Kral Conan #2 The Savage Sword of #46 Turkish Comic Turkey #117
Kral Conan – Issue #2 – Turkish Edition, Alfa Yayınları (1999)
Description:
This is a Turkish-language, black-and-white Conan comic published by Alfa Yayınları in 1999 as part of the Kral Conan series. The series was released on a biweekly schedule between 1999 and 2001 and consists of a total of 42 issues. As with the rest of the series, Kral Conan does not follow the original publication order of the source material, instead presenting a mixed selection from different periods of Conan’s comic history.
Issue #2 includes stories originally published in The Savage Sword of Conan Issue #46. This unusual pairing brings together material from very different eras of the long-running Savage Sword series, offering readers a broad stylistic and narrative contrast within a single issue. The black-and-white presentation preserves the dramatic artwork and mature tone that characterize the Savage Sword format.
The cover art is taken from The Savage Sword of Conan #117. However, none of the stories from that issue appear inside this volume. This mismatch between cover and interior content was a deliberate publishing strategy employed by Alfa Yayınları, which frequently selected visually striking Conan covers to boost shelf appeal and sales, even when the artwork did not correspond to the included stories. As a result, this issue stands as a representative example of the publisher’s marketing-driven editorial approach.
Key Features:
• Series: Kral Conan
• Issue Number: Issue #2
• Publisher: Alfa Yayınları
• Publication Year: 1999
• Language: Turkish
• Format: Black and white comic
• Release Schedule: Biweekly
• Series Scope: 42 issues published between 1999–2001
• Source Material: The Savage Sword of Conan #46
• Cover Art: Original cover from The Savage Sword of Conan #117 (not related to interior content)
• Series Structure: Mixed and non-linear selection of original Conan stories
• Collector Appeal: Early issue featuring disparate Savage Sword eras and mismatched cover art