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Issue Details

Issue #23
Published July 1984
Frequency Bi-monthly
Cover Price 1.00 USD
Pages 52
Editing Jim Owsley

Cover Details - "Ordeal"

Characters King Conan; Prince Conn
Genre Sword and sorcery
Pencils Mike Kaluta (signed)
Inks Mike Kaluta (signed)
Colors Mike Kaluta (signed)

25 page King Conan story "Ordeal"

Characters King Conan; Trocero; Prospero; Polix; Princess Radegund; Lucius; Leonidas (one of the Black Dragons); Baron Aemilius; Timon Flavius; Baron Maloric; Taurus; Mad Zandra; Councilor Publius; Queen Zenobia; Lysander
Synopsis Recovered from being poisoned, King Conan goes after Baron Aemilius, believing the Baron is responsible for Prince Conn's death. The Baron requests a trial by Ordeal (water) and starts to drown, but King Conan pulls him from the water in order to interrogate him. Lysander, one of Prince Conn's guards survived the ambush and regains consciousness. Prince Taurus starts to dabble in dark magic and is swept away from the castle by a giant flaming bird.
Genre Sword and sorcery
Script Alan Zelenetz
Pencils Marc Silvestri
Inks Geof Isherwood
Colors George Roussos
Letters Richard Parker

13 page Prince Conn story "Long given up by family and friends for dead ..."

Characters Prince Conn; Ruffius; Lepidus
Synopsis Prince Conn wins a tavern fight in Numalia, Nemedia's second greatest city, and meets the thief, Ruffius. Ruffius enlists Conn's help in gaining entrance to a rich merchant's tower in order to steal some valuables. The merchant is an elderly philanthropist who actually shares his wealth with the poor. The merchant catches Ruffius and Conn in his tower, and Ruffius kills the old man and leaves Conn there to take the blame.
Genre Sword and sorcery
Script Alan Zelenetz
Pencils Marc Silvestri
Colors George Roussos
Letters Richard Parker
Notes The Prince Conn stories run along side the Conan The King stories to show what each is doing after they have been separated.