(February 1976)

Marvel, 1974 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD
Pages
76
Indicia Frequency
7 x yr.
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor); Archie Goodwin (consulting editor); Marv Wolfman (consulting editor)

Death-Duel with the Undead Wizard (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Boris Vallejo (signed as Boris) (painting)
Inks
Boris Vallejo (signed as Boris) (painting)
Colors
Boris Vallejo (signed as Boris) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
Reprints

[Frontispiece] (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Tim Conrad (signed as Tac)
Inks
Tim Conrad (signed as Tac)

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
Reprints

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

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Boris Vallejo (illustration)
Inks
Boris Vallejo (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Conan / recap / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Conan the Cimmerian was all things in his day...
Genre
sword and sorcery
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Indexer Notes

Includes map of The Hyborian Age.

[Conan the Conqueror, Part 6]: Part One, The Sacred Serpent of Set (Table of Contents: 4)

Conan / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (adaptation); Robert E. Howard (original story)
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
The Tribe
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The harbor of Khemi, capital of shadow-haunted Stygia...
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
Synopsis
Conan sneaks into one of the temples of Stygia in search of Thutothmes.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Adaptation of the novel "The Hour Of The Dragon" by Robert E. Howard.
Continued from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #8.

[Conan the Conqueror, Part 6]: Part Two, In the Halls of the Dead (Part 2) (Table of Contents: 5)

Conan / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (adaptation); Robert E. Howard (original story)
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
The Tribe
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The girl's ivory skin shows her to be a Stygian of some ancient noble family.
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Princess Akivasha; Thutothmes; Ptah-Mekri
Synopsis
Conan emerges from the Stygian temple with the Heart of Ahriman.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Adaptation of the novel "The Hour of the Dragon" by Robert E. Howard.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

Conan the Cannibal (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Blosser
Pencils
Vicente Alcázar (illustration); ? (illustration)
Inks
Vicente Alcázar (illustration); ? (illustration)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Conan adventure The Hour of the Dragon, which was serialized in Weird Tales magazine...
Reprints

[Conan the Conqueror, Part 6]: Part Three, Out of the Dust Shall Acheron Arise (Table of Contents: 8)

Conan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (adaptation); Robert E. Howard (original story)
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
The Tribe
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Winter has passed from Aquilonia.
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Amalric; Tarascus; Valerius; Orastes; Xaltotun of Acheron
Synopsis
Xaltotun and his conspirators learn that Conan is not dead and is returning to Aquilonia to reclaim his throne.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Adaptation of the novel "The Hour of the Dragon" by Robert E. Howard.

[Conan the Conqueror, Part 6]: Part Four, Drums of Peril (Table of Contents: 9)

Conan / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (adaptation); Robert E. Howard (original story)
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
The Tribe
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ten thousand strong, the army of Poitain, proudest province of great Aquilonia...
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Tarascus; Amalric; Valerius; Xaltotun; Tiberias
Synopsis
Tarascus begins his defense of his kingdom as Conan's army approaches. Valerius is lured into an ambush.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Adaptation of the novel "The Hour of the Dragon" by Robert E. Howard.

[Conan the Conqueror, Part 6]: Part Five, The Road to Acheron (Table of Contents: 10)

Conan / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (adaptation); Robert E. Howard (original story)
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
The Tribe
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dawn is whitening the east as Conan leads his troops out of a narrow pass...
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Xaltotun; Pallantides; Hadrathus; Amalric; Tarascus; Trocero; Zenobia (cameo)
Synopsis
Conan and his army defeat Xaltotun and the army of Tarascus and Conan is restored as king of Aquilonia.
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Indexer Notes

Adaptation of the novel "The Hour of the Dragon" by Robert E. Howard.

Portrait of the Cimmerian as a Middle-Aged King (Table of Contents: 11)

The Artists of Conan / text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Vince Napoli (illustration); Margaret Brundage (illustration); Takashi Miniamiyama (illustration); 武部本一郎 (credited as Motoichirō Takebe) (illustration)
Inks
Vince Napoli (illustration); Margaret Brundage (illustration); Takashi Miniamiyama (illustration); 武部本一郎 (credited as Motoichirō Takebe) (illustration)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We'll keep this brief, to squeeze in as many pictures as possible.
Characters
Conan; Xaltotun; Zenobia
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Swords and Scrolls / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

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Indexer Notes

Letters from Rory Keogh Gibbons, Jo Duffy, Ed O'Reilly, and David A. Sutton.

Ad (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Conan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Death-Duel with the Undead Wizard
    Conan
  2. 1. [Frontispiece]
    Conan
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. ["Conan the Cimmerian was all things in his day..."]
    Conan
  5. 4. [Conan the Conqueror, Part 6]: Part One, The Sacred Serpent of Set
    Conan
  6. 5. [Conan the Conqueror, Part 6]: Part Two, In the Halls of the Dead (Part 2)
    Conan
  7. 6. ["Go ahead and subscribe!"]
    Conan
  8. 7. Conan the Cannibal
  9. 8. [Conan the Conqueror, Part 6]: Part Three, Out of the Dust Shall Acheron Arise
    Conan
  10. 9. [Conan the Conqueror, Part 6]: Part Four, Drums of Peril
    Conan
  11. 10. [Conan the Conqueror, Part 6]: Part Five, The Road to Acheron
    Conan
  12. 11. Portrait of the Cimmerian as a Middle-Aged King
    The Artists of Conan
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Swords and Scrolls
  14. 13. Ad
    Conan
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Darrel McCann
  • Nuno Miranda
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore