Conan the Barbarian #19 [Regular Edition]
(October 1972)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1972-07-18
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Etcetera & The Comic Reader #86 June 1972.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Hawks from the Sea (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith (signed as Barry Smith)
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith (signed as Barry Smith)
Colors
Barry Windsor-Smith
Letters
Barry Windsor-Smith; John Costanza (bottom copy)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan the Barbarian; Demon soldiers of Makkalet
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Coloring credits acknowledged by Barry Windsor-Smith in Spectrum Super Special #3 [2005]. Story title lettered on mast of ship on cover.

Hawks from the Sea! (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)
Inks
Dan Adkins (credited) (pp 1-9); ? (pp 10-20)
Colors
Barry Windsor-Smith
Letters
John Costanza (credited); Barry Windsor-Smith (credited) (story title)

Job Number
1014Z
Feature Logo
Conan the Barbarian [splash page masthead, curved letters]
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan (featured); Fafnir (supporting); Kharam-Akkad (antagonist) (first appearance); Tarim (first appearance); Yezdigerd; Balthaz
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Setting: Ship, City of Makkalet. Conan works for Turanian military and lays siege to Makkalet. Legend of the Living Tarim is told. Conan makes enemy of Balthaz. Fafnir is wounded by flaming arrow.
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Indexer Notes

Only pages 1-9 are inked, the rest were printed directly from pencils. Coloring credits acknowledged by Barry Windsor-Smith in Spectrum Super Special #3 [2005].

Windsor-Smith letters credit is by Roy Thomas (2018, 105).
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Reference:

Thomas, Roy. 2018. Barbarian Life: A Literary Biography of Conan the Barbarian, Volume One. N.p.: Pulp Hero Press.

Pulsating Pronouncements and Pertinent Propaganda from the Pundits Who Play for Fun! (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
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith (illustration)
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
The Hyborian Page
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Alan Moniz, Robert Reichman, C. C. Wilson, Gary Fishman, Lawrence Shapiro, and Jeannie Lee; includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Hawks from the Sea
    Conan
  2. 1. Hawks from the Sea!
    Conan
  3. 2. Pulsating Pronouncements and Pertinent Propaganda from the Pundits Who Play for Fun!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Hyborian Page
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