Introduction
The Treasure of Tranicos is L. Sprague de Camp’s rewrite of “The Black Stranger”. Howard wrote THE BLACK STRANGER as a Conan story. When the original Conan version of his story failed to find a publisher, Howard rewrote “The Black Stranger” into a piratical Terence Vulmea story entitled “Swords of the Red Brotherhood”. This story was also not accepted.
L Sprague de Camp rewrote the original Conan story into a different Conan story (“The Treasure of Tranicos”). For publication in Fantasy Magazine #1, the story was abridged, edited by L Sprague de Camp, and re-written further by Lester del Rey.
Hence, there are 3 different versions of this story: THE BLACK STRANGER (REH1), SWORDS OF THE RED BROTHERHOOD, and THE TREASURE OF TRANICOS (REH/LSDC).
Published in:
- KING CONAN, Gnome Press, 1953
- CONAN THE USURPER, Lancer, 1967
- CONAN DER USURPATOR, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1971 (German)
- 大帝王コナン(DAI TEIŌ KONAN) (KING CONAN), Hayakawa Bunko, June 1972 (Japanese)
- CONAN EL USURPADOR, Editorial Bruguera, 1973 (Spanish)
- CONAN THE USURPER, Sphere, 1974
- CONAN L’USURPATOR, Editrice Nord, October 1977 (Italian)
- CONAN THE USURPER, Prestige, 1977
- THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN VOLUME 1 NUMBER 47, Marvel Comics, December 1979 (Part 1 of 2)
- CONAN DE OVERWELDIGER, Zwarte Beertjes, 1979 (Dutch)
- THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN VOLUME 1 NUMBER 48, Marvel Comics, January 1980 (Part 2 of 2)
- THE TREASURE OF TRANICOS, Ace, July 1980
- CONAN THE USURPER, Ace, 1981
- CONAN L’USURPATEUR, Jean-Claude Lattès, June 1982 (French)
- CONAN DER THRONRÄUBER, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, January 1984 (German)
- CONAN EL USURPADOR, Ediciones Forum, 1984 (Spanish)
- CONAN EN DE SCHARLAKEN CITADEL, W & L Boeken, 1984 (Dutch)
- CONAN L’USURPATEUR, J’ai Lu, June 1987 (French)
- IL REGNO DI CONAN IL GRANDE, Editrice Nord, October 1989 (Italian)
- CONAN L’USURPATEUR, J’ai Lu, May 1990 (French, 2nd printing)
- L’URLO DI CONAN, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, April 1991 (Italian)
- CONAN SEGRAREN, Target Games, 1991 (Swedish)
- CONAN L’USURPATEUR, J’ai Lu, January 1992 (French, 3rd printing)
- CONAN UND DER SCHATZ DES TRANICOS, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, June 1992 (German)
- CONAN UZURPATOR, Wydawnictwo PiK, 1992 (Polish)
- IL REGNO DI CONAN, Editrice Nord, June 1994 (Italian)
- LA SAGA DI CONAN IL CIMMERO, Editrice Nord, 1994 (Italian)
- TUTTI I CICLI FANTASTICI – IL CICLO DI CONAN TOMO II, Newton Compton Editori, April 1995 (Italian)
- CONAN TRONRANEREN, Bonnier Publications / Semic, 1995 (Norwegian)
- MAGAZÍN POUTNÍK 10: CONAN – VLCI ZA HRANICÍ, United Fans / Klub Julese Vernea, 1995 (Czech)
- CONAN EL USURPADOR, Ediciones Martinez Roca, 1996 (Spanish)
- КОНАН УЗУРПАТОРЪТ (KONAN UZURPATORĂT), Bard, 1998 (Bulgarian)
- CONAN I SKARB TRANICOSA, Wydawnictwo Amber, 1998 (Polish)
- CONAN. IL TESORO DI TRANICOS, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, September 2005 (Italian)
- CONAN. IL TESORO DI TRANICOS, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 2008 (Italian)
- CONAN IL BARBARO, Newton Compton Editori, July 2011 (Italian)
- CONAN IL BARBARO, Newton Compton Editori, October 2011 (Italian)
