Conan the Cimmerian

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Cosplayer disguised as Conan the Barbarian

Conan the Cimmerian is a fictional character created by Robert E. Howard who appeared in a series of fantasy stories in Weird Tales magazine in 1932 . The character was adapted in other books, comics, films, TV series and computer games.

personality

Conan is described as an experienced, well-traveled man who, favored by his Cimmerian origins, pursues the craft of war. Accordingly, he practices as a mercenary, pirate, warlord, thief and later proclaims himself king. He is an experienced fighter, born leader, tactician, strategist, has a great general education because of his long travels and speaks several languages ​​fluently, " so that even scholars would have been amazed at the linguistic talent of the Cimmerians. "

Conan knows the customs, language and religions of his environment and also knows how to read the unknown nature. He knows the forgotten god Jhebbal Sag and his secret symbols, knows which pirate code makes him captain, how a dragon or a hill girl will act according to their nature or culture and only magic and vanished civilizations are alien to him.

Then Conan's urge to research comes to the fore, which can go so far that regardless of the circumstances, he lets companions like Olivia sit around in a jungle ruin or Valeria in an abandoned city to fathom the architecture of lost civilizations. In Frost-Giant's Daughter , too, he promises the god daughter Atali that he will pursue her for so long that even if he loses sight of her, turn every hill and stone in the arctic north home to find out who and what she is.

His humor can be described as ironically black, sometimes crude. His companions consider him to be extremely honorable and sincere, which is often justified with his Cimmerian origin, which in turn is taken as an opportunity by his opponents to underestimate Conan.

Time and again, Conan manages apparently superior characters, who underestimate him due to his origins, with a ruse. So the devi (here ruler) Yasmina tries to win him over by blackmailing because of his martial skills, but ends up in Conan's captivity or the satrap's lover , Naferati, who leads Conan to believe that he is a jealous lover in order to steal a magic ring, becomes of Conan see through; so that he gets the ring into his possession even before the reader knows about it.

In The Scarlet Citadel , Howard addresses the importance of art, and while King Conan's adversaries conclude that artists are only utopians, King Conan states that art lasts longer than kings and empires. In Red Nails , according to Howard's own statement, the best attempt to describe the problem of civilization, Conan sees through the perversion of two warring parties who live in a covered city that they did not build themselves to fight over rooms and corridors, while one Ruler extends her life force by sacrificing the female urban population.

Because of Conan's behavior, friends and companions see through his barbaric origin and warlike appearance. Olivia, who is freed from slavery by Conan in Shadows in the Moonlight , constantly compares her hearsay about Cimmerians with Conan until she finally falls in love with him. In The Scarlet Citadel , Conan gives the reason for a map he has edited that he draws it to better understand the world for people.

Conan's chivalry, which he himself also indicates as a Cimmerian code of conduct, is clearly described in The Slithering Shadow , where he leaves the last water in the desert to his companion Natala, loyal to her resisting the seduction of the attractive Thalis, and then finally Natala before a demon to rescue. In response to Natala's final accusation that they only got into the situation because Conan had a look at Thalis, he brushed this off the table with the crude remark that " even if masses of water swallowed the earth, women would still find time for their jealousy " .

The focus on the essential in word and deed and his naturalistic view of things is Conan's essence.

Howard uses the term barbarian as a picture for the unspoiled person who does not allow himself to be dazzled by appearance or charade, whether by magic, gods or progress (civilization), thereby achieving his goal and imposing his will on the world.

Appearance

Howard described Conan as black-haired, blue-eyed and gloomy in look and appearance, using the English word 'melancholies', which can be understood as profound or melancholic at the same time. He is always described as gloomy, serious, massive and gigantic in appearance and even if other characters are of his height, they are never of his stature.

In combat and action, Conan's agility and speed come to the fore, which is often compared to that of a panther. His muscular physique is more likely when it comes to his appearance. Conan, the King of Aquilonia, is described as a " tall man, with mighty shoulders, wide chest, bull neck and muscular arms and legs ": " His eyebrows framed deep and wild, the volcanic blue eyes that were full of fire. His dark, scarred, almost sinister face was that of a man of war, and the velvety robes could not hide the lines of his hardened, dangerous muscles ".

