A Bêlit Cover Gallery




A Bêlit Cover Gallery IV: The Cimmerian: Queen of the Black Coast



	This is the fourth installment in our Bêlit themed cover galleries. Below, we present selected covers, which depict Bêlit, from The Cimmerian: Queen of the Black Coast series, published by Ablaze in March, 2020.



	1 title: The Cimmerian: Queen of the Black Coast (2020) publisher: Ablaze Comics cover artist: Jason Metcalf writer: Jean-David Morvan artist: Pierre Alary issue: #1 of 2 release date: March 18, 2020 cover: A cover commentary: The French comics publisher Glénat adapted the original Conan short stories into graphic novels. The American publisher Ablaze produced translations in the United States. Because Marvel currently owns the Conan license in the United States, a compromise was reached in which the books were published under the title, The Cimmerian. (The name Conan appears through-out the interior of the book.)



	2 title: The Cimmerian: Queen of the Black Coast (2020) publisher: Ablaze Comics cover artist: Mirka Andolfo writer: Jean-David Morvan artist: Pierre Alary issue: #1 of 2 release date: March 18, 2020 cover: B variant commentary: The first of these stories published was the adaptation to Queen of the Black Coast.



	3 title: The Cimmerian: Queen of the Black Coast (2020) publisher: Ablaze Comics cover artist: Pierre Alary writer: Jean-David Morvan artist: Pierre Alary issue: #1 of 2 release date: March 18, 2020 cover: D variant commentary: These books are faithful retellings of the R.E. Howard stories. Each issue is advertised as "uncensored".



	4 title: The Cimmerian: Queen of the Black Coast (2020) publisher: Ablaze Comics cover artist: Kael Ngu writer: Jean-David Morvan artist: Pierre Alary issue: #1 of 2 release date: March 18, 2020 cover: Emerald City Comic Con retailer exclusive variant commentary: To our knowledge, this series was the first to feature limited print run retailer exclusive variants with Bêlit.



	5 title: The Cimmerian: Queen of the Black Coast (2020) publisher: Ablaze Comics cover artist: Alan Quah writer: Jean-David Morvan artist: Pierre Alary issue: #1 of 2 release date: March 18, 2020 cover: Scott's Collectables retailer exclusive variant commentary: Retailers arranged with the publisher to commission artists to create cover variants for the issues to be exclusively distributed through their shops.



	6 title: The Cimmerian: Queen of the Black Coast (2020) publisher: Ablaze Comics cover artist: Chris Ehnot writer: Jean-David Morvan artist: Pierre Alary issue: #1 of 2 release date: March 18, 2020 cover: Emerald City Comic Con retailer exclusive variant commentary: All of the artists responsible for exclusive variants shown on this page had already established their reputations for covers of this kind. For example, all have created covers of another heroine of R.E. Howard, Red Sonja.



	7 title: The Cimmerian: Queen of the Black Coast (2020) publisher: Ablaze Comics cover artist: Elias Chatzoudis writer: Jean-David Morvan artist: Pierre Alary issue: #1 of 2 release date: March 18, 2020 cover: Collector's Cave retailer exclusive variant



	8 title: The Cimmerian: Queen of the Black Coast (2020) publisher: Ablaze Comics cover artist: Dan Mendoza writer: Jean-David Morvan artist: Pierre Alary issue: #1 of 2 release date: March 18, 2020 cover: Primetime Comics retailer exclusive variant commentary: As is typical of low run exclusives, the portrayal is often more overtly sexual than is regarded as feasible for mainstream consumption.



	9 title: The Cimmerian: Queen of the Black Coast (2020) publisher: Ablaze Comics cover artist: Sunghan Yune writer: Jean-David Morvan artist: Pierre Alary issue: #2 of 2 release date: March 25, 2020 cover: A cover commentary: These adaptations of Howard's stories by Ablaze run only two to three issues. This version of Queen of the Black Coast ran two issues.



	10 title: The Cimmerian: Queen of the Black Coast (2020) publisher: Ablaze Comics cover artist: CrissCross writer: Jean-David Morvan artist: Pierre Alary issue: #2 of 2 release date: March 25, 2020 cover: B variant commentary: Each cover is created by a different artist, providing a spectrum of interpretations of Bêlit.



	11 title: The Cimmerian: Queen of the Black Coast (2020) publisher: Ablaze Comics cover artist: In-Hyuk Lee writer: Jean-David Morvan artist: Pierre Alary issue: #2 of 2 release date: March 25, 2020 cover: D variant commentary: Many artists who are active in creating comic covers were recruited by Ablaze for variant editions to these books.



	12 title: The Cimmerian: Queen of the Black Coast (2020) publisher: Ablaze Comics cover artist: Ed Benes writer: Jean-David Morvan artist: Pierre Alary issue: #2 of 2 release date: March 25, 2020 cover: C variant commentary: This cover to the second issue by Ed Benes is reminiscent of the cover from an earlier retelling of Bêlit's death in issue #100 of Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970).



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