Who Is Conan? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Conan is a Company-Licensed comic book character, with over 4,966 comic issue appearances. Conan was a wandering fighter, mercenary, thief, and eventually King, who traveled ancient lands in the Hyborian Age living by his wits and physical prowess.

Who is Conan?

"Know, O Prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars... Hither came Conan the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet." - The Nemedian Chronicles Conan was a wandering fighter born in Cimmeria who eventually came to rule the largest empire of the Hyborian Age . Origin The Cimmerian People Kull - a possible forebear of Conan. It is believed that Conan's tribe, the Cimmerians, migrated east from Atlantis sometime before its destruction. There is even speculation that Conan is a descendant of King Kull himself, though this has never been confirmed. Even if true, the two are separated by thousands of years, and there is no indication that Conan was ever aware of such a link. Conan's Early Life Born on a battlefield Conan was born on a carnage-strewn battlefield in the hills of the western most region of Cimmeria where his tribe was invo.

Key facts

Conan is of human origin and first appeared in "La Reina de la Costa Negra". The character is published by Company-Licensed. With 4,966 recorded issue appearances, Conan ranks among the most featured characters in comics.