In clothing and costume, Conan adapts to the respective surroundings and circumstances. The iconic portrayal of Conan as a barbarian with a bare chest and a fur loincloth is the result of adaptations.

Hyborian age

Map of Hyboria with Spanish-language labeling

Howard designed a fictional world creation in which Conan appears in the Hyborian Age. He himself did not name a year, but instead set the Hyborian Age between the fall of Atlantis and the emergence of ancient civilizations.

Later authors interpreted Conan's age, based on the then state of science, to about 10,000 BC. Chr., Which can be found repeatedly in adaptations. Maps from Hyboria were refined in German editions by Erhard Ringer and given more details.

History of origin

The earliest mentions of Howard's Conan are in letters to HP Lovecraft . In April 1932, Howard told Lovecraft: " I'm working on a new character, and with him a new era - the Hyborian Age, which mankind has forgotten, but is reflected in classic names and corrupted myths. Wright (editor at Weird Tales) has rejected most of the series, but I was able to sell him one - 'The Phoenix on the Sword' - which is about the adventures of King Conan the Cimmerians and his kingdom of Aquilonia. "

In another transcript, Howard writes: " Wright has bought another of the Cimmerian series Conans, 'The Tower of the Elephant,' which is set in the spider-cursed jewel tower of Zamora the Cursed, in which Conan was still a thief before becoming king was. "

Howard later told a fan: " Conan just grew in my head a few years ago when I was in a small border town (mission) on the Rio Grande. I didn't conceptualize it. It just turned out of nowhere crept into my head and made to work on its sagas and adventures. "

So there is the poem Cimmeria by Howard, which he sent to Emil Petaja in 1932 with the formulation: Written in Mission, Texas, February 1932; inspired by the memory of the hill country above Fredericksburg seen through the mists of a winter rain.

The story that was bought by Weird Tales magazine ( The Phoenix on the Sword ) was an unsold King Kull story called By This Ax I Rule , which Howard replaced with Conan and set it in his world.

Influences

Howard himself had different areas of interest at times. Above all a Celtic phase from 1928 to 1930 in which he dealt with Irish history, legends and poems. He wrote several stories with Gaelic heroes who were expelled from the country and clan and probably contributed to Conan's Gaelic naming.

Other areas of interest ranged from classical authors to American history.

Howard's criticism of civilization, which is often discussed in Conan and is reflected in several of Howard's characters, can be found in his historical source material in which authors from progressive civilizations dealt with less developed cultures and also critically examined their own progress (see e.g. Germania (Tacitus) in which the tribe of the Kimmerer English Cimmerians appears).

Ultimately, Howard became interested in myths and how myths originated. Therefore, parallels to various classical and medieval sagas can be found in Conan. Such as B. The Frost Giant's Daughter, which is reminiscent of the Greek saga of Daphne and Appollo as well as elements of the Nordic medieval Valkyries . In the story Red Nails , he does not let a city population leave the city because they are afraid of the dragons that live around the city. Howard literally implements the fear of the dragon, which once existed in a factual creature, as a myth of the city dwellers, who do not know that these dragons have long been exterminated and thus serves the rulers as a means to influence the population in order not to prevent the brutal city to leave and to bow to the will of the rulers.

Howard also maintained correspondence with HP Lovecraft so that elements from both authors appeared in their work. It is therefore not uncommon for different readers to place the original versions of the Conan narratives in the Cthulhu myth .

A great influence on the female characters in Howard is attributed to his mother and the teacher Noyalinye Price, described as a strong woman, with whom Howard had a relationship from 1934 to 1935 and categorically rejected the stereotypical female role as a housewife and mother. Although Howard's female characters are no more or less historical elements than male supporting characters in Conan, they in no way correspond to the roles that Howard proclaimed. He addresses the role problem several times in his works and lets Conan comment on it in Red Nails . See also Conan's first great love, the Kosarin Belit, who was the captain of the horrors of the seas of the Hyborian age.

history

Farnsworth Wright des Weird Tales magazine rejected Robert E. Howard

Conan the Cimmerian first made an appearance in The Phoenix on the Sword from Weird Tales magazine in December 1932. Also in The Scarlet Citadel in January 1933. The simultaneously submitted story The Frost Giant's Daughter was rejected.

Driven by financial worries to take care of his sick mother, Howard served the pulp genre market in other Conan stories and adapted his popular hero Conan to its needs. He wrote Conan as crime stories, pirate stories, border stories (Final Frontier) or in an oriental setting.

