A Red Sonja Cover Gallery LXXXVI:
Conan

This is the eighty-sixth installment in our Red Sonja themed cover galleries, continuing from the first gallery. Below, we present ten selected covers created by various artists, which feature both Red Sonja and Conan.

1

  • title: Conan the Barbarian (1970)
  • publisher: Marvel
  • cover artist: Barry Windsor-Smith
  • writer: Roy Thomas
  • artist: Barry Windsor-Smith
  • issue: #44 of 275
  • release date: March, 1973
  • episode: "The Song of Red Sonja"
  • commentary: Red Sonja's introduction to comic books came in the form of guest appearances in Conan books.

    In addition to the covers on this page, other galleries have featured covers from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970), including
    • Companions: #1
    • In Bondage: #2
    • Dinosaurs: #2
    • Demons: #2 & #3
    • Overlooked Marvel Issues: #7, #8, #9 & #10

    For the purposes of completeness we have also featured two covers from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974) with Red Sonja on the cover in the following galleries,
    • Introduction: #1
    • Skeletons: #1

    Finally, we have also featured one cover from Conan the King (Marvel, 1980) with Red Sonja on the cover in the following gallery,
    • Archery: #1

2

  • title: Conan the Barbarian (1970)
  • publisher: Marvel
  • cover artist: John Buscema
  • writer: Roy Thomas
  • artist: John Buscema
  • issue: #44 of 275
  • release date: November, 1974
  • episode: "The Fiend and The Flame"
  • commentary: We have featured various covers by John Buscema in other galleries with themes including

3

  • title: Conan the Barbarian (1970)
  • publisher: Marvel
  • cover artist: John Buscema
  • writer: Roy Thomas
  • artist: John Buscema
  • issue: #78 of 275
  • release date: September, 1977
  • episode: "Curse of the Undead-Man"
  • commentary: This issue is a comic book reissue of the first issue of the Savage Sword of Conan magazine.

4

  • title: Conan the Barbarian (1970)
  • publisher: Marvel
  • cover artist: Geof Isherwood
  • writer: James C. Owsley
  • artist: Val Semeiks
  • issue: #197 of 275
  • release date: August, 1987
  • episode: "Stand"
  • commentary: We have featured various covers by Geof Isherwood in galleries with themes including
    • Dinosaurs: #2
    • Conan: #4 & #5

5

  • title: Conan the Barbarian (1970)
  • publisher: Marvel
  • cover artist: Geof Isherwood
  • writer: Jim Owsley
  • artist: Val Semeiks
  • issue: #204 of 275
  • release date: March, 1988
  • episode: "Goblins!"
  • commentary: In some of the covers of Conan the Barbarian by Marvel, Red Sonja has to play second fiddle to the titular hero.

6

  • title: Conan the Barbarian (1970)
  • publisher: Marvel
  • cover artist: Steve Lightle
  • writer: Roy Thomas
  • artist: Gary Hartle
  • issue: #244 of 275
  • release date: May, 1991
  • episode: "Fiends of the Flaming Mountains"
  • commentary: We have featured various covers by Steve Lightle in galleries with themes including
    • Throne: #1
    • Demons: #2
    • Conan: #6
    • Overlooked Marvel Issues: #9

7

  • title: Marvel Comics Super Special (1977)
  • publisher: Marvel
  • cover artists: Mary Wilshire & Vince Colletta
  • writers: Mary Wilshire & Louise Simonson
  • artists: Mary Wilshire & Vince Colletta
  • issue: #38 of 41
  • release date: November, 1985
  • episode: Adaptation of the 1985 Film "Red Sonja"
  • cover: A cover
  • format: magazine
  • commentary: This is the adaptation of the 1985 "Red Sonja" film in magazine format. There was also a comic book format in two issues (#1). Briggitte Nielsen played Red Sonja and Arnold Schwarzenegger played a character that was, for all intents and purposes Conan, except that for licensing reasons, he was named Kalidor in the movie.
    There was one other cover from Marvel Comics Super Special (Marvel, 1977) with both Red Sonja and Conan on the cover in the following gallery,
    • Demons: #1

8

  • title: Conan / Red Sonja (2015)
  • publisher: Dark Horse / Dynamite
  • cover artist: Dan Panosian
  • writer: Gail Simone
  • artist: Jim Zub
  • issue: #1 of 4
  • release date: January, 2015
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: When Dark Horse had the Conan license and Dynamite had the Red Sonja license, there were two cross-over series, published in 2015. The first series gave Conan top billing and listed Dark Horse as the first publisher.

    In addition to the covers on this page, one other gallery has featured covers from Conan / Red Sonja (2015),

9

  • title: Conan / Red Sonja (2015)
  • publisher: Dark Horse / Dynamite
  • cover artist: Dan Panosian
  • writer: Gail Simone
  • artist: Jim Zub
  • issue: #4 of 4
  • release date: April, 2015
  • cover: A cover

10

  • title: Red Sonja / Conan (2015)
  • publisher: Dynamite / Dark Horse
  • cover artist: Ed Benes
  • writer: Victor Gischler
  • artist: Roberto Castro
  • issue: #2 of 4
  • release date: September, 2015
  • cover: A cover
  • commentary: Red Sonja / Conan was the other half of the two collaborative series that appeared in 2015 from the partnership between Dynamite and Dark Horse.

    In addition to the covers on this page, other galleries have featured covers from Red Sonja / Conan (2015),
    We have featured various covers by Ed Benes in galleries with themes including
    • Kulan Gath: #6
    • 2015: #7 & #14
    • Vampirella: #7
    • Conan: #10
    • Dynamite Cross-overs: #1
    • Unplaced Issues: #6

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