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| Author | Robert E. Howard |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Conan the Barbarian |
| Genre | Sword and sorcery |
| Publisher | Gnome Press |
Publication date | 1953 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
King Conan is a collection of five fantasy short stories by American writer Robert E. Howard featuring his sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It is also the name of two separate comic book series featuring the character.
The book was first published in hardcover by Gnome Press in 1953. The stories originally appeared in the 1930s in the fantasy magazine Weird Tales. The collection never saw publication in paperback; instead, its component stories were divided and distributed among other "Conan" collections.
Chronologically, the five short stories collected as King Conan are the fourth in Gnome's Conan series; the novel Conan the Conqueror follows.