Due to the success of The Tower of the Elephant , Howard wrote 21 Conan stories for Weird Tales magazine up to his suicide in 1936, 17 of which were published.

After his death there were inheritance problems and many other authors and editors took on the hero or edited Howard's versions.

Howard's stories therefore only appeared in connection with Weird Tale's collections, as in the Gnome Press Edition of the 1950s, which is considered the first hardcover edition to publish the original stories with Howard's unpublished work. However, Howard also edited manuscripts for the character Conan or rewrote Howard's stories. A practice that Howard followed, as he wrote market-oriented, but in these cases the stories had already been published with other heroes and times by Howard. The Trail of the Blood-Stained God also known as The Curse of the Crimson God , Hawks Over Egypt , Three-Bladed Doom and The Way of the Swords therefore appear as Conaner stories under the titles The Blood Stained God , Hawks Over Shem , The Road of the Eagles (or Conan, Man of Destiny ) and Three-Bladed Doom (or The Flame Knife ).

While Howard disappeared from the general public perception until the 1970s, Conan was remembered by a larger mass , especially in comic adaptations of Marvel Comics and Dark Horse Comics, through to comic strips in newspapers.

From 1966 to 1977 the Lancer / Ace Edition by deCamp and Carter published the material from the Gnome Press Edition with further own stories and cover pictures by Frank Frazetta , which largely shaped the image of Conan of a new generation.

The first film Conan the Barbarian was released in 1982 , but the intended film series ended after the sequel Conan the Destroyer in 1984. In the same year, Conan: Hall of Volta came out as the first computer game for Atari and Commodore 64 and various TV adaptations followed in the 1990s .

In the late 1970s, the demand for Howard's original manuscripts increased.

Since the Lancer / Ace edition (1966–1977), either the revised works or Howard's original works in different editions have never been published together. The Berkley Edition (1977) and the Wandering Star / Del Rey Edition (2003–2005) are particularly well-known . The latter prepared the original manuscripts with historical meticulousness and added previously unpublished Howard material to the volumes.

Publication in Weird Tales magazine

  1. The Phoenix on the Sword - Vol. 20, No. 6, December 1932
  2. The Scarlet Citadell - Vol. 21, No. 1, January 1, 1933
  3. The Tower of the Elephant - Issue 21, No. 3, March 1933
  4. Black Colossus - Vol. 21, No. 6, June 1933
  5. The Slithering Shadow (also: Xuthal of the Dusk) - Issue 22, No. 3, September 1933
  6. The Pool of the Black One - Issue 22, No. 4, October 1933
  7. Rogues in the House - Vol. 23, No. 1, January 1934
  8. Shadows in the Moonlight (also: Iron Shadows of the Moon) - Issue 23, No. 4, April 1934
  9. Queen of the Black Coast - Vol. 23, No. 5, May 1934
  10. The Devil in Iron - Issue 24, No. 2, August 1934
  11. The People of the Black Circle - Vol. 24, Nos. 3–5, September – November 1934
  12. A Witch Shall Be Born - Vol. 24, No. 6, December 1934
  13. Jewels of Gwahlur (Howard's original title: The Servants of Bit-Yakin) Vol. 25, No. 3, March 1935
  14. Beyond the Black River - Vol. 25, Numbers 5-6, March-June 1935
  15. Shadows in Zamboula (Howard's original title: The Man-Eaters of Zamboula) - Issue 26, No. 5, November 1935
  16. The Hour of the Dragon - Issue 26, No. 6 & Issue 27, No. 1–4, December 1935, January – April 1936
  17. Red Nails - Issue 28, Numbers 1-3, July, September, October 1936

Rejected Conan Tales

  • The Frost-Giant's Daughter - renamed "The Gods of North" with the hero Amra of Akbitana. Published in The Fantasy Fan Magazine in 1934.
  • The Black Stranger - renamed "Swords of the Red Brotherhood" with the pirate Black Vulmea. Unedited version published 1976 in Black Vulmea's Vengeance (Grant / Zebra Books)
  • The God in the Bowl - Unedited original version published in Conan of Cimmeria, Volume One (Wandering Star) in 2002.
  • The Vale of the Lost Women - Published in Magazine of Horror in 1967.

