Conan the Barbarian #173 [Direct]
(August 1985)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.65 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-04-16
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Larry Hama (editor); Pat Redding (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ernie Chan
Inks
Ernie Chan
Colors
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
Reprints

Honor Among Thieves! (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Christopher Priest
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Bob Camp
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Janice Chiang

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Tetra; Zacharus; Delmurio; Keiv, Kawagne; Nostume
Synopsis
Conan, Tetra and her father Zacharus seek the second half of a treasure map held by a white man, Keiv, deep in pict lands. The map is found carved onto the chest of Delmurio. Pict shaman Kawagne plots with wizard Nostume against Conan. Keiv is betrayed by Nostume and turned into a hairy beast form.
Reprints

The Adventures of Quick Bunny (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Nestlé Quick / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

An Apology from Archie Goodwin (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

The Hyborian Page / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Barrie Leybourne, Rocky Sodin, Pierre Arseneault, Lane Dagnes, Nancy Sowers, Joel Servatius, Joseph Percefull, Martin Gaal, Paul Hollingsworth

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Conan
  2. 1. Honor Among Thieves!
    Conan
  3. 2. The Adventures of Quick Bunny
    Nestlé Quick
  4. 3. An Apology from Archie Goodwin
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Hyborian Page
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Josh Blair
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Michel Maillot
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Terry Vraspir