Juma

Juma (Comics)
Identity/Class: Human warrior (sword/spear/arrow-bearer;

Occupation: King; former war prince, war chief, warrior, cavalry, soldier (achieving the rank of major), gladiator, slave/farmer.

Group Membership: King of numerous united tribes; Presumably formerly the Kozaks; formerly Turanian cavalry and army

Affiliations: Chabella, Conan, Fafnir Helland, Salbatanu, Sigurd Turanian soldiers & cavalry, the Wastrel's crew (including a number of Barrachan pirates and Zingaran buccaneers), Yolinda, Turgohl, Zosara, Zula invoked Ajujo & Derketa; formerly Bwatu, Commander Grimm, Devourer of Worlds (Wrarrl), Turanian soldiers & cavalry, Prince Yezdigerd, King Yildiz.

Enemies: Shah Amurath, Armati, Bwatu, Devil of the Pits, Kulan Gath, Commander Grimm, the Matamba, Ormuz, Rotath and his Hillmen, Shemite slave-raiders, Amir Saltim, Warrior Women of Gamburu (aka Amazons); presumably Shemite slave-masters; formerly Conan, the Kozaks, Salbatanu, Zula

Aliases: Juma the Black, Juma the Kushite

First Appearance: (Conan novel continuity) "The City of Skulls" (1967); (Marvel Comics/Reality-616): Conan the Barbarian I#37 (April, 1974).

History: (Savage Sword of Conan#41) - Juma was born in Kush. Infant taken from mother gladiator (Savage Sword of Conan#59) - Slave raiders from Shem stole Juma as a child from his mother's arms. He worked for a time as a field hand on a Shemite farm. When his muscles began to develop and he was deemed a threat, he was sold as a gladiator to the arenas of Argos. Eventually winning his freedom, he drifted east to Turan, where he joined King Yildiz's mercenaries.

Appearances:

Conan the Barbarian I#37 (April, 1974)  - Roy Thomas (writer/editor), Neal Adams (artist)

Savage Sword of Conan#33 (September, 1978) - Roy Thomas (writer/editor), Gene Colan (penciler), Pablo Marcos (inker).

Savage Sword of Conan#41-43 (June-August 1979) - Roy Thomas (writer/editor), John Buscema (penciler), Tony DeZuniga (inker)

Savage Sword of Conan#59 (December, 1980) - Roy Thomas (writer/editor), Mike Vosburg (penciler), Alfredo Alcala (inker)

Savage Sword of Conan#232 (April, 1995) - Roy Thomas (writer), Mike Docherty (penciler), E.R. Cruz (inker), Mike Lackey (editor)

Savage Sword of Conan#233 (May, 1995) - Roy Thomas (writer), Mike Docherty (penciler), Geof Isherwood (inker), Mike Lackey (editor)

Savage Sword of Conan#234 (June, 1995) - Roy Thomas (writer), Mike Docherty (penciler), Ralph Reese (inker), Mike Lackey (editor)

Savage Sword of Conan#235 (July, 1995) - Roy Thomas (writer), Mike Docherty (artist), Mike Lackey (editor)

Conan: Flame and the Fiend#3 (October, 2000) - Roy Thomas (writer), Geof Isherwood (penciler - no inker listed....), Ralph Macchio (editor)

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