Conan the Barbarian #188 [Direct]
(November 1986)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.40 GBP; 0.95 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-07-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel 25th Anniversary
Editing
Larry Hama (credited) (editor); Pat Redding (credited) (assistant editor; credited on the letters page); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #99.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Buscema; John Romita (see notes)
Inks
John Buscema; John Romita (see notes)
Colors
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Border art by Romita.

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Killing Season. (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Christopher Priest (credited as James C. Owsley)
Pencils
John Buscema (credited)
Inks
Ernie Chan (credited) (finishes)
Colors
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
Janice Chiang (credited)
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Anneka; Shapur; Keiv; Mad Simeon; Jahli; Kaleb; Solaise; Devourer of Souls; Ybn Lord of Assassins
Synopsis
Conan seeks out Ybn Lord of Assassins to find Anneka's child, boy-king Jahli, alive or dead.
Reprints

The New Universe, Part II (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Pat Redding ?
Pencils
John Buscema (illustration)
Inks
John Buscema (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan

Indexer Notes

Letters from Garth E. Smitman, Rich B. Mickles, Jodie Geiselman, Brian Judge, Mike Hearrold, Danny Holmes. Conan illo taken from cover.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Conan
  2. 1. Killing Season.
    Conan
  3. 2. The New Universe, Part II
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Hyborian Page
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