Borak (Earth-616)

Borak
Name	Borak
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Dark Tigers
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Death	Pass of Nadder
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Occupation	Slaver and brigand
Base of Operations	Abode of the Damned
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Robert E. Howard, Roy Thomas, John Buscema
First	Savage Sword of Conan #11 (February, 1976)
First	Savage Sword of Conan #11 (February, 1976)
Death	Savage Sword of Conan #11 (February, 1976)
Death	Savage Sword of Conan #11 (February, 1976)

History

Borak was a member of the Dark Tigers, a group of slavers and brigands living in the Abode of the Damned, ruled by their prince Abdel Khafir (Nikolav Yvonn). Borak's troop was led by Hammad, Prince of Swordsmen, high-ranked within the Dark Tigers.

When the Dark Tigers, accompanied by "Shirkuh, late of Zamora" (in fact Conan in disguise), encounter a trio of identical travelers wishing to go to the Abode of the Damned, Hammad ordered Agham and Borak to slay them and take their belongings. The travelers used their powers to force Borak and Agham to strike at each other, Borak being struck after having mortally wounded Agham. Their horses were then used by the travelers who were allowed to come along with Hammad's party.

Paraphernalia

Weapons

Shield and blade

Transportation

Horse

Notes

• Borak is presumably a reference to El Borak (of his real name Francis X. Gordon), a modern-age American adventurer created by Robert E. Howard, as "The Abode of the Damned" (Savage Sword of Conan #11) is freely adapted from The Country of the Knife into a Conan story.
  • Like other characters of REH, Borak was an idealized portrait of himself (a Texan of Gaelic lineage), and many of his stories parallel Conan's.
• The Conan the Barbarian story "The Flame Knife" (1955) was a novel revised by L. Sprague de Camp from Howard's original Francis X. Gordon story "Three-Bladed Doom" by Robert E. Howard. It was adapted in Savage Sword of Conan #31 and #32 (July and August, 1978).
• Marvel Comics reproduced this process, by freely adapting El Borak/Francis X. Gordon as Conan stories:
  • "The Abode of the Damned" (Savage Sword of Conan #11; April, 1976) is adapted from "The Country of the Knife" (Complete Stories; August, 1936).
  • "The Lost Valley of Iskander" (Conan the Barbarian #79 to #81; October to December, 1977) is adapted from the eponymous story. (published posthumously in 1974).
  • "Sons of the White Wolf" (Savage Sword of Conan #37; February, 1979) is adapted from the El Borak story "Son of the White Wolf (Thrilling Adventures; December, 1936).
  • "The Daughter of Raktavashi" (Savage Sword of Conan #234 and #235; June and July, 1995) is adapted from the El Borak story "The Daughter of Erlik Khan" (Top-Notch; December, 1934).

Trivia

• Borak and Agham had shared the same woman.

See Also

• 1 appearance(s) of Borak (Earth-616)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of Borak (Earth-616)
• 1 image(s) of Borak (Earth-616)