in Zamboula (November 1935)
  • Red Nails (1936)
  • The God in the Bowl (1952)
  • The Black Stranger (1953)
  • The Frost-Giant's Daughter (1953)
  • The Blood-Stained God (1955)
  • Hawks over Shem (1955)
  • The Road of the Eagles (1955)
  • Drums of Tombalku (1966)
  • The Hall of the Dead (February 1967)
  • The Hand of Nergal (1967)
  • The Vale of Lost Women (1967)
  • Wolves Beyond the Border (1967)
  • The City of Skulls (1967)
  • The Thing in the Crypt (1967)
  • Black Tears (1968)
  • The Curse of the Monolith (1968), first published as Conan and the Cenotaph
  • The Snout in the Dark (1969)
  • The Castle of Terror (1969)
  • The Lair of the Ice Worm (1969)
  • The People of the Summit (December 1970)
  • The Witch of the Mists (August 1972)
  • Black Sphinx of Nebthu (July 1973)
  • Shadows in the Skull (February 1975)
  • Red Moon of Zembabwei (May 1977)
  • The Gem in the Tower (August 1978)
  • The Ivory Goddess (August 1978)
  • Legions of the Dead (August 1978)
  • Moon of Blood (August 1978)
  • Shadows in the Dark (August 1978)
  • The Star of Khorala (August 1978)

Novels[]

  • The Hour of the Dragon (1950), also known as Conan the Conqueror.
  • The Return of Conan (1957)
  • Conan of the Isles (October 1968)
  • Conan the Buccaneer (1971)
  • Conan and the Sorcerer (October 1978)
  • Conan the Liberator (February 1979)
  • The Sword of Skelos (May 1979)
  • The Road of Kings (October 1979)
  • Conan the Rebel (July 1980)
  • Conan and the Spider God (December 1980)
  • Conan the Mercenary (1980)
  • The Flame Knife (1981), originally published in 1955 within Tales of Conan
  • Conan the Barbarian (May 1982)
  • Conan the Invincible (June 1982)
  • Conan the Defender (December 1982)
  • Conan the Unconquered (April 1983)
  • Conan the Triumphant (October 1983)
  • Conan the Magnificent (May 1984)
  • Conan the Victorious (November 1984)
  • Conan the Destroyer (1984)
  • Conan the Valorous (September 1985)
  • Conan the Fearless (February 1986)
  • Conan the Renegade (April 1986)
  • Conan the Raider (October 1986)
  • Conan the Champion (April 1987)
  • Conan the Defiant (October 1987)
  • Conan the Marauder (January 1988)
  • Conan the Warlord (March 1988)
  • Conan the Valiant (October 1988)
  • Conan the Hero (February 1989)
  • Conan the Bold (April 1989)
  • Conan the Indomitable (October 1989)
  • Conan the Free Lance (February 1990)
  • Conan the Great (April 1990)
  • Conan the Formidable (November 1990)
  • Conan the Guardian (January 1991)
  • Conan the Outcast (April 1991)
  • Conan the Rogue (November 1991)
  • Conan the Relentless (April 1992)
  • Conan the Savage (November 1992)
  • Conan of the Red Brotherhood (February 1993)
  • Conan and the Gods of the Mountain (May 1993)
  • Conan and the Treasure of Python (November 1993)
  • Conan the Hunter (January 1994)
  • Conan, Scourge of the Bloody Coast (April 1994)
  • Conan and the Manhunters (October 1994)
  • Conan at the Demon's Gate (November 1994)
  • Conan the Gladiator (January 1995)
  • Conan and the Amazon (April 1995)
  • Conan and the Mists of Doom (August 1995)
  • Conan and the Emerald Lotus (November 1995)
  • Conan and the Shaman's Curse (January 1996)
  • Conan, Lord of the Black River (April 1996)
  • Conan and the Grim Grey God (November 1996)
  • Conan and the Death Lord of Thanza (January 1997)
  • Conan of Venarium (July 2003)
  • Conan the Barbarian (2011)

