The Barry Windsor-Smith Archives - Conan Volume 2
Dark Horse Books
Year :
May 2010
Book No. : ISBN-13: 9781595825063
Edition : 1st    
Format : Hardcover (6.9 x 10.5 inches)
Pages : 309
Cover art : Barry Windsor-Smith
Illustrations : Barry Windsor-Smith, Sal Buscema, Dan Adkins, Chic Stone, P. Craig Russell, Val Mayerik, & Mark Kersey (see below)

 Conan: The Barry Windsor-Smith Archives Volume 2




Other editions: None
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Contents
      
"The Frost Giant's Daughter" (12 pages)
Freely adapted from "The Frost-Giant's Daughter"
Writer: Roy Thomas
Art: Barry Windsor-Smith (pencils & inks)

Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #16, July 1972
"The Monster of the Monoliths" (20 pages)
Inspired in part by "The Black Stone"
Writer: Roy Thomas
Pencils: Barry Windsor-Smith (page 1 and a couple of subsequent panels, layouts for the rest of the issue)
Pencils: P. Craig Russell (backgrounds); Val Mayerik (figure work)
Inks: Dan Adkins; Sal Buscema; P. Craig Russell; Val Mayerik; Mark Kersey

Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #21, September 1972
"The Shadow of the Vulture!" (21 pages)
Freely adapted from "The Shadow of the Vulture"
Writer: Roy Thomas
Pencils: Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks: Dan Adkins; Sal Buscema; Chic Stone
Page 6 was both pencilled and inked by Sal Buscema

Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #23, November 1972
"Red Nails" (Part 1 of 3, 21 pages, graphic adaptation)
Adapted by: Roy Thomas & 
Barry Windsor-Smith
Writer: Roy Thomas
Art: 
Barry Windsor-Smith
Reprinted from SAVAGE TALES #2, October 1973
"The Lurker from the Catacombs"
"Red Nails" (Part 2 of 3, 25 pages,  graphic adaptation)
Adapted by: Roy Thomas & 
Barry Windsor-Smith
Writer: Roy Thomas
Art: Barry Smith

"He Comes from the Dark"
"Red Nails" (Part 3 of 3, 12 pages, graphic adaptation)
Adapted by: Roy Thomas & 
Barry Windsor-Smith
Writer: Roy Thomas
Art: Barry Smith

Reprinted from SAVAGE TALES #3, February 1971
"Cimmeria" (poem, lines 1-26 only, 5 pages, graphic adaptation)
Illustrated by Barry Windsor-Smith

Reprinted from SAVAGE TALES #2, October 1973

This volume collects the Barry Windsor-Smith content of  issues #12 through #16, #19 through #21, #23 and #24 of the Marvel comic book series CONAN THE BARBARIAN as well as selections from SAVAGE TALES #2 and #3, including the covers. The series is based on Robert E. Howard's Conan, but only the REH content and adaptations are listed above.
Refer to the Grand Comics Database for additional information.
Conan the Barbarian (1970 series)
  The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives (2010 series)
"Behind the Swords: A Personal Perambulation through Conan The Barbarian #9-#13 & #16"
by Roy Thomas (Introduction)

Covers for CONAN THE BARBARIAN #12 thru #16, #19, #20, #21, #24 and #24 
Covers for CONAN SAGA #1 through #9 by Barry Windsor-Smith
"Dweller in the Dark" by Roy Thomas; Barry Windsor-Smith
Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #12, December 1971
"Web of the Spider God" by Roy Thomas; Barry Windsor-Smith (pencils); Sal Buscema (inks)
Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #13, January 1972
"The Sword Called Stormbringer" by Roy Thomas; Barry Windsor-Smith (pencils); Sal Buscema (inks)
Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #14, March 1972
"The Green Empress of Melniboné" by Roy Thomas; Barry Windsor-Smith (pencils); Sal Buscema &  Barry Windsor-Smith (inks)
Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #15, May 1972
"Hawks From the Sea" by Roy Thomas; Barry Windsor-Smith (pencils); Dan Adkins (inks, pages 1-9)
Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #19, October 1972
"The Black Hound of Vengeance" by Roy Thomas; Barry Windsor-Smith (pencils); Dan Adkins (inks)
Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #20, November 1972
"The Song of Red Sonja" by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith
Reprinted from CONAN THE BARBARIAN #24, March 1973
"The Sword and the Sorcerers" (7 pages)
Writer: Roy Thomas
Art: Barry Windsor-Smith

Reprinted from CHAMBER OF DARKNESS
#4, April 1970.



Notes
Editor: Dave Land
Dark Horse Books is a division of Dark Horse Comics.
The stories and covers in this volume were colored by Peter Dawes, Will Glass, Dennis Kashton, and Ian Sokoliwski with All Thumbs Creative; Jim Zubkavich, Jen Chen, and Jamie Noguchi with UDON Entertainment; Richard Isanov ("Red Nails" chapter 1 only).