Conan, the
sword-and-sorcery character created by
Robert E. Howard, is the protagonist of five major comic series published by
Dark Horse Comics. The first series, titled simply
Conan, ran for 50 issues from 2004 to 2008; the second, titled
Conan the Cimmerian, began publication in 2008 and lasted 25 issues until 2010; the third series, titled
Conan: Road of Kings, started publishing in December 2010 and ended in January 2012 after 12 issues; a fourth series, titled
King Conan and which takes place during Conan's time as king, launched in February 2011 and concluded in 2014 with 20 issues; a fifth series, titled
Conan the Barbarian, continuing from
Road of Kings, lasted 25 issues from February 2012 to March 2014; a sixth series, titled
Conan the Avenger, started publishing in April 2014. Dark Horse has also published several one-shots and half a dozen mini-series.