Conan the Barbarian Vol 1 135

Conan the Barbarian Vol 1 #135
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Art by: Walter Simonson
Cover Date	June, 1982
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Jim Shooter

1. "The Forest of the Night"
Writer(s)	Steven Grant
Penciler(s)	Marc Silvestri
Inker(s)	Joe Rubinstein Danny Bulanadi
Colorist(s)	George Roussos
Letterer(s)	Janice Chiang
Editor(s)	Louise Jones

Appearing in "The Forest of the Night"

Featured Characters:

• Conan (Scout for the garrison) (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• Merya (Only appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
• Garrison (First appearance)
  • Commander (Mentioned)
  • Cleon (First appearance)
  • Taverner (First appearance)
  • Unnamed soldiers (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Arawn, Lord of the Dark Forest (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
• Arawn's spirit-beasts (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Picts (Only in flashback)
• Merya's family (Only appearance; all die) (Only in flashback)
  • Merya's father (Only appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
• Conan's and Merya's unborn child (Death before term)

Deities and Invocations:

• Crom (Invoked)
• Morrigan (Invoked)
• Macha (Invoked)
• Nemain (Invoked)
• Mitra (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Horses
• Deer
• Gods
• Devils (Mentioned)
• Spirit-beasts
  • Stags
  • Owls (Shape-shifting in dream)
  • Serpents

Locations:

• Earth
  • Border Kingdom
    • Twilight Forest / Dark Forest (First appearance)
    • Unnamed fort (First appearance)
      • Tavern (First appearance)
      • Stables (First appearance)
  • Cimmeria (Referenced)
  • Aquilonia (Mentioned)
    • Bossonian Marches (Mentioned)
  • Argos (Mentioned)
  • Pictland (Only in flashback)
  • Merya's father's estate in the North (Mentioned)
• Arawn's Dark Hell (Mentioned)

Items:

• Arawn's axe (First appearance)

Vehicles:

• Merya's father's ship (Only appearance; destruction) (Only in flashback)

Events and Eras:

• Hyborian Age

Synopsis for "The Forest of the Night"

• Synopsis not yet written

Notes

• Silvestri is credited as Mark Silvestri.
• Marc Silvestri's first comic for Marvel.
• Inks (issue pages): Rubinstein pages 1-14, Bulanadi pages 15-30.

Trivia

• When Marc Silvestri originally penciled the book, even though it was scripted only for 22 pages, 24 pages were drawn. In order to make the deadline, the art work was cut up and glued into new smaller panels. The last few pages of the book you will notice how half of the action is out of the panel and not seen.

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