Francis Xavier Gordon

Born into the Bronze Age pages of The Savage Sword of Conan #61 in 1981 under the hands of Michael Fleisher and John Buscema, Francis Xavier Gordon is a character who keeps remarkable company — sharing adventures with the likes of Conan, Solomon Kane, El Borak, and Dark Agnes, a roster that reads like a who's-who of pulp heroism. That his catalog trail stretches all the way to 2026 across titles including Conan: Battle of the Black Stone speaks to a quiet staying power rare for a figure with so few recorded appearances. For collectors who love digging beneath the surface of the Robert E. Howard universe, Gordon is exactly the kind of discovery that makes flipping through back issues so rewarding.