Other works from Howard to Conan

  • Wolves Beyond the Border - story without Conan. Fragment. Completed by de Camp. Published in Conan the Usurper in 1967
  • The Hyborian Age - 1932 essay. Published 1938 in The Hyborian Age
  • Cimmeria - poem from 1932. Published in 1965 in The Howard Collector

Adaptations

As the most famous character by Robert E. Howard, the character "Conan" can also be found in numerous comics, including a. by Marvel Comics and Dark Horse , in Germany, among others, in the magazine “ Die sprachblase ” from Hethke Verlag , published by Condor and Panini . The figure of Red Sonja , who does not appear in this form in the novels of the actual series, also comes from an edition by this publisher . Conan and Red Sonja also made occasional appearances in the Marvel Comics, where they interacted with the hero characters featured there .

In 2004 Mongoose Publishing released a Conan RPG with lots of additional material. The game has not been further developed due to licensing problems since 2009 and is now sold out.

In 2008 the officially licensed board game "Conan - Age of Wars" was published, distributed in Germany by the Heidelberger Spieleverlag.

Influences on other works

Howard's template in the description of his hero provided many authors with ideas for their own barbarians. So called Roland Emmerich Howard as one of the main influences on his film 10,000 BC The Conan illustrations by Frank Frazetta have the design of He-Man influenced The similarities between the two figures led in 1989 to a dispute, the Mattel won. The figures Kronan (from the early 1970s) and Taar (from 1976) created by the draftsman Jaime Brocal Remohi are also based on Howard's barbarian figure. Conan was also often parodied, for example by Sergio Aragonés , who developed the figure of the simple-minded barbarian Groo the Wanderer in 1982 , or by Pratchett with his aging hero Cohen, the barbarian .

expenditure

List of German Conan editions (Heyne Verlag)

The authors of the Conan novels besides Howard are: Lyon Sprague de Camp , Lin Carter , Andrew Offutt , Poul Anderson , Karl Edward Wagner , Björn Nyberg , Robert Jordan , John Maddox Roberts , Steve Perry , Roland J. Green , Leonard Carpenter , Sean A. Moore , John C. Hocking

The books were published or re-published in various editions or variants by Heyne Verlag.

A few volumes appeared in abridged versions between 1970 and 1972, translated by Fritz Possible with covers by Herbert Bruck:

  1. Conan, 1970, ISBN 3-453-30096-3 , Conan, 1967, (Howard & Carter & de Camp)
  2. Conan von Cimmeria, 1970, ISBN 3-453-30099-8 , Conan, 1967, (Howard & Carter & de Camp)
  3. Conan the Freebooter, 1970, ISBN 3-453-30101-3 , Conan the Freebooter, 1968, (Howard & de Camp)
  4. Conan the Wanderer, 1971, ISBN 3-453-30119-6 , Conan the Wanderer, 1968, (Howard & Carter & de Camp)
  5. Conan the Adventurer, 1971, ISBN 3-453-30126-9 , Conan the Adventurer, 1968, (Howard & de Camp)
  6. Conan the Warrior, 1971, ISBN 3-453-30136-6 , Conan the Warrior, 1967, (Howard & de Camp)
  7. Conan the Usurper, 1971, Conan the Usurper, 1967 (Howard & de Camp)
  8. Conan the Conqueror, 1972, ISBN 3-453-30152-8 , Conan the Conqueror, 1967, (Howard & de Camp)
  9. Conan the Avenger, 1972, ISBN 3-453-30160-9 , Conan the Avenger, 1968, (Nyberg & de Camp)
  10. Conan of the Isles, 1972, ISBN 3-453-30172-2 , Conan of the Isles, 1968, (Carter & de Camp)
  11. Conan the Buccaneer, 1972, ISBN 3-453-30180-3 , Conan the Buccaneer, 1971, (Carter & de Camp)

Between 1982 and 1987, the volumes that had already been published were re-translated by Lore Strassel and further volumes were published. In this version with a yellow cover, motifs from the two films with Arnold Schwarzenegger were chosen for the cover design.

