(February 1971)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1970-11-24
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.

Conan the Barbarian Vs. the Grim Grey God! (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith (signed)
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Borri [The Grey God]
Reprints

The Twilight of the Grim Grey God! (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited) (adaptation); Robert E. Howard (credited) (original story)
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)
Inks
Sal Buscema (credited)
Colors
Mimi Gold
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

Feature Logo
Conan the Barbarian!
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Borri [Grey God]; Malachi (dies); Choosers of the Slain; Dunland (first appearance); King Brian (first appearance, dies); Eevin (first appearance); Kormlada; King Tomar (first appearance, dies)
Synopsis
Conan meets and converses with the Grey God Borri. He then joins the Brythunian army and participates in a great and bloody battle. Conan kills Malachi, a traitor and then watches the winged Choosers of the Slain carry off the souls of the fallen to their just reward.
Reprints
Keywords
Brythunia; Hyperborea; Valkyries

Indexer Notes

Based on "The Grey God Passses" by Robert E. Howard.

Coloring credits acknowledged by Barry Windsor-Smith in Ragnarok #3 [Dec. 1973/Jan. 1974] p. 41 and Spectrum Super Special #3 [2005]

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

Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.4 page (report information)

A Riotous Round-Up of Ridiculous Rumors and Rabelaisian Reports! (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 / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
?; typeset

Feature Logo
The Hyborian Page
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Short excerpts from letters on the first issue from Jonathan Toms, Larry Nunn, Jerry Gelb, Michael Jordon, Paul Sanford, William J. Rogers, Jim Griffin, Thomas Anthony, Darrel Smith, Randy Holder, Rob Reiner, Frank Lynch, David Simons, Lewis Forro, and Michael Arndt.

The Hyborian Age Of Conan - Circa 10,000 BC - (Table of Contents: 5)

Conan / illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
sword and sorcery
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Map of the lands of Hyboria based on a map prepared by Robert E. Howard.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Conan the Barbarian Vs. the Grim Grey God!
    Conan
  2. 1. The Twilight of the Grim Grey God!
    Conan
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. A Riotous Round-Up of Ridiculous Rumors and Rabelaisian Reports!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Hyborian Page
  6. 5. The Hyborian Age Of Conan - Circa 10,000 BC -
    Conan
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Merlin Haas
  • David Haglund
  • emanuel maris
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Stéphane PETIT
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jason Rosenfeld
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore