The Chronicles of Conan Volume 6: The Curse of the Golden Skull and Other Stories

Edition and production details

Language

English

5 linked Howard works

• The Curse of the Golden Skull story Howard writing Publications
• The Fire of Asshurbanipal (1) story Howard writing Publications
• The House of Arabu story Howard writing Publications
• The Purple Heart of Erlik story Howard writing Publications
• Witch from Hell's Kitchen story Howard writing Publications

10 contents entries

1. "The Hell-Spawn of Kara-Shehr" (19 pages, graphic adaptation) Freely adapted from "The Fire of Asshurbanipal" (1) Writer: Roy Thomas Pencils: John Buscema Inks: Ernie Chan (credited as Ernie Chua) Colors: Peter Dawes, Wil Glass, Ian Sokoliwski & Dennis Kashton at All Thumbs Creative Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #35 , February 1974
2. "The Curse of the Golden Skull!" (19 pages, graphic adaptation) Inspired by "The Curse of the Golden Skull" The 3-page prologue introduces Rotath. Inspired by the short story by REH. Writer: Roy Thomas Pencils: Neal Adams Inks: Neal Adams; Joe Rubinstein (backgrounds, uncredited) Colors: Peter Dawes, Wil Glass, Ian Sokoliwski & Dennis Kashton at All Thumbs Creative Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #37 , April 1974
3. "The Warrior and the Were-Woman!" (19 pages, graphic adaptation) Freely adapted from "The House of Arabu" Writer: Roy Thomas Pencils: John Buscema Inks: John Buscema Colors: Peter Dawes, Wil Glass, Ian Sokoliwski & Dennis Kashton at All Thumbs Creative Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #38 , May 1974
4. "Night of the Gargoyle!" (18 pages, graphic adaptation) Freely adapted from "The Purple Heart of Erlik" Writer: Roy Thomas Pencils: John Buscema Inks: Ernie Chan Colors: Peter Dawes, Wil Glass, Ian Sokoliwski & Dennis Kashton at All Thumbs Creative Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #42 , September 1974
5. This volume also collects the following content from the indicated issues of Marvel's CONAN THE BARBARIAN series. These stories were inspired by REH's Conan, but do not adapt or contain any REH stories or poems. Refer to the Grand Comics Database for additional information. Conan the Barbarian (1970 series) The Chronicles of Conan (2003 series)
6. "Beware the Hyrkanians Bearing Gifts" by Roy Thomas; John Buscema (pencils); Ernie Chan (inks) Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #36, March 1974
7. "The Dragon from the Inland Sea" by Roy Thomas; John Buscema (pencils); Ernie Chan (inks) Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #39, June 1974
8. "The Fiend from the Forgotten City" by Roy Thomas; John Buscema (pencils); Ernie Chan (inks) Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #40, July 1974
9. "The Garden of Life and Death" by Roy Thomas; John Buscema (pencils); Ernie Chan (inks) Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #41, August 1974
10. "Of Swords and Skulls: A Guided Tour of Marvel's CONAN THE BARBARIAN #35-42 (and then some)" by Roy Thomas (Afterword)

Contributors

Roy Thomas

Afterword author

Neal Adams

Cover artist