From 1990 the cover design was changed from yellow to black. Thomas Thiemeyer drew the cover pictures. The translation of the newly published volumes was done by Edda Petri. Starting in 1992, the first 14 books that were already out of print were reissued with a new look:

  1. Conan, 1982, ISBN 3-453-30805-0 , Conan, 1967, (Howard & Carter & de Camp)
  2. Conan and the Sorcerer, 1983, ISBN 3-453-30943-X , Conan and the Sorcerer, 1978, (Offutt)
  3. Conan the Mercenary, 1983, ISBN 3-453-30959-6 , Conan the Mercenary, 1980, (Offutt)
  4. Conan and the Sword of Skelos, 1982, ISBN 3-453-30867-0 , Conan: The Sword of Skelos, 1979, (Offutt)
  5. Conan and the Spider God, 1983, ISBN 3-453-30969-3 , Conan and the Spider God, 1980, (de Camp)
  6. Conan of Cimmeria, 1982, ISBN 3-453-30806-9 , Conan of Cimmeria, 1969, (Howard & Carter & de Camp)
  7. Conan the Rebel, 1983, ISBN 3-453-30978-2 , Conan the Rebel, 1980 (Anderson)
  8. Conan the Pirate, 1982, ISBN 3-453-30812-3 , Conan the Freebooter, 1968, (Howard & de Camp)
  9. Conan and the Road of Kings, 1983, ISBN 3-453-30867-0 , Conan: The Road of Kings, 1979, (Wagner)
  10. Conan the Wanderer, 1982, ISBN 3-453-30841-7 , Conan the Wanderer, 1968, (Howard & Carter & de Camp)
  11. Conan the Adventurer, 1983, ISBN 3-453-30936-7 , Conan the Adventurer, 1966, (Howard & de Camp)
  12. Conan the Buccaneer , 1983, ISBN 3-453-30911-1 , Conan the Buccaneer, 1971, (Carter & de Camp)
  13. Conan the Warrior, 1983, ISBN 3-453-30920-0 , Conan the Warrior, 1967, (Howard & de Camp)
  14. Conan the Swordsman, 1982, ISBN 3-453-30818-2 , Conan the Swordsman, 1970, (de Camp & Carter & Nyberg)
  15. Conan the Usurper , 1984, ISBN 3-453-30988-X , Conan the Usurper, 1697 (Howard & de Camp)
  16. Conan the Liberator, 1982, ISBN 3-453-30825-5 , Conan the Liberator, 1979, (de Camp)
  17. Conan the Conqueror, 1984, ISBN 3-453-31005-5 , Conan the Conqueror, 1967, (Howard & de Camp)
  18. Conan the Avenger, 1984, ISBN 3-453-31051-9 , Conan the Avenger, 1968, (Nyberg & de Camp)
  19. Conan of Aquilonia, 1984, ISBN 3-453-31070-5 , Conan of Aquilonia, 1977 (de Camp)
  20. Conan of the Isles, 1984, ISBN 3-453-31080-2 , Conan of the Isles, 1968, (Carter & de Camp)
  21. Conan the Barbarian (book about the film ), 1982, ISBN 3-453-30835-2 , Conan the Barbarian, 1982, (Carter & de Camp)
  22. Conan the Defender, 1986, ISBN 3-453-31119-1 , Conan the Defender, 1982 (Jordan)
  23. Conan the Invincible, 1985, ISBN 3-453-31136-1 , Conan the Invincible, 1982 (Jordan)
  24. Conan the Destroyer (book about the film ) 1984, ISBN 3-453-02009-X , Conan the Destroyer, 1984 (Jordan)
  25. Conan the Unconquered, 1985, ISBN 3-453-31177-9 , Conan the Unconquered, 1983 (Jordan)
  26. Conan the Victorious, 1985, ISBN 3-453-31213-9 , Conan the Triumphant, 1983 (Jordan)
  27. Conan the Magnificent, 1986, ISBN 3-453-31355-0 , Conan the Magnificent, 1984 (Jordan)
  28. Conan the Glorious, 1987, ISBN 3-453-31370-4 , Conan the Victorious, 1984 (Jordan)
  29. Conan the Brave, 1999, ISBN 3-453-31393-3 , Conan the Valorous, 1985 (Roberts)
  30. Conan the Fearless, 1990, ISBN 3-453-03930-0 , Conan the Fearless, 1984, 1986 (Perry)
  31. Conan the Renegade, 1990, ISBN 3-453-03931-9 , Conan the Renegade, 1986 (Carpenter)
  32. Conan the Champion, 1994, ISBN 3-453-04283-2 , Conan the Champion, 1987 (Roberts)
  33. Conan the Challenger, 1990, ISBN 3-453-04501-7 , Conan the Defiant, 1987 (Perry)
  34. Conan the Marauder, 1994, ISBN 3-453-04510-6 , Conan the Marauder, 1987 (Roberts)
  35. Conan and the Treasure of Tranicos, 1982, ISBN 3-453-05861-5 , The Treasure of Tranicos, 1953, (Howard & de Camp)
  36. Conan and the Flame Dagger, 1992, ISBN 3-453-05863-1 , The Flame Knife, 1955, (Howard & de Camp)
  37. Conan the Daredevil, 1992, ISBN 3-453-06235-3 , Conan the Bold, 1989 (Roberts)
  38. Conan the Daring , 1993, ISBN 3-453-06238-8 , Conan the Valiant, 1988 (Green)
  39. Conan the Warlord , 1993, ISBN 3-453-06583-2 , Conan the Warlord, 1988 (Carpenter)
  40. Conan the Hero , 1989, ISBN 3-453-07244-8 , Conan the Hero, 1989 (Carpenter)
  41. Conan the Indomitable , 1994, ISBN 3-453-07263-4 , Conan the Indomitable, 1989 (Perry)
  42. Conan the Raider, 1994, ISBN 3-453-07790-3 , Conan the Raider, 1986 (Carpenter)
  43. Conan der Landsknecht , 1995, ISBN 3-453-07996-5 , Conan the Freelance, 1990 (Perry)
  44. Conan the Terrible , 1995, ISBN 3-453-08004-1 , Conan the Formidable, 1990 (Perry)
  45. Conan the Great , 1996, ISBN 3-453-08539-6 , Conan the Great, 1989 (Carpenter)
  46. Conan the Guardian, 1996, ISBN 3-453-09492-1 , Conan the Guardian, 1991 (Green)
  47. Conan the rogue, 1996, ISBN 3-453-10977-5 , Conan the Rogue, 1991 (Roberts)
  48. Conan the Hunter , 1997, ISBN 3-453-11948-7 , Conan the Hunter, 1994 (Moore)
  49. Conan at the Demon Gate, 1998, ISBN 3-453-12690-4 , Conan At The Devil's Gate, 1994 (Green)
  50. Conan the Gladiator , 1998, ISBN 3-453-13354-4 , Conan the Gladiator, 1995 (Carpenter)
  51. Conan and the Amazon, 1999, ISBN 3-453-14028-1 , Conan and the Amazon, 1995 (Roberts)
  52. Conan and the Emerald Lotus , 1999, ISBN 3-453-14935-1 , Conan and the Emerald Lotus, 1995 (Hocking)
  53. Conan the Outcast , 2001, ISBN 3-453-15615-3 , Conan the Outcast, 1990 (Carpenter)
  54. Conan the Merciless , 2001, ISBN 3-453-17228-0 , Conan the Relentless, 1992 (Green)

