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** The ''Series/ReadingRainbow'' "Conan the Librarian'' short was almost given a full series by Creator/{{PBS}}, but they decided to pass on it, despite the positive response given by viewers to the idea.

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** The ''Series/ReadingRainbow'' "Conan the Librarian'' short was almost given a full series by Creator/{{PBS}}, but they decided to pass on it, despite the positive response given by viewers to the idea. The premise would be that Conan was sent to the 20th Century by Thoth Amon and he would be desperately trying to return to the Hyborian Age.
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* ChannelHop: The comics. Marvel started things off in 1970, until the mid 90s when it jumped ship to Dark Horse. Marvel got the rights back in 2018, only to lose them again to Titan Comics in 2023.
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* TheWikiRule: [[http://conan.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page The Conan Wiki]].
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** Executive producer Dino De Laurentiis almost rejected Music/BasilPoledouris' score for the first film in favor of a pop rock soundtrack, until director John Milius threatened to take his name off the film unless they used Poledouris' score.
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* NamesTheSame: Contemporary writer Creator/ClarkAshtonSmith has a prehistoric fantasy setting called Hyperborea. However, Clark's setting is dark comedy set in prehistoric Greenland. Howard's Hyborian Age is roughly set in what will become Eurasia and focuses on heroic fantasy.
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** The ''Series/ReadingRainbow'' "Conan the Librarian'' short was almost given a full series by Creator/{{PBS}}, but they decided to pass on it, despite the positive response given by viewers to the idea.
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** ''Film/RedSonja'' was (allegedly) going to be a third Conan film (or a SpinOff, it's unclear) before ''Conan the Destroyer'' bombed.

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** ''Film/RedSonja'' was (allegedly) going to be a third Conan film (or a SpinOff, it's unclear) before ''Conan the Destroyer'' bombed.underperformed.
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** ''Film/RedSonja'' was (allegedly) going to be a third Conan film, or a SpinOff, it's unclear.

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** ''Film/RedSonja'' was (allegedly) going to be a third Conan film, or film (or a SpinOff, it's unclear.unclear) before ''Conan the Destroyer'' bombed.
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** According to Schwarzeneggar's autobiography, the 1982 film was originally going to be [[{{TruerToTheText}} more faithful to the original stories]], but Universal balked. He also notes that the original script for ''Conan the Destroyer'' was closer in tone to the first film.
** ''Film/RedSonja'' was (allegedly) going to be a third Conan film, or a SpinOff, it's unclear.

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* OutlivedItsCreator:The series started in 1932 and the creator Robert E. Howard committed suicide in 1936. Many other writers continued writing short stories and novels into the 21st century.

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* OutlivedItsCreator:The OutlivedItsCreator: The series started in 1932 and the creator Robert E. Howard committed suicide in 1936. Many other writers continued writing short stories stories, comics, and novels into the 21st century.century.
* OutOfOrder: Howard's original stories were written as they occurred to him (as if Conan himself were relating them), not in chronological order. Hence why the first story already has Conan as a king.
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* FanNickname: In France, a stock joke to make fun of 'Conan le Barbare' is to switch out the final syllables, which leaves 'Connard le Barbant' (literally 'Dumbass the Boring').
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* ExecutiveMeddling: During the Conan Marvel run, Roy Thomas was always dealing with interference from the Comic Book Code Authority who notably once sent back ''two pages'' of notes for the adaptation of ''The Frost Giant's Daughter.'' Conan being a killer, thief, and sexually provocative was hard to get past their "for children only" attitude toward comics.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: During the Conan Marvel run, Roy Thomas Creator/RoyThomas was always dealing with interference from the Comic Book Code Authority who notably once sent back ''two pages'' of notes for the adaptation of ''The Frost Giant's Daughter.'' Conan being a killer, thief, and sexually provocative was hard to get past their "for children only" attitude toward comics.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: During the Conan Marvel run, Roy Thomas was always dealing with interference from the Comic Book Code Authority who notably once sent back ''two pages'' of notes for the adaptation of ''The Frost Giant's Daughter.'' Conan being a killer, thief, and sexually provocative was hard to get past their "for children only" attitude toward comics.

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