<b>Conan the Barbarian</b>&nbsp;(also known as&nbsp;<b>Conan the Cimmerian</b>) is a fictional&nbsp;sword and sorcery&nbsp;hero who originated in&nbsp;pulp&nbsp;magazines and has since been adapted to&nbsp;books,&nbsp;comics, several films (including&nbsp;<i>Conan the Barbarian</i>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<i>Conan the Destroyer</i>), television programs (animated&nbsp;and&nbsp;live-action),&nbsp;video games,&nbsp;role-playing games, and other media. The character was created by the writer&nbsp;Robert E. Howard&nbsp;in 1932 for a series of fantasy stories published in&nbsp;<i>Weird Tales</i>&nbsp;magazine.<br /><br />This book contains the complete Conan stories in the chronological order of their original publication.<ul> <li>&quot;The Phoenix on the Sword&quot; (novelette; vol. 20, #6, December 1932)</li> <li>&quot;The Scarlet Citadel&quot; (novelette; vol. 21, #1, January 1, 1933)</li> <li>&quot;The Tower of the Elephant&quot; (novelette; vol. 21, #3, March 1933)</li> <li>&quot;Black Colossus&quot; (novelette; vol. 21, #6, June 1933)</li> <li>&quot;The Slithering Shadow&quot; (novelette; vol. 22, #3, September 1933, alternate title &quot;Xuthal of the Dusk&quot;)</li> <li>&quot;The Pool of the Black One&quot; (novelette; vol. 22, #4, October 1933)</li> <li>&quot;Rogues in the House&quot; (novelette; vol. 23, #1, January 1934)</li> <li>&quot;Iron Shadows in the Moon&quot; (novelette; vol. 23, #4, April 1934, published as &quot;Shadows in the Moonlight&quot;)</li> <li>&quot;Queen of the Black Coast&quot; (novelette; vol. 23, #5, May 1934)</li> <li>&quot;The Devil in Iron&quot; (novelette; vol. 24, #2, August 1934)</li> <li>&quot;The People of the Black Circle&quot; (novella; vol. 24, #3&ndash;5, September&ndash;November 1934)</li> <li>&quot;A Witch Shall Be Born&quot; (novelette; vol. 24, #6, December 1934)</li> <li>&quot;Jewels of Gwahlur&quot; (novelette; vol. 25, #3, March 1935, author&#39;s original title &quot;The Servants of Bit-Yakin&quot;)</li> <li>&quot;Beyond the Black River&quot; (novella; vol. 25, #5&ndash;6, May&ndash;June 1935)</li> <li>&quot;Shadows in Zamboula&quot; (novelette; vol. 26, #5, November 1935, author&#39;s original title &quot;The Man-Eaters of Zamboula&quot;)</li> <li>&quot;The Hour of the Dragon&quot; (novel; vol. 26, #6 &amp; vol. 27, #1&ndash;4, December 1935, January&ndash;April 1936)</li> <li>&quot;Red Nails&quot; (novella; vol. 28, #1&ndash;3, July, September, October 1936)</li></ul>