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La regina della Costa Nera
Titolo originaleQueen of the Black Coast
Copertina della rivista Weird Tales (maggio 1934) con La regina della Costa Nera
1ª ed. originale1934
Genereracconto
Sottogenerefantasy eroico
Lingua originaleinglese
SerieConan il barbaro

La regina della Costa Nera (Queen of the Black Coast) è un racconto fantasy del 1934, scritto da Robert E. Howard per la serie di Conan il barbaro.

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https://hyperborea.live/2018/03/29/howard-andrew-jones-commenta-conan/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_the_Black_Coast

https://theblogthattimeforgot.blogspot.com/2011/12/comparing-queen-of-black-coast.html?m=1

"Queen of the Black Coast" is one of the original short stories about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine c. May 1934. Set during the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age, Conan becomes a notorious pirate plundering the coastal villages of Kush alongside Bêlit, a head-strong femme fatale.

Due to its epic scope and atypical romance, this story is an undisputed classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars as one of his most famous tales.[1]. Howard earned $115 selling this story to Weird Tales,[2] and it is now in the public domain.[3]

"Queen of the Black Coast" was republished in the November 1948 issue of Avon Fantasy Reader.

The story was first published in the May 1934 issue of Weird Tales magazine. It was republished in the collections The Coming of Conan (Gnome Press, 1953) and Conan of Cimmeria (Lancer Books, 1969). It has more recently been republished in the collections The Conan Chronicles Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle (Gollancz, 2000) and Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-1933) (Del Rey, 2003).

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Everett F. Bleiler described "Queen of the Black Coast" as "probably the best of the Conan stories, perhaps because it is the only one based on another emotion than lust, greed, or hatred."[4]

https://www.blackgate.com/2019/07/08/hither-came-conan-patrice-louinet-on-queen-of-the-black-coast/

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Nel corso degli anni La regina della Costa Nera ha ricevuto tre adattamenti a fumetti per conto di Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics e Glénat.

Entrambe le case editrici americane hanno compiuto una estensione del racconto originale rendendo Bêlit coprotagonista di numerose storie insieme a Conan.

Data Edizione Titolo Titolo italiano Sceneggiatura Disegni Colori Copertina Prima edizione italiana Data italiana
Dicembre 1975 Conan the Barbarian 57 (Marvel Comics) Incident in Argos! n/a Roy Thomas Mike Ploog Phil Rachelson Gil Kane Conan & Ka-Zar 42 (Editoriale Corno) Ottobre 1976
Gennaio 1976 Conan the Barbarian 58 (Marvel Comics) Queen of the Black Coast! La Regina della Costa Nera John Buscema Michele Wolfman John Buscema Conan 9 (Editoriale Corno) Settembre 1981
Luglio 1979 Conan the Barbarian 100 (Marvel Comics) Death on the Black Coast! Morte sulla Costa Nera George Roussos Conan il Barbaro 23 (Comic Art) Gennaio 1991
Febbraio 2012 Conan the Barbarian 1-3 (Dark Horse) Queen of the Black Coast La Regina della Costa Nera Brian Wood Becky Cloonan Dave Stewart Massimo Carnevale Panini Fantasy 1 (Panini Comics) Marzo 2013
Marzo 2012
Aprile 2012 Panini Fantasy 2 (Panini Comics) Aprile 2013
Novembre 2013 Conan the Barbarian 22-25 (Dark Horse) The Song of Bêlit La canzone di Belit Riccardo Burchielli Panini Fantasy 11 (Panini Comics) Ottobre 2014
Dicembre 2013 Panini Fantasy 12 (Panini Comics) Dicembre 2014
Gennaio 2014
Febbraio 2014
Maggio 2018 Conan le Cimmérien n. 1 (Glénat) La Reine de la Côte noire La regina della costa nera Jean-David Morvan Pierre Alary Sergio "Sedyas" Román Pierre Alary Conan il cimmero n. 1 (Star Comics)[5] Ottobre 2018

The story was adapted and expanded by Roy Thomas, Mike Ploog and John Buscema in Conan the Barbarian (Marvel) issues #57, #58 and #100, which were first published in the mid to late 1970s.[6]

Petri Hiltunen made his own graphic novel adaptation in 1991. It has only been published in Finland.

A role-playing game adaptation for GURPS named Conan and the Queen of the Black Coast was published by Steve Jackson Games in 1989.[7][8]

The concept of the woman who dies, but returns to help Conan in battle, was used in the 1982 movie Conan the Barbarian.[9]

The Dark Horse Comics series Conan the Barbarian (2012-2014) by writer Brian Wood and artist Becky Cloonan uses Queen of the Black Coast as the basis for the first three issues. The death of Bêlit is told in issues 22-25.

The story has also been adapted by publishing company Ablaze in their "Cimmerian" series of comics.

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  1. ^ Hyborian Genesis, part 1, in The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian, Del Rey, 2003, pp. 445–447, ISBN 978-0345461513.
  2. ^ REHupa Fiction Timeline Archiviato il December 29, 2007 Data nell'URL non combaciante: 29 dicembre 2007 in Internet Archive., retrieved 1 December 2007
  3. ^ The Robert-E-Howard: Electronic Amateur Press Association Archiviato il March 12, 2008 Data nell'URL non combaciante: 12 marzo 2008 in Internet Archive., The Copyright and Ownership Status of the Works and Words of Robert E. Howard by Paul Herman, retrieved 1 December 2007
  4. ^ Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, Kent State University Press, 1983, p.260
  5. ^ A Settembre 2018 è stata rilasciata un'anteprima del volume all'interno dell'iniziativa Free Comic Book Day Italia della Star Comics
  6. ^ Revisit Bêlit's First Appearance in 'Conan the Barbarian', su marvel.com, March 14, 2019.
  7. ^ Page for Conan and the Queen of the Black Coast on the SJ Games website, retrieved March 3, 2011
  8. ^ Robert Traynor (writer) and Butch Burcham (interior art): Conan and the Queen of the Black Coast. Steve Jackson Games, 1989. ISBN 1-55634-146-6
  9. ^ Template:Cite magazine

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