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Conan the Barbarian, #2

Published: December 1970

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Conan the Barbarian #2

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Issue Contents:
In the Cavern Waits --- Doom!
1 page sword and sorcery

"Die, manling !"

Characters
  • Conan (mainstream Universe)
  • Beast-Men [King Gha-Kree (villain)
  • Beast-Men guards]
  • Moira
Credits
Story Notes

Roy Thomas speculates on page one of the text article, "Of Bears and Beast-Men" in Conan Classic (Marvel, 1994 series) #2 (July 1994) that Herb Trimpe possibly altered Conan's torso on the cover of Conan the Barbarian #2 "at the direction of Stan [Lee] or [Martin] Goodman".

Lair of the Beast-Men!
Story 1 19 pages sword and sorcery
Storyline

Conan leads humans in a revolution against their ape-masters. Conan kills a snow-lion.

Characters
  • Conan (mainstream Universe)
  • Thrall Kiord (supporting, first appearance, dies)
  • Kiord's wife (first appearance)
  • Moira (first appearance, death)
  • Beast-Men [Gan-Torr (introduction, death)
  • Zha-Gorr (introduction, death)
  • Har-Lann
  • King Gha-Kree (introduction, death)] (villain
  • introduction)
  • snow-lion (death)
Credits
Story Notes

The coloring credits were acknowledged by Barry Windsor-Smith in Spectrum Super Special #3 (2005). Conan is in chains for the first time. Story page count is 20 (numbered) in book, but since pages 12 and 13 are half-pages (shared with adverts), the total comes to 19 pages in this index. In reprints the two halfs are normally joined back into one.

Story 2 0 pages
A Pride of Pronouncements for a Frenzy of Fans!
Story 3 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Stan Lee's Soapbox; Items; house ad for Sub-Mariner Annual #1 and Avengers Annual #4.

Story 4 2 pages non-fiction
Story Notes

All-star set of letters from Harlan Ellison (noted Science Fiction... sorry, Speculative Fiction author), Glenn Lord (Robert E. Howard scholar), Maggie Thompson (noted comic scholar), Don Thompson (noted comic scholar), Dick Lupoff (noted comic scholar and author), August Derleth (author), Ted White (noted comic scholar and author); includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.

The Hyborian Age Of Conan - Circa 10,000 BC -
Story 5 1 page sword and sorcery
Story Notes

Based on a map prepared by Robert E. Howard.