Chumballa Bey

Stepping out of the Bronze Age Marvel cosmos in 1973, Chumballa Bey made their debut in Conan the Barbarian #25 — a landmark title shaped by the legendary creative voices of Roy Thomas, Barry Smith, and John Buscema at the height of their sword-and-sorcery powers. This is a character who keeps genuinely rarefied company, sharing pages with Conan himself alongside figures like Kharam-Akkad and Melissandra in one of Marvel's most beloved fantasy runs. Rare in the catalog but preserved across five decades in collections like Conan The Barbarian: The Original Comics Omnibus, Chumballa Bey is a testament to the rich, sprawling world-building that made Conan's Bronze Age adventures so endlessly rewarding to explore.