The Conan Universe, 1992, ISBN 3-453-05859-3 , Erhard Ringer (editor), The manual for the Conan Universe with maps, chronology, background material and posters

German reprints of the original English texts

  1. Conan , Meisterwerke der Fantasy, 2003, Heyne ISBN 3-453-87061-1 , Robert E. Howard's Complete Conan Of Cimmeria - Volume One (1932–1933), 2002
  2. Conan 1, 2003, Heyne ISBN 3-453-52069-6 , Robert E. Howard's Complete Conan Of Cimmeria - Volume One (1932-1933), 2002
  3. Conan 2, 2006, Heyne ISBN 3-453-52071-8 , The Bloody Crown of Conan, 2003
  4. Conan 3, 2007, Heyne ISBN 3-453-52073-4 , The Conquering Sword of Conan, 2005
  5. Conan - Volume 1, 2015, Festa ISBN 978-3-86552-387-7 (Hardcover: ISBN 978-3-86552-389-1 )
  6. Conan - Volume 2, 2015, Festa ISBN 978-3-86552-390-7 (Hardcover: ISBN 978-3-86552-392-1 )
  7. Conan - Volume 3, 2015, Festa ISBN 978-3-86552-393-8 (Hardcover: ISBN 978-3-86552-395-2 )
  8. Conan - Volume 4, 2015, Festa ISBN 978-3-86552-396-9 (Hardcover: ISBN 978-3-86552-398-3 )
  9. Conan - Volume 5, 2015, Festa ISBN 978-3-86552-399-0 (Hardcover: ISBN 978-3-86552-400-3 )
  10. Conan - Volume 6, 2015, Festa ISBN 978-3-86552-402-7 (Hardcover: ISBN 978-3-86552-404-1 )