Comics[]

  • Conan the Barbarian (July 21st, 1970 - September 8th, 2021)
  • Conan the Barbarian Annual (June 5th, 1973 - October 6th, 1987)
  • Giant-Size Conan (June 11th, 1974 - August 26th, 1975)
  • Savage Sword of Conan (June 18th, 1974 - December 11th, 2019)
  • King Conan (December 4th, 1979 - July 6th, 2022)
  • Conan the Barbarian Movie Special (June 29th - August 3rd, 1982)
  • Conan the King (September 27th, 1983 - July 4th, 1989)
  • Conan the Destroyer Movie Special (October 2nd - December 4th, 1984)
  • Conan the Barbarian: The Horn of Azoth (February 27th, 1990)
  • Conan the Rogue (September 24th, 1991)
  • Conan: The Ravagers Out of Time (April 7th, 1992)
  • Conan the Adventurer (April 19th, 1994 - May 16th, 1995)
  • Conan (June 27th, 1995 - April 3rd, 1996)
  • Conan the Savage (July 6th, 1995 - April 3rd, 1996)
  • Conan vs Rune (October 5th, 1995)
  • Conan the Barbarian: The Usurper (November 12th, 1997 - February 18th, 1998)
  • Conan: Lord of the Spiders (February 25th - March 25th, 1998)
  • Conan: River of Blood (April 29th - June 24th, 1998)
  • Conan: Return of Styrm (August 5th - October 7th, 1998)
  • Conan: Scarlet Sword (November 4th - December 30th, 1998)
  • Conan: Death Covered in Gold (July 28th - September 29th, 1999)
  • Conan: Flame and the Fiend (June 7th - August 2nd, 2000)
  • Conan (November 2003 - February 2018)
  • Wonder Woman/Conan (November 2017 - April 2018)
  • Conan the Barbarian: Exodus (August 14th, 2019)
  • Conan 2099 (November 27th, 2019)
  • Conan: Serpent War (December 4th, 2019 - January 22nd, 2020)
  • Conan: Battle for the Serpent (February 5th - September 16th, 2020)
  • King-Size Conan (December 23rd, 2020)
  • Free Comic Book Day 2023: Conan the Barbarian (May 6th, 2023)
  • Conan the Barbarian (August 2nd, 2023 - Present)
  • The Savage Sword of Conan (February 28th, 2024 - Present)
  • Free Comic Book Day 2024: Conan: Battle of the Black Stone (May 4th, 2024)
  • Conan: Battle of the Black Stone (September 4th - December 4th, 2024)
  • Solomon Kane: The Serpent Ring (March 26th - July 2nd, 2025)
  • Free Comic Book Day 2025: Conan: Scourge of the Serpent (May 3rd, 2025)
  • Conan the Barbarian: Eastern Horizons (May 21st, 2025)
  • Conan: Scourge of the Serpent (September 24th, 2025 - Present)

Poem[]

  • Death-Song of Conan the Cimmerian (1972)

Collections[]

  • The Sword of Conan (1952)
  • The Coming of Conan (1953)
  • King Conan (1953)
  • Conan the Barbarian (1955)
  • Tales of Conan (1955)
  • Conan the Adventurer (1966)
  • Conan (1967)
  • Conan the Usurper (1967)
  • Conan the Warrior (1967)
  • Conan the Avenger (1968)
  • Conan the Freebooter (1968)
  • Conan the Wanderer (1968)
  • Conan of Cimmeria (1969)
  • The Tower of the Elephant (1975)
  • The Devil in Iron (1976)
  • Rogues in the House (1976)
  • Conan of Aquilonia (May 1977)
  • The People of the Black Circle (1977)
  • Red Nails (1977)
  • Conan the Swordsman (August 1978)
  • Queen of the Black Coast (1978)
  • Black Colossus (1979)
  • Jewels of Gwahlur (1979)
  • The Treasure of Tranicos (1980)
  • The Pool of the Black One (1986)
  • The Conan Chronicles (1989)
  • The Conan Chronicles 2 (1990)
  • The Conan Chronicles (1995)
  • The Conan Chronicles II (1997)
  • The Essential Conan (1998)
  • The Further Chronicles of Conan (1999)
  • The Conan Chronicles: Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle (2000)
  • The Conan Chronicles: Volume 2: The Hour of the Dragon (2000)
  • The Coming of Conan (2002)
  • The Bloody Crown of Conan (2004)
  • Sagas of Conan (2004)
  • The Conquering Sword of Conan (2005)
  • The Complete Chronicles of Conan (2006)
  • Conan the Barbarian (2011)

