Dates
- Cover date
- May 1991
- On sale
- 1991
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #50 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Newsstand edition$2.25 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602928105
Source ↗ - Direct edition$2.25 cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
This edition’s page - Australian edition3.40 AUD cover
Australian
Printed cover price 3.40 AUD.
Barcode 07148602928108
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Incident in Argos! · 18 pages
Conan and his friends arrive in Messantia and immediately come into conflict with some cocky members of the Royal guard. Two guards ambush Conan and try to sell him as a slave. Conan breaks loose and hides in the house of fortune teller Momratha, who shows him visions of his future. Meanwhile, Yusuf has killed a captain who harassed Tara, and now they are both on the run. Conan is apprehended but refuses to betray his friends. Fleeing fromn the courthouse, Conan kills the corrupt judge Ephemero Portus. On horseback, Conan leaves the city and leaves his friends behind.
- Queen of the Black Coast! · 19 pages
Conan barely escapes the law in Messantia by boarding a ship heading due south. Off the coast of Kush, the ship is unexpectedly boarded by the pirate queen Bêlit and her Black Corsairs. Conan is offered a chance to live if he can defeat the warrior Odongo in battle. Conan is victorious and Odongo dies. Bêlit is impressed by Conan – they quickly become lovers and Conan her second-in-command.
- Satan's Sanctuary · 10 pages
- Hyborian Age - chapter 1 (of 6): Pre-Cataclysmic Age · Hyborian Age · 6 pages
A brief history of the Hyborian Age.
Reprinted in
The Saga of Solomon Kane (2009), Solomon Kane: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (2020)