Conan the Barbarian #189 [Direct]
(December 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
1986-08-19
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel 25th Anniversary
Editing
Larry Hama (editor); Pat Redding (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #100.
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
Inks
John Buscema
Colors
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
Reprints

Rites of Inquisition (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Christopher Priest
Pencils
John Buscema (breakdowns)
Inks
Ernie Chan (finshes)
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Janice Chiang

Feature Logo
Conan the Barbarian [stacked, pointy letter A]
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Anneka; Shapur; Mad Simeon; Keiv; Kaleb; Solaise; Council of Seven; Devourer of Souls
Synopsis
Conan vows to discover who had the boy-king Jahli killed. The Council of Seven tasks the Devourer of Souls to prevent that.
Reprints

The Best-Kept Secret in Comics... (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
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Eddie O'Donnell, Gethin Thomas, Rik Hunik, Chris Kollmeier, The Mad Mackey, Rene Ruiz

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Conan
  2. 1. Rites of Inquisition
    Conan
  3. 2. The Best-Kept Secret in Comics...
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [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
  • Terry Vraspir