Conan the Barbarian #213 [Direct]
(December 1988)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988-08-18
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Pat Redding (assistant editor); Don Daley (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On sale date from Amazing Heroes #147.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Val Semeiks (signed)
Inks
Geof Isherwood (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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The Gate (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Christopher Priest (credited as James Owsley) (plot, script); Val Semeiks (plot)
Pencils
Val Semeiks
Inks
Alfredo Alcala
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Janice Chiang
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Arisnaub (god of death)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Wandering the desert, Conan seeks water at a Ghamud (assassins) outpost city.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Camp (signed)
Inks
Bob Camp (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Mike Rockwitz

Inferno (Table of Contents: 3)

Inferno / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Marc Silvestri (signed)
Inks
Terry Austin (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
S'Ym; Goblin Queen [Madelyn Pryor]; X-Men [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Rogue; Wolverine; Colossus; Storm; Cannonball]; Magik
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Ad for the Inferno crossover.

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Evan and Dylan Riley, Jefferson P. Swycaffer, Stuart A. Maitlen, Josef Green, Cameron Parker

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Conan
  2. 1. The Gate
    Conan
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. Inferno
    Inferno
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Hyborian Page
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  • Darrel McCann
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