Marvel Released January 1983

Conan the Barbarian: Red Nails #1 (1983)

Conan the Barbarian: Red Nails #1 is the premiere issue of the Conan the Barbarian: Red Nails series from Marvel, released January 1, 1983. Written by Roy Thomas with artwork by Barry Windsor-Smith. This page represents the regular first-print edition.

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Published January 1983

Giant-size issue; no ads. Reprints "Red Nails" (from Savage Tales 2 & 3) in color by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith (adapted from the Robert E. Howard story). Also reprints the Robert E. Howard poem "Cimmeria" (from Savage Tales 2) in color, adapted by Windsor-Smith. Two-page introduction by Alan Zelenetz. Windsor-Smith covers (front reprinted from Conan the Barbarian 21; back reprinted from Conan the Barbarian Annual 1). Conan and Valeria take refuge in an entirely walled and enclosed city where generations of inhabitants have waged war against each other for hundreds of years.