Untranslated Conan editions

  1. Conan and the Treasure of Python, 1993 (Roberts)
  2. Conan and the Manhunters, 1994 (Roberts)
  3. Sagas of Conan, 2004 (de Camp & Carter & Nyberg)

Adventures of Conan

(All by Robert Jordan)

  1. The New Adventures of Conan, 1985
  2. The Conan Chronicles, 1995
  3. The Conan Chronicles II, 1997
  4. The Further Chronicles of Conan, 1998

comics

As early as 1970, Marvel Comics published the first comics about the sword-wielding barbarian under Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith . Various stories appeared here in various series until 2000. In 2003 the rights went to Dark Horse Comics which in turn published various stories until 2018. For 2019, Marvel was able to secure the rights to the barbarian again. Due to the different copyright laws in Europe, Glénat-Comics in France published an independent twelve-part comic series about Conan in 2018 , based on the original stories. This has been published by Splitter in Germany since December 2018.

  • Conan the Barbarian, superhero comic paperback, 49 volumes, 1979–1996, Condor Verlag
  • Conan the Barbarian, comic album, 10 volumes, 1979–1985, Condor Verlag
  • Mad No. 163 (German), 1982, caricature of Don Martin's first film : Ruffian the Dromedary
  • Conan der Barbar, Hardcover, 6 volumes, 1982–1986, Norbert Hethke Verlag, Volume 1, reprint 1996
  • The saga of Conan, 3 volumes, 1988, splinters
  • Marvel Comic Exklusiv, Volumes 10, 16, 20, 21 & 22, Condor, 1990-1993
  • Conan the Barbarian, 7 volumes, 2001–2002, Panini
  • Conan, 6 volumes, 2002-2003, Panini
  • The Adventures of Conan, hardcover, 3 volumes, 2005–2007, Panini
  • Conan, 19 volumes 2006–2013, Panini
  • The Savage Sword of Conan (German), 4 volumes plus 0 edition, 2017 Hachette
  • Conan the Cimmerian, since 2018, splinter
  • Conan / Wonder Woman , Panini 2018
  • Conan of the Barbar Classic Collection, since 2019, Panini
  • Conan the Barbarian, Panini since 2019

Film adaptations

Cosplayer disguised as Princess Jehnna from Conan the Destroyer

In February 2018 it was announced that Amazon was working on a Conan series. Miguel Sapochik will direct, Ryan Condal will write the script and, like Warren Littlefield, act as executive producer of the series.

Video games

Cosplayers dressed like the Hyborians in Age of Conan

Board games

  • Conan, the role-playing game, 2004 Mongoose Publishing
  • Conan - Age of Kings, 2008 Heidelberger Spieleverlag
  • Conan, the Boardgame, 2015 Monolith Edition
  • Conan - Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of, 2017 Modiphius Entertainment

Radio plays

Delta-Music released four radio plays about Conan under the M-Music label.

  • Silana's revenge
  • Under the spell of Seth
  • Death in Acheron
  • The heart of the sleeping god

Trivia

literature

  • Hans Joachim Alpers : loincloth, double ax and magic. Heroic Fantasy and related genres , in: Jörg Weigand (ed.): Die triviale Phantasie. Contributions to the usability of science fiction , Bonn-Bad Godesberg (Asgard Verlag Dr. Werner Hippe KG) 1976, pp. 29-57. ISBN 3-537-74001-8

Web links

Commons : Conan the Cimmerian  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ RE Howard - Jewels of Gwahlur
  2. ^ RE Howard - Beyond the Black River
  3. ^ A b R. E. Howard - Shadows of the Moonlight
  4. ^ A b R. E. Howard - The People of the Black Circle
  5. ↑ a b R. E. Howard - Red Nails
  6. ^ RE Howard - Shadows of Zamboula
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