Introduction
“Black Colossus” is one of the original short stories about Conan the Cimmerian. First published in Weird Tales magazine, June 1935. It has since been published numerous times in many languages. During the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age, Conan leads the army of Khoraja against an evil sorcerer named Natohk, “the Veiled One.”
This story formed part of the basis for the later Conan novel, The Hour of the Dragon.
Published in:
- WEIRD TALES VOLUME 21 NUMBER 6, Popular Fiction Publishing Company, June 1933
- THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN VOLUME 1 NUMBER 2, Marvel Comics, October 1974 (graphic adaptation)
- MARVEL TREASURY EDITION #15, Marvel Comics, 1977 (graphic adaptation)
- BLACK COLOSSUS, Grant, 1979
- CONAN ZDOBYWCA, Klubowe, 1986 (Polish)
- L’ERA DI CONAN, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, January 1989 (Italian)
- CONAN, A BARBÁR, Csokonai Kiado Vállalat, 1989 (Hungarian)
- BARBARZYŃCA I MARZYCIEL, Versus, 1990 (Polish)
- CONAN, Wydawnictwo Atlantis, 1990 (Polish)
- CONAN BARBARZYŃCA, Elektronik, 1990 (Polish)
- CONAN TAISTELIJA, Jalava, 1990 (Finnish)
- ЧЕРНЯТ КОЛОС (ČERNJAT KOLOS), Beva Press, 1992 (Bulgarian)
- MAGAZÍN POUTNÍK 4, Klub Julese Vernea, 1992 (Czech)
- CONAN A KIMMÉRIAI, Phoenix Könyvkiadó, 1993 (Hungarian)
- TUTTI I CICLI FANTASTICI – IL CICLO DI CONAN TOMO I, Newton Compton Editori, April 1995 (Italian)
- CONAN JA MUSTA RANNIKU KUNINGANNA, Elmatar, 1999 (Estonian)
- THE CONAN CHRONICLES Volume 1, Millennium, August 2000
- CONAN: VĔŽ SLONA A JINÉ POVÍDKY, BB Art, 2001 (Czech)
- COMPLETE CONAN OF CIMMERIA VOLUME 1, Wandering Star, 2002
- CONAN, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, September 2003 (German)
- THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Del Rey, December 2003
- THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Science Fiction Book Club, December 2003
- CONAN. LA SPADA DELLA FENICE, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, September 2004 (Italian)
- ÖSSZES CONAN TÖRTÉNETE I, Szukits Könyvkiadó, 2004 (Hungarian)
- CONAN. LA SPADA DELLA FENICE, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, February 2005 (Italian)
- THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Del Rey, November 2005
- CONAN – A RAINHA DA COSTA NEGRA, Saída de Emergência, 2005 (Portuguese)
- THE WEIRD WRITINGS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 1, Girasol Collectables, January 2006
- THE COMPLETE CHRONICLES OF CONAN, Gollancz, January 2006
- CONAN 1, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, February 2006 (German)
- VALLEY OF THE WORM, Wildside Press, April 2006
- 新訂版コナン全集2: 魔女の誕生 (SHINTEIBAN KONAN ZENSHŪ 2: MAJO NO TANJŌ)(THE AUTHORIZED CONAN CHRONICLES 2: A WITCH SHALL BE BORN), Tōkyō Sōgensha, December 2006 (Japanese)
- CONAN, O CIMÉRIO Volume 1, Conrad Editora, 2006 (Portuguese)
- THREE TALES OF CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Echo Library, March 2007
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, Bragelonne, October 2007 (French)
- CONAN I, Aurora, 2007 (Czech)
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, Bragelonne, April 2008 (French, 2nd printing)
- THE CONAN CHRONICLES Volume 1, Gollancz, April 2008
- THE ADVENTUROUS TALES OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Onno Tasler, October 2008
- CONAN. LA SPADA DELLA FENICE, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 2008 (Italian)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Prion Books, May 2009 (U.K.)
- THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN, Tantor Media Inc., June 2009 (audio)
- DOLAZAK KONANA SIMERIJANCA, IPS Media, 2009 (Serbian)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Easton Press, January 2010
- THE CONAN SERIES: BLACK COLOSSUS, Paradox Entertainment Inc., January 2010
- SWORD’S EDGE: PAINTINGS INSPIRED BY THE WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Underwood Books, September 2010 (excerpt only)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Prion Books, November 2010
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, Bragelonne, 2010 (French, 3rd printing)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Metro Books, 2010
- MUSTAN RANNIKON KUNINGATAR JA MUITA CONAN-KERTOMUKSIA, Jalava, 2010 (Finnish)
- CONAN I PRADAWNI BOGOWIE, Rebis, January 2011 (Polish)
- CONAN – THE FRAZETTA COVER SERIES #7, Dark Horse Comics, April 2011 (Graphic adaptation)
- CONAN IL BARBARO, Newton Compton Editori, July 2011 (Italian)
- THE CONAN SERIES: BLACK COLOSSUS, Paradox Entertainment Inc., September 2011
- CONAN IL BARBARO, Newton Compton Editori, October 2011 (Italian)
- CONAN THE DESTROYER, Gollancz, October 2011
- CONAN BARBARZYŃCA, Rea, April 2012 (Polish)
- CONAN I PRADAWNI BOGOWIE, Rebis, July 2012 (Polish)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Jame-Books, August 2012
- PULP REPLICA: WEIRD TALES VOLUME 21 NUMBER 6, Girasol Collectables, August 2012
- CONAN 1, Urco Editora, 2012 (Galician)
- ROBERT E. HOWARD’S COLLECTED WORKS, Jame-Books, February 2013
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, Bragelonne, September 2013 (French, 4th printing)
- CONAN: MEČ S FÉNIXEM A JINÉ POVÍDKY, Dobrovský, 2013 (Czech)
- ROBERT E. HOWARD’S SAVAGE SWORD #9, Dark Horse Comics, September 2014 (graphic adaptation)
- CONAN BARBARZYŃCA. TOM 1, BookRage, December 2014 (Polish)
- CONAN – DIE ORIGINAL ERZÄHLUNGEN BAND 1, Festa Verlag, June 2015 (German)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Ulwencreutz Media, November 2015
- CONAN BARBARZYŃCA, Rea, November 2015 (Polish)
- КОНАН TOM 1, Изток-Запад (East West), 2015 (Bulgarian)
- CONAN IL BARBARO, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, October 2016 (Italian)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN – COLLECTED ADVENTURES, The Castanea Group, December 2016
- BLACK COLOSSUS, Sir Angels, April 2017
- CONAN: BROADSWORD LEGACY COLLECTION, Shirtsleeve Press, April 2017
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN – COLLECTED ADVENTURES, The Castanea Group, June 2017
- ROBERT E. HOWARD’S CONAN THE CIMMERIAN BARBARIAN: THE COMPLETE WEIRD TALES OMNIBUS, Pulp-Lit Press, June 2017
- ROBERT E. HOWARD’S CONAN THE CIMMERIAN BARBARIAN: THE COMPLETE WEIRD TALES OMNIBUS, Audible Audio, June 2017
- CONAN, O BÁRBARO – LIVRO 1, Pipoca e Nanquim, December 2017 (Portuguese)
- ROBERT E. HOWARD’S CONAN THE CIMMERIAN BARBARIAN: THE COMPLETE WEIRD TALES OMNIBUS, Easton Press, 2017
- NACERÁ UNA BRUJA, Sportula, March 2018 (Spanish)
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN: LE COLOSSE NOIR, Glénat, May 2018 (French, graphic adaptation)
- CONAN: DE ZWARTE KOLOS, Glénat, October 2018 (Dutch, graphic adaptation)
- CONAN IL CIMMERO 2: COLOSSO NERO, Star Comics, October 2018 (Italian, graphic adaptation)
- CONAN DER CIMMERIER: NATOHK, DER ZAUBERER, Splitter Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, November 2018 (German, graphic adaptation)
- CONAN Z CIMMERIE SVAZEK I, Argo, November 2018 (Czech, graphic adaptation)
- DE TOREN VAN DE OLIFANT EN ANDERE VERHALEN, Spatterlight, January 2019 (Dutch)
- LE CIMMÉRIEN (CONAN, TOME 1), Le Livre de Poche, January 2019 (French)
- LES AVENTURES DE CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, MS BookS, April 2019 (French)
- NACERÁ UNA BRUJA, Sportula, April 2019 (Spanish, 2nd edition)
- CONAN AF CIMMERIA – DEN SORTE KOLOS, Shadow Zone, May 2019 (Danish, graphic adaptation)
- ROBERT E. HOWARD FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER V13N3, Robert E. Howard Foundation, Fall 2019 (Part 1 of 2)
- ROBERT E. HOWARD FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER V13N4, Robert E. Howard Foundation, Winter 2019/2020 (Part 2 of 2)
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN: COMPLETE COLLECTION, Nighttime Editions, 2020.
