--- product_id: 26430396 title: "The Chronicles of Conan, Vol. 1: Tower of the Elephant and Other Stories" brand: "roy thomas" price: "1250507₫" currency: VND in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 url: https://www.desertcart.vn/products/26430396-the-chronicles-of-conan-vol-1-tower-of-the-elephant store_origin: VN region: Vietnam --- # The Chronicles of Conan, Vol. 1: Tower of the Elephant and Other Stories **Brand:** roy thomas **Price:** 1250507₫ **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Chronicles of Conan, Vol. 1: Tower of the Elephant and Other Stories by roy thomas - **How much does it cost?** 1250507₫ with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vn](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/26430396-the-chronicles-of-conan-vol-1-tower-of-the-elephant) ## Best For - roy thomas enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted roy thomas brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![The Chronicles of Conan, Vol. 1: Tower of the Elephant and Other Stories - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61CBfgupJdL.jpg) ![The Chronicles of Conan, Vol. 1: Tower of the Elephant and Other Stories - Image 2](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51iHqgk9XEL.jpg) ![The Chronicles of Conan, Vol. 1: Tower of the Elephant and Other Stories - Image 3](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41mPCoZx7hL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Chronicles of Conan gets an HD-type transfer *by E***C on Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2019* The coloring for Chronicles of Conan Vol. 1 was remastered, and some reviewers have given it a thumbs up and some a thumbs down. I liken it to a HD transfer of an old 35mm film. I can go both ways I do love grainy textures, and I like sharp definition to colors and lines. I have premature bad eyesight, I'm in my forties, and this volume was easier on my eyes than most graphic novels. I have the same problem when watching films. HD is easier on my eyes. Aside from that the art is disappointing if you're expecting the Barry Windsor Smith of Weapon X fame. His style is far less evolved and detailed then what he would do later on. Still, the artwork is good, and it shows Windsor Smith's early promise, especially with facial expressions, which I thought were excellent.The writing, especially the prose captions are very good, but it's hard to tell who's writing them Roy Thomas or Robert E Howard. Roy Thomas takes all the credit for issue 6, Devil-Wings Over Shadizar, and I thought the writing there went down a notch. The stories are pretty much stand alone pieces. You can put the book down for a while and not lose the thread. I thought the best one of the lot was Lair of the Beast-Men, which was about a slave uprising, and a cowed man Kiord regaining his human dignity even in death.Finally for all those still mourning the passing of the late, great Stan the Man. There's a great story Roy Thomas relates about how Stan's guidance and instincts basically saved Conan from the brink of cancellation extinction. Another great anecdote to add to the legend. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beginning of a great series *by M***M on Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2014* Roy Thomas was the second major writer at Marvel Comics, groomed by Stan Lee himself. But Thomas was also the first guy to bring Conan the Barbarian to comics. In fact, he was the one who named Conan “the Barbarian” instead of the Cimmerian as Robert E. Howard usually referred to his larger-than-life hero.I remember reading the first Conan comic book, borrowed from a friend of mine named Ricky who was enthusiastic about it. I can’t remember if he’d read Conan’s newest paperback releases from Lancer or not before the comic came out. I knew I hadn’t.Frankly, I was less than impressed with the story, and not happy at all with the astronaut floating in space in one of the panels. That took the story right out of the fantasy realm for me. I had recently read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Those books were fantasy to me.Eventually, though, Conan became – and still is – a mainstay of my reading. I do remember Barry Windsor-Smith’s art, though. No one did stuff like Barry Windsor-Smith. That second page of the comic book that has the panel of Conan running with his horned helmet is one of those iconic images that will never leave me, and never fail to reduce me to a 12 year old boy again.Windsor-Smith’s use of small panels and Thomas’s tendency toward verbosity (often explaining in narrative what a reader can SEE in the panels) makes those issues often read like an illustrated manuscript rather than a comic book. I don’t know how Windsor-Smith did it, and I know there are artists who would run for the hills if this kind of work load was shoved at them.The stories kind of limp along in this collection because Thomas was still finding his feet as a storyteller in general, and hadn’t (by his own admission in the afterward) really known what he was doing with Conan. Or where he wanted to go.The adaptation of Howard’s “Tower of the Elephant” is a story I always think of when I think of Conan. The story is just so heartfelt, and it’s weird to think of just how young both Howard and Thomas were when the first wrote the story and the second adapted it to comics.Windsor-Smith (according to Thomas) was incredibly excited about the story. He did his best on the pages, and even got Thomas to stay off of some of them to let the story be told visually.Sitting and reading these first stories one after another does tend to show how repetitive the adventures are. At one point, Conan got canceled (for a day) because of low sales, but thankfully the series picked back up and allowed Thomas to continue writing literally hundreds of Conan tales for years.Barry Windsor-Smith was lost along the way, but John Buscema stepped in as the regular artist for years and gave Conan that iconic look so many comic book fans around the world know and love.I’m looking forward to reading other volumes of the Conan the Barbarian series, called the Chronicles of Conan in these collections. I spent a lot of my formative youth reading the adventures of the barbarian hero, so I look forward to adventuring with him again. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great start to Marvel's Conan series *by J***G on Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2018* Chronicles of Conan Volume 1 captures the birth of the Conan comic with Marvel. You had Roy Thomas as the writer and Barr Windsor-Smith the artist. The stories were a mix of originals and adaptations of ones by Robert Howard who originally created the Conan character in the 1930s. I wouldn’t put Smith up there with the top Marvel artists, but he does a good job in these issues. My main complaint about his work is that sometimes his faces are really bad.Conan’s environment should be familiar to anyone into sword and fantasy stories. There are constant wars, adventures, women, monsters, treasure and dangers. Thus in issue #1 Conan is in the middle of a battle, something he seeks out to prove himself as a fighter. Of course, this isn’t a world only of humans as winged demons show up, along with a wizard-shaman. Conan’s sense of honor is shown in issue #2 when he inspires a slave revolt. The following comics follow similar themes. The one problem I have is that in a few issues Thomas had Conan be a thief. That didn’t seem to fit with Conan’s sense of honor and status he was always looking for yet it would be a position the character would find himself in quite a few early stories.This is a great introduction to the Conan series and the coloring has been redone so that each individual plate really stand out. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vn/products/26430396-the-chronicles-of-conan-vol-1-tower-of-the-elephant](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/26430396-the-chronicles-of-conan-vol-1-tower-of-the-elephant) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vietnam* *Store origin: VN* *Last updated: 2026-05-22*