Other Publications[]

  • The Conan Reader (1968)
  • The Conan Swordbook (1969)
  • The Conan Grimoire (1972)
  • The Blade of Conan (1979)
  • The Spell of Conan (1980)
  • Handbook of the Conan Universe (October 15th, 1985)
  • The Official Handbook of the Conan Universe (1993)
  • Official Handbook of the Conan Universe Anniversary Edition (2020)

Films[]

  • Conan The Barbarian (March 16th, 1982)
  • Conan the Destroyer (June 29th, 1984)
  • Red Sonja (July 3rd, 1985)
  • Kurl The Conqueror (August 29th, 1997)
  • Conan The Barbarian (August 11th, 2011)
  • Red Sonja (2025)

TV[]

  • Conan the Adventurer (September 13th, 1992 – November 23rd, 1993)
  • Conan and the Young Warriors (March 5th – August 27th, 1994)
  • Conan the Adventurer (September 22nd, 1997 – May 25th, 1998)

Board/Roleplaying Games[]

  • Conan Unchained! (1984)
  • Conan Against Darkness (1984)
  • Conan Role-Playing Game (1985)
  • Hyborian War (1985 - Present)
  • GURPS Conan (1989)
  • Conan: The Roleplaying Game (2004)
  • Conan Collectible Card Game (2006)
  • Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of (January 31st, 2017)

Video Games[]

  • Conan: Hall of Volta (1984) for PC-88, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, FM-7, and Sharp X1
  • Conan: The Mysteries of Time (February 1991) for NES
  • Conan (April 7th, 2004) for Xbox, GameCube, PC, and PlayStation 2
  • Conan (September 28th, 2007) for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
  • Age of Conan (May 20th, 2008) for PC
  • Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer (May 11th, 2010) for PC
  • Conan Exiles (May 8th, 2018) for Xbox One, PC, and PlayStation 4

Spin-Offs[]

Red Sonja

Links to Other Series[]

Direction Series Date Description Type


4 Kull of Atlantis 193212 December 1932 The first Conan story, The Phoenix on the Sword, was a rewrite of an unpublished Kull story, By This Axe, I Rule. Conan The Barbarian borrows many elements from Kull stories. In the Conan the Barbarian story Shadows in the Skull, it's revealed that Conan is a direct descendant of Kull. 1
4 The Shadow of the Vulture 19732 February 1973 Red Sonja is inspired by Red Sonya from The Shadow of the Vulture. 1
4 Elric 1970801 August 01, 1970 Elric of Melniboné appears in Conan The Barbarian #14-15. 1
2

Red Sonja 19771 January 1977 Red Sonja is a spinoff of Conan The Barbarian. 1
2

Cerebus the Aardvark 197712 December 1977 Cerebus the Aardvark was initially a parody of Conan the Barbarian. 3
6

What If? (Marvel) 198311 January 1, 1983 Thor faces off against Conan The Barbarian in What If #39. 1
6

Thor (Marvel) 198311 January 1, 1983 Thor faces off against Conan The Barbarian in What If #39. 1
6

