Conan the Barbarian
#31
[Regular Edition]
(October 1973)
Marvel,
1970 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1973-07-17
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Editing
- Roy Thomas (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from The Comic Reader #98, June 1973.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
The Shadow on the Tomb!
Conan / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Gil Kane; John Romita (see notes)
- Inks
- John Romita
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Danny Crespi ?
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
-
in Conan e Kazar (Editoriale Corno, 1975 series) #5 -
in Conan el Bárbaro (Editorial Novaro, 1980 series) #24 -
in Conan le Barbare (Editions Héritage, 1972 series) #16 -
in Κόναν ο Βάρβαρος [Conan the Barbarian] (Kabanas Hellas, 1978 series) #1 [cover] -
in Conan el Bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #85 ([marzo 1986]) -
in Magnum (Gevion, 1986 series) #10/1987 ([november ?] 1987) - in Conan el bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #31 (abril 1999)
-
in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #2 (2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover credit from Conan the Barbarian #36 letters page. Conan's shadow redrawn by Romita.
![Cover Thumbnail for Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #31 [Regular Edition]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/20/w200/20019.jpg?-7960612221770613771)
![Cover Thumbnail for Conan the Barbarian (1970 series) #31 [British]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/900/w100/900130.jpg?5440577414994108488)
The Shadow in the Tomb!
Conan / comic story / 19 pages
- Job Number
- 1595-Z
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Malthuz; Hobar; Toruk
- Synopsis
- Setting: Hilly Countryside. Conan fights in the Turanian army against the Hill-Men. Conan fights his shadow. Nice twist at end--pay attention to the sword in the last panel.
- Reprints
-
in Conan (Condor, 1979 series) #4 -
in Conan (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #5 (3ème trimestre 1978) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]] -
in Conan de barbaar (Oberon, 1979 series) #4 (1980) - in Conan el Bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #84 ([marzo 1986]), #85 ([marzo 1986])
- in Magnum (Gevion, 1986 series) #10/1987 ([november ?] 1987) which is reprinted
- in Magnum Spesial (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1988 series) #10/1991 ([november] 1991)
- in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #2/2009 ([mars] 2009)
- in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #68 (November 1992)
-
in Conan, Barbaren (Semic Interpresse, 1993 series) #1 (15. juli 1993) - in Conan el bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #31 (abril 1999)
- in The Chronicles of Conan (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #5 - The Shadow in the Tomb and Other Stories (August 2004)
- in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #2 (2019)
- in Conan le barbare : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2019 series) #1973 (décembre 2020)
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Indexer Notes
Adapted from "The Thing in the Crypt" (Lancer Books, 1967). wikipedia notes De Camp's and Carter's "story shares many similarities with a tale from the 14th-century Icelandic Grettis saga."
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Shadow on the Tomb!
Conan -
1.
The Shadow in the Tomb!
Conan -
2.
[no title indexed]
The Hyborian Page
This issue was modified by, among others
- Darci
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Katy Hayhurst
- Mike Nielsen
- Steffen Nyeland
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Stangas
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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