Sword & Sorcery Comics, and those that will appeal to S&S fans, have only really existed since 1950. Robert E. Howard invented the sub-genre with “The Shadow Kingdom” (Weird Tales, August 1929) . The first true comic to use the heroic fantasy theme properly was Gardner F. Fox and John Giunta’s “Crom the Barbarian” in Avon’s Out of This World Adventures #1, July 1950. The big break came in October 1970 with Marvel’s Conan the Barbarian with Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith. Since then there have been many different variations on Howard’s model.
1930s
(1937) Early Heroic Fantasy Comics
1940s
(1941) Dicky in the Magic Forest
(1941) Half a Century of Robin Hood Comics
(1942) Walt Kelly’s Fairy Tale Parade
(1942) Four Color Comics’ Fairy Tale Parade
(1942) Jimmy Jupiter and the Land of Nowhere
(1942) Sir Butch and the Land of Waydaheckout
(1947) Jimminy and the Magic Book
(1949) Early Sword & Sorcery Comic: Malu the Slave Girl
1950s
(1950) Gardner F. Fox’s Crom the Barbarian
(1950) Sword & Sorcery Comic: Alpha the Slave Pirate
(1952) Quasi Sword & Sorcery Comic – November 1952
(1954) Quasi Sword & Sorcery Comic – March 1954
(1954) Quasi Sword & Sorcery Comic – September 1954
(1955) The Journeys of the Viking Prince
1960s
Jeffrey Catherine Jones: Early S&S Comics
(1963) Boris Karloff Tale of Heroic Fantasy
(1963) Tales of Asgard: Sword & Sorcery Superheroes
(1963) Wrath of the Gods by Willie Patterson
(1964) Post-Apocalyptic Heroes: Samson and Hercules
(1965-69) Sword & Sorcery at Warren – Part 1
(1966) Sword & Sorcery in Star-Studded Comics
(1968) DC Flirts with Sword & Sorcery: Nightmaster
(1969) More Sword & Sorcery Comics at DC
Some Odd 1960s Sword & Sorcery Comics
1970s
Top Ten Sword & Sorcery Comics of the 1970s
(1970) The Lost Cities of Conan
Sword & Planet Comics of the 1970s
Sword & Sorcery at DC: The 1970s
(1970) Bronze Age Dragons: 1970s
(1970) DC Flirts with Sword & Sorcery: Horror Anthologies
(1970) Garner F. Fox’s Warren Sword & Sorcery
(1970) Beowulf Comics: Franco Capriloi
(1970) Detour: The Sword & Sorcery of Wonder Woman
(1970) Sword & Sorcery at Skywald
(1973) Tales of Atlantis: Underwater Sword & Sorcery
(1970) Sword & Sorcery at Warren – Part 2
(1971) Sword & Sorcery at Warren – Part 3
(1972) Sword & Sorcery at Warren – Part 4
(1973) Sword & Sorcery at Warren – Part 5
(1974-75) Sword & Sorcery at Warren – Part 6
(1976-77) Sword & Sorcery at Warren – Part 7
(1978) Sword & Sorcery at Warren – Part 8
(1979) Sword & Sorcery at Warren – Part 9
(1971) Victor de la Fuente’s Haxtur
(1971) Robert E. Howard’s James Allison in Comics
(1972) Fafhrd & Gray Mouser Comics
(1973) Creatures on the Loose #22
(1973) Creatures on the Loose #23
(1973) Creatures on the Loose #24
(1973) Creatures on the Loose #25
(1973) Creatures on the Loose #26
(1974) Creatures on the Loose #27
(1974) Creatures on the Loose #28
(1974) Creatures on the Loose #29
(1974) Atlas’s Barbarians of Vengeance
(1974) The Dark Mirror of Klarn – Part 1
(1974) More Sword & Sorcery Comics at DC II
(1974) Hof Stuf’: Independent Sword & Sorcery Comics
(1974) The Unspeakable Shrine 1
(1975) The Unspeakable Shrine 2
(1975) Sword& Sorcery by Phillippe Druillet
(1975) A Sword & Sorcery Comic Mystery
(1975) Beowulf Dragonslayer #1
(1975) Beowulf Dragonslayer #2
(1975) Beowulf Dragonslayer #3
(1975) Beowulf Dragonslayer #4
(1976) Beowulf Dragonslayer #5
(1976) Beowulf Dragonslayer #6
(1975) Claw the Unconquered Covers
(1976) Sword & Sorcery Superheroes II: Hulk vs. Kronak
(1976) Wally Wood’s King of the Ring
(1976) Solomon Kane: The Weird Tales Adaptations
(1978) The Many Mirrors of Tuzun Thune
(1978) The End of a Beautiful Friendship: Creators Rights
(1978) Seven More Voyages of Sinbad
(1979) Sword & Sorcery in The Rook
Monsters Unleashed: Hidden Sword & Sorcery
Some Bronze Age Sword & Sorcery Comics I
Some Bronze Age Sword & Sorcery Comics II
1980s
(1980) Bronze Age Dragons: 1980s
(1980) Favorite Sword & Sorcery From Epic Illustrated
(1980) Andrew J. Offutt’s Conan Trilogy
(1980) Sword & Sorcery at Warren – Part 10
(1981) Sword & Sorcery at Warren – Part 11
(1981) Chane of the Golden Hair
(1981) Sword & Sorcery: Archie Style
(1981) Forgotten Comics: Dragonsword
(1981) Robert E. Howard’s Bran Mak Morn in Comics
(1982) American Heroic Fantasy Graphic Novels
(1982) Sword & Sorcery at Warren – Part 12
(1982) Warrior: Tales of Sword & Sorcery
(1985) Blackthorne’s 3D Sword & Sorcery
(1987) Galería de personajes fantásticos
1990s
(1998) Second-Hand Sword & Sorcery: Avalon’s Barbarians
Conan in Black & White 1: Enrique Alcatena
Conan in Black & White 2: Alex Nino
Conan in Black & White 3: Rafael Kayanan
2010s
(2017) Wonder Woman/Conan: Sword & Sorcery Heroes
Other
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Chris Achilleos
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Frank Thorne
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Jess Jodloman
Artist of Sword & Sorcery: George Barr
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Neal Adams
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Walt Simonson
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Alfred Alcala
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Wendy Pini
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Ricardo Villamonte
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Billy Graham
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Frank Brunner
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Rich Buckler
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Joe Staton
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Ken Barr
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Tom Sutton
Artist of Sword & Sorcery: Mike Ploog
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Vicente Alcazar
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Ernie Chan
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Gray Morrow
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Berni Wrightson
Artist of Sword & sorcery: Steve Ditko
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Earl Norem
Artist of Sword &Sorcery: Jaime Brocal Remohi
Bill Parente and Sword & Sorcery
Buddy Saunders and Sword & Sorcery
Death Ten Feet Tall: Conan vs. the Hulking Beast
Denny O’Neil: Sword & Sorcery Champion
End of a Warren Era: Bill DuBay
Fantasy Comics You Might Not Know
Giant Spiders in Heroic Fantasy Comics
More Golden Age Comics for Sword & Sorcery Fans
One-Shot Marvel Sword & Sorcery Adventures
Some Odd Bronze Age Sword & Sorcery Comics
Superheroes Go Sword & Sorcery
Sword & Sorcery Hall of Fame: Archie Goodwin
