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CATALOG RECORD

Conan and the Songs of the Dead #1

Dark Horse · Series began 2006 · July 2006

Dates

Cover date
July 2006
On sale
July 5, 2006
In stores
July 5, 2006
Pages
32

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Editions and covers

  • Original edition

    Barcode 76156813268700111

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Creators

pencils: Timothy Trumaninks: Timothy Trumancolors: Timothy Truman, Dave Stewartscript: Joe Lansdaleletters: Richard Starkings, Jimmy Betancourtediting: Scott Allie

Stories

  • The Root of All Evil · 22 pages

Publisher’s description

Renowned horror and western writer Joe R. Lansdale reunites with his Jonah Hex collaborator, artist Timothy Truman, to tell the grittiest, roughest, downright meanest Conan story ever seen in comics. This five-part series begins in the wretched wastes of Stygia, a burning, grinding stretch of desert so desolate the only thing more unforgiving are its inhabitants. There, Conan comes to the aid of an old ally, uncovers a scheme to acquire untold-of wealth, and punishes his foolish enemies most cruelly. Yet when his treasure hunt reveals an alluring spirit with long unsatisfied needs, the Cimmerian knows a gentler touch is required to win the day. Teaming the wild, scathing wit of Lansdale with the unflinching vision of Truman, Conan and the Songs of the Dead is an unprecedented take on the grand hero of sword-and-sorcery-pushing one of the most brutal heroes of literature to new extremes!

Reprinted in

Conan and the Songs of the Dead (2007), The Conan Reader (2019), Conan: The Songs of the Dead and Other Stories (2021)

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