Conan Private Library Edition

In the early 1990s acting legend James Earl Jones, who had played Thulsa Doom in the first film adaptation, Conan the Barbarian, purchased this privately bound, three-volume collection of Marvel’s Conan the Barbarian comic books. He eventually sold it back to Gaston Dominguez of Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles. Housed within are issues 1 though 36, with twelve issues in each volume. The condition of the bound comics are impeccable.

This set includes numerous Key Issues, including:

#1: 1st Appearance of Conan the Barbarian; 1st Cameo of King Kull; Barry Windsor-Smith art begins
#2: 2nd Appearance of Conan the Barbarian in comics
#3: 1st Appearance of Borri, the Grey God
#4: Classic Story “The Tower of the Elephant”
#5: Adaptation of R.E. Howard’s “Zukala’s Hour”
#6: 1st Appearance of Fafnir & Blackrat (unauthorized versions of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser)
#7: 1st Cameo Appearance of Thoth-Amon; 1st Mention of Set, the serpent god
#8″ Adaptation of R.E. Howard’s “The Keepers of the Crypt”
#9: Last 15-cent Issue; Adapts R.E. Howard’s “The Garden of Fear”
#10: Giant Size Issue; King Kull back-up story
#11: Giant Size Issue; Classic Story “Rogues in the House”; Letter from cartoonist Fred Hembeck
#12: 1st 20-cent Issue; Cover by Gil Kane; Inks by Bernie Wrightson
#13: “Web of the Spider-God” plot by author John Jakes
#14: 1st Appearance & Cover of Elric; 1st Cameo of Kulan Gath
#15: 1st Full Appearance of Kulan Gath; 2nd Appearance of Elric; Letter from William Stout
#16: Classic Story “The Frost Giant’s Daughter”
#17: Cover by Gil Kane & Frank Brunner; 2nd Appearance of Fafnir; Letter from writer JM DeMatteis
#18: Adapted from R.E. Howard’s “The Gods of Bal-Sagoth”; Letter from Hugo Award winner, Ted White
#21: Adapted from R.E> Howard’s “The Black Stone”; 1st Conan work by P. Craig Russell
#22: 1st Reprint of Conan #1 with new Barry Windsor-Smith pin-up
#23: 1st Appearance of Red Sonja
#24: 1st Cover and 2nd Appearance of Red Sonja
#25: 1st John Buscema art on Conan; Adaptation of R.E. Howard’s “The Mirrors of Tuzun Thone”
#26: 1st Ernie Chan art on Conan
#27: 1st Appearance of Turghol and Suwaan of Khitai; Adapts Howard’s “The Blood of Belshazzar”
#28: Adapted from R.E. Howard’s “Moon of Zembabwei”
#29: Adapted from R.E. Howard’s “Two Against Tyre”
#30: Adapted from “The Hand of Nergal” a story by R.E. Howard and Linn Carter
#32: Adaptation of “Flame Winds” by Norvell W. Page
#33: 3rd Appearance of Red Sonja
#34: Finishes Adaption of “Flame Winds” by Norvell W. Page
#35: Adaptation of R.E. Howard’s “Fire of Asshurbanipal”
#36: Marvel Value Stamp Series A #10 Luke Cage, Power Man

This is a unique collectible. Similar privately bound Library Editions have sold recently at Heritage Auctions for tens of thousands of dollars.