- OS CONTOS MAIS ÉPICOS DE CONAN, Saída de Emergência, May 2021 (Portuguese)
- CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN, Bragelonne, July 2021 (French)
- ROBERT E. HOWARD AND WEIRD TALES, Dennis McHaney, November 2021 (excerpt only)
L. Sprague de Camp edited the story. This version is published in:
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Gnome Press, 1954
- CONAN THE FREEBOOTER, Lancer, 1968
- CONAN DER FREIBEUTER, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1970 (German)
- 狂戦士コナン (KYŌSENSHI KONAN) (BERSERKER CONAN), Hayakawa Bunko, June 1971 (Japanese)
- コナンと荒鷲の道 (KONAN TO ARAWASHI NO MICHI), Sōgen Suiri Bunko, December 1971 (Japanese)
- CONAN THE FREEBOOTER, Sphere, 1974
- SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #2, Marvel, October 1974
- CONAN THE FREEBOOTER, Prestige, 1977
- CONAN DE VRIJBUITER, Zwarte Beertjes, 1977 (Dutch)
- CONAN IL PIRATA, Editrice Nord, March 1979 (Italian)
- CONAN THE FREEBOOTER, Ace, 1981
- CONAN LE FLIBUSTIER, Jean-Claude Lattès, June 1982 (French)
- CONAN DER PIRAT, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, June 1982 (German)
- CONAN DER PIRAT, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1982 (German, 2nd edition)
- CONAN DER PIRAT, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1983 (German, 3rd edition)
- CONAN EL PIRATA, Ediciones Forum, 1983 (Spanish)
- CONAN LE FLIBUSTIER, J’ai Lu, September 1985 (French)
- KONAN: PROKLETSTVO MONOLITA, Niro Dečje Novine, 1985 (Part 1, Serbo-Croatian)
- KONAN: CRNI KOLOS, Niro Dečje Novine, 1985 (Part 2, Serbo-Croatian)
- THE CONAN CHRONICLES Volume 1, Sphere, August 1989
- LA LEGGENDA DI CONAN IL CIMMERO, Editrice Nord, October 1989 (Italian)
- CONAN PIRATEN, Target Games, 1989 (Swedish)
- CONAN LE FLIBUSTIER, J’ai Lu, May 1990 (French, 2nd printing)
- CONAN PIRAT, Wydawnictwo PiK, 1991 (Polish)
- CONAN LE FLIBUSTIER, J’ai Lu, March 1993 (French, 3rd printing)
- CONAN IL CIMMERO, Editrice Nord, June 1993 (Italian)
- CONAN DER PIRAT, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1994 (German)
- CONAN, AFSF, 1994 (Czech)
- LA SAGA DI CONAN IL CIMMERO, Editrice Nord, 1994 (Italian)
- CONAN: ESPADA & MAGIA VOLUME 2, Unicórnio Azul, 1995 (Portuguese)
- CONAN FRIBYTTEREN, Semic / Nordisk Forlag A/S, 1995 (Norwegian)
- CONAN I: BARBAR, AFSF, 1997 (Czech)
- CONAN II: DOBYVATEL, AFSF, 1997 (Czech)
- CONAN, Claude Lefrancq Editeur, October 1998 (French)
Source: Howard Works.
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