Blog Archives
sThe Tempo-Star Conan the Barbarian Paperbacks: Part 6
Sunday , 20, September 2020 Morgan Comics Leave a commentGrosset & Dunlap had released five Conan the Barbarian paperbacks in 1978. There was a gap of more than half a year before Volume 6 was released in early 1979. Roy Thomas was back with an energetic three-page introduction: “Conan is the most popular sword-and-sorcery hero in the world today. Period. . . Conan […]
The Tempo-Star Conan the Barbarian Paperbacks: Part 2
Sunday , 16, August 2020 Morgan Comics 1 CommentIn 1978, Grosset & Dunlap began reprinting Marvel Comics Conan the Barbarian in mass market paperback form. The company used the Ace Books imprint for distribution. Ace was also distributing the Conan Lancer paperbacks repacked under the Prestige imprint. Another foray was the publication of trade paperbacks under the Grosset & Dunlap imprint of […]
The Tempo-Star Conan the Barbarian Paperbacks: Part 1
Sunday , 9, August 2020 Morgan Comics 3 CommentsThe “Bronze Age” of comic books is said by some to have started in 1970 when Jack Kirby left Marvel Comics. Old time science fiction pulp editor Mort Weisinger (1915-1978) stepped down at D.C. Comics. The creation of Conan the Barbarian by Marvel Comics in 1970s is seen as a pivotal event in the creation […]
Marvel Comics’ title Conan the Barbarian under the editorship of Roy Thomas was one of the classic bronze age comic books. Barbarian Life: A Literary Biography of Conan the Barbarian (Pulp Hero Press) by Roy Thomas gives a detailed issue by issue history of the first 51 issues of comic book. Thomas had originally wrote […]