The Chronicles of Conan Volume 1: Tower of the Elephant and Other Stories
Dark Horse Books
Year :
October 2003
Book No. : ISBN-10: 1593070160
ISBN-13: 9781593070168
Edition : 1st
Format : Trade paperback (6.6 x 10.3 inches)
Pages : 172 
Cover art : Barry Windsor-Smith (pencils); Dan Adkins (inks)
Illustrations : See below

 The Chronicles of Conan Volume 1: Tower of the Elephant and Other Stories




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Contents
"The Twilight of the Grim Grey God" (19 pages, graphic adaptation)
Freely adapted from "The Grey God Passes"
Writer: Roy Thomas
Art: 
Barry Windsor-Smith (pencils); Sal Buscema (inks)
Colors: Peter Dawes, Ian Sokoliwski, Dennis Kashton & Wil Glass at Digital Chameleon

Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #3, February 1971
"The Tower of the Elephant" (20 pages, graphic adaptation)
Writer: Roy Thomas
Art: Barry Windsor-Smith (pencils); Sal Buscema (inks)
Colors: Peter Dawes, Ian Sokoliwski, Dennis Kashton & Wil Glass at Digital Chameleon
Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #4, April 1971
"Zukala's Daughter" (19 pages, graphic adaptation
Inspired by "Zukala's Hour" (poem)
Writer: Roy Thomas
Art: Barry Windsor-Smith (pencils); Frank Giacoia (inks)
Colors: Peter Dawes, Ian Sokoliwski, Dennis Kashton & Wil Glass at Digital Chameleon
Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #5, May 1971
"Zukala's Hour" (poem, lines 1-12)
Lines 1-12 are taken from the first published appearance (SINGERS IN THE SHADOWS, Grant, 1970).
The poem lines are captions for panels on pages 8 and 9 of the story.
"The Lurker Within" (19 pages)
Freely adapted from "The God in the Bowl"
Writer: Roy Thomas
Art: Barry Windsor-Smith (pencils); Sal Buscema & Dan Adkins (inks)
Colors: Peter Dawes, Ian Sokoliwski, Dennis Kashton & Wil Glass at Digital Chameleon
Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #7, July 1971
"The Keepers of the Crypt" (19 pages, graphic adaptation)
Freely adapted from "The Hall of the Dead" (synopsis)
Writer: Roy Thomas
Art: Barry Windsor-Smith & John Romita (pencils); Tom Sutton & Tom Palmer (inks)
Colors: Peter Dawes, Ian Sokoliwski, Dennis Kashton & Wil Glass at Digital Chameleon
John Romita made alterations on Jenna's face.
Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #8, August 1971

"A $50 Misunderstanding" by Roy Thomas
A few personal notes on Conan.

This volume also collects the following content from the indicated issues of Marvel's CONAN THE BARBARIAN series. These stories were inspired by REH's Conan, but do not adapt or contain any REH stories or poems. Refer to the Grand Comics Database for additional information.
Conan the Barbarian (1970 series)
The Chronicles of Conan (2003 series)

"The Coming of Conan" by Roy Thomas; Barry Windsor-Smith (pencils); Dan Adkins (inks)
Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1, October 1970
"The Lair of the Beast-Men" by Roy Thomas; Barry Windsor-Smith (pencils); Sal Buscema (inks)
Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #2, December 1970
"Devil Wings Over Shadizar" by Roy Thomas; Barry Windsor-Smith (pencils); Sal Buscema (inks)
Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #6, June 1971

Notes
Collection Editor: Jeremy Barlow and Scott Allie
Dark Horse Books is a division of Dark Horse Comics.
This reprint series was recolored from the original Marvel series utilizing computer coloring.