Auctions: comic books in 'The Hour of the Dragon'

Giant Size Conan (1974) 3 VF- 7.5

Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Gil Kane and Tom Sutton. Cover by Gil Kane and Tom Palmer. To Tarantia--and the Tower!; King Conan may be down, but he's not yet out, as he has to find the Heart of Ahriman! The trouble is, nobody knows where it is! Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Barry Windsor-Smith and Sal Buscema. Devil-Wings Over Shadizar; In Shadizar, Conan meets the beautiful waitress Jenna; She is however kidnapped by religious fanatics and taken to be sacrificed to the mysterious night god; The god no-one has ever seen is revealed to be a gigantic bat-like creature; Conan saves Jenna from the bat creature, while Jenna in her turn saves Conan from the priestess Hajii; Jenna then steals all his gold and leaves. 68 pages, full color. $0.50.

NOTE: Robert E. Howards novel The Hour of the Dragon starring his most famous character – Conan - was adapted by Roy Thomas, Gil Kane and John Buscema in 6 chapters in Marvel Comics' Giant Size Conan (1974) #1-4 and Savage Sword of Conan (1974-1995 Magazine) #8, 10. – Odinson, mycomicshop.com Archivist

Cover price $0.50.

Giant Size Conan (1974) 4 VF 8.0

Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Gil Kane and Frank Springer. Cover by Gil Kane and Tom Palmer. Swords of the South!; Conan's down but not out, but can even he find the Heart of Ahriman? Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Barry Windsor-Smith, Dan Adkins, and Sal Buscema. The Lurker Within; Conan saves Lady Aztrias of Numalia from a pack of wolves; She hires Conan to steal from the wealthy merchant Kallian, who temporarily houses a mysterious bowl from Stygia, said to contain a great treasure; Conan burgles the merchant's house, finds the bowl empty and Kallian dead; The city guard appears and Lady Aztrias accuses him of killing Kallian; Adapted from the REH story "The God in the Bowl." 68 pages, full color. $0.50.

NOTE: Robert E. Howards novel The Hour of the Dragon starring his most famous character – Conan - was adapted by Roy Thomas, Gil Kane and John Buscema in 6 chapters in Marvel Comics' Giant Size Conan (1974) #1-4 and Savage Sword of Conan (1974-1995 Magazine) #8, 10. – Odinson, mycomicshop.com Archivist

Cover price $0.50.

Savage Sword of Conan (1974 Marvel) 8 VF- 7.5

Conan stars in "The Forever Phial." Script by Roy Thomas, art by Tim Conrad. "Death-Song of Conan the Cimmerian." Poem by Lin Carter (adapted by Thomas), art by Jess Jodloman. Conan stars in "Corsairs Against Stygia." Script by Thomas, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Yong Montano. Adapted from the Robert E. Howard novel "The Hour of the Dragon." Continued from Giant-Size Conan the Barbarian 4. The story concludes in SSOC 10. Also in this issue: "Sorcerer's Summit." Script and art by Bruce Jones. The Hyborian Age (part 2): "The Rise of the Hyborians." Script by Thomas, art by Walt Simonson. Adapted from the essay by Robert E. Howard. "The Elder Gods." Article by Robert Yaple with a full-page illustration by Tim Conrad (?). Tony DeZuniga frontispiece. Frank Brunner cover.

NOTE: Robert E. Howards novel The Hour of the Dragon starring his most famous character – Conan - was adapted by Roy Thomas, Gil Kane and John Buscema in 6 chapters in Marvel Comics' Giant Size Conan (1974) #1-4 and Savage Sword of Conan (1974-1995 Magazine) #8, 10. – Odinson, mycomicshop.com Archivist

Cover price $1.00.