Captain America 19842 February 1984 Captain America faces off against Conan The Barbarian in What If #43. 1
5 Dungeons & Dragons 1984 1984 The Dungeons & Dragons module Conan Unchained! is a format crossover with Conan the Barbarian. 3
5 Discworld 1986 1986 Cohen the barbarian is a parody character of Conan the barbarian, who debuted in Light Fantastic. 3
5 Video Violence 1987 1987 A Conan The Barbarian video case is shown in Video Violence. 2
6

Wolverine 19908 August 1990 Wolverine faces off against Conan The Barbarian. 1
4 Doctor Strange 1992716 July 16, 1992 One of the earliest appearances of Doctor Strange villain Shuma-Gorath was in Conan the Barbarian #259. Heroic Signatures holds the rights to the Shuma-Gorath name, along with additional elements related to the Conan the Barbarian and Kull of Atlantis mythos, which is licensed to Marvel Comics. 1
6

Rune (Malibu Comics) 199511 November 1995 Rune faces off against Conan The Barbarian. 1
5 Alan Partridge 19971124 November 24, 1997 In I'm Alan Partridge, Making fun of Alan after the traffic cone incident, Dave Clifton asks him if he watched "Cone-an the Barbarian" 2
5 Robot Chicken 200897 September 7, 2008 Conan The Barbarian is parodied in the Robot Chicken episode "Boo Cocky". 2
5 The Big Bang Theory 2008106 October 6, 2008 Penny and Sheldon play Age of Conan in the Big Bang Theory episode "The Barbarian Sublimation". 2
5 Nostalgia Critic 2010119 January 19, 2010 The Nostalgia Critic reviews "Conan The Barbarian". 2
6

Munchkin 2011 2011 Munchkin has a Conan the Barbarian expansion, and also a Conan the Barbarian variant compatible with the base game. 1
5 Ready Player One 2011816 August 16, 2011 Conan the Barbarian is mentioned and quoted in Ready Player One, while Crom from Conan the Barbarian is mentioned several times in Ready Player Two. 2
5 Bravoman 2012619 June 19, 2012 The "Bravo the Barbarian" mini-arc in the Bravoman web series is a parody of Conan the Barbarian. 3
5 Broforce 2014211 February 11, 2014 Bronan the Brobarian is based on Conan from Conan the Barbarian. 3
5 JonTron 2014322 March 22, 2014 JonTron reviews Conan The Barbarian games. 2
5 Monica's Gang 201411 November 2014 Conan appears in Clássicos do Cinema - Turma da Mônica #46. 2
5 Armada 2015714 July 14, 2015 Crom from Conan is mentioned twice in Armada. 2
5 Rodeo Stampede 20161013 October 13, 2016 The Conan the Baabaarian is a reference to Conan the Barbarian. 3
6

Wonder Woman 2017920 September 20, 2017 Wonder Woman has a crossover with Conan The Barbarian. 1
5 Oh...Sir! 2017922 September 22, 2017 Groan from Oh..Sir! The Hollywood Roast is a parody of Conan the Barbarian and the Terminator. 3
5 Avengers (Marvel) 20195 May 2019 Conan The Barbarian is a part of the Savage Avengers. 1
4 Moon Knight 2019124 December 4, 2019 Moon Knight appeared in Conan: Serpent War Vol. 1 #1-4 1
4 Black Cat (Marvel) 2020205 February 05, 2020 Black Cat appears in Conan: Battle for the Serpent Crown. 1
4 Black Panther 2020715 July 15, 2020 Black Panther appears in Conan: Battle for the Serpent Crown #3, while Shuri from Black Panther appears in Conan: Battle for the Serpent Crown #4. 1
4 Namor 2020819 August 19, 2020 Namor appears in Conan: Battle for the Serpent Crown. 1
5 Love, Death & Robots ?  ? A Conan short based on Red Nails was planned for Love Death + Robots Season 2, with Arnold Schwarzenegger reprising his role, but the creators couldn't get permission. 51
5 Mortal Kombat 2024 2024 Conan appears as a playable character in Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns as DLC. 1