(February 1980)

Marvel, 1974 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Barcode
0714860292902
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor); Jim Shooter (consulting editor); Rick Marschall (consulting editor); Mark Gruenwald (associate editor)

When Madness Wears the Crown! (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Nestor Redondo (credited) (signed as Nestor [over] Redondo) (painting)
Inks
Nestor Redondo (credited) (signed as Nestor [over] Redondo) (painting)
Colors
Nestor Redondo (credited) (signed as Nestor [over] Redondo) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Tony DeZuniga (credited) (signed as t. dezuniga)
Inks
Tony DeZuniga (credited) (signed as t. dezuniga)

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
Synopsis
Conan, with ropes on his wrists held by two men, standing in front of a woman laying on a divan with two women, one standing and one sitting, on each side of her.
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Table of Contents/Credits (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Tony DeZuniga
Letters
typeset

Characters
Conan
Reprints

[Recap] (Table of Contents: 3)

Conan / recap / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ron Zalme (signed as Zalme)
Inks
Ron Zalme (signed as Zalme)
Letters
typeset

Genre
sword and sorcery
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Includes a map of the Hyborian age of Conan showing Aquilonia, Poitain, Argos, Ophir, and Zingara. This is the same map as in The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #48 but redrawn by Ron Zalme.

When Madness Wears the Crown (Table of Contents: 4)

Conan / comic story / 42 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
John Buscema (credited)
Inks
Tony DeZuniga (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen

Job Number
RT 326
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Night hovers on black and filmy wings...
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Belesa; Tina; Dexitheus; Trocero; Propero; Publius; Zeno (introduction); Alaricus (introduction); Alcina (introduction); Quesado (introduction); Vibius Latro (introduction); Thulandra Thuu (introduction); Numedides
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Indexer Notes

Adapted from the novel Conan the Liberator by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter.
Continued next issue.
Joe Rosen credit from Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel 2019 series) #4.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

Chains and Fetters - a Study of Slavery in the Hyborian Age, Part II (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Neal (credited)
Pencils
? (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Chains. Whips. Metal collars. Branding irons.
Characters
Conan
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The Woman from Khitai (Table of Contents: 7)

A Tale of the Hyborian Age / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Don Glut (credited)
Pencils
Gary Brodsky (credited)
Inks
Tony DeZuniga (credited)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The night has grown long in this tiny city-state kingdom, somewhere west of Turan.
Feature Logo
A Tale of the Hyborian Age [shadow]
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Soosha; Raka; Shorg
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
Roy Thomas
Letters
typeset

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Indexer Notes

Letters from Jason T. Gooch, Larry Lisowski, and Minzoni Anteo.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. When Madness Wears the Crown!
    Conan
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Conan
  3. 2. Table of Contents/Credits
  4. 3. [Recap]
    Conan
  5. 4. When Madness Wears the Crown
    Conan
  6. 5. ["Because you demanded it!"]
  7. 6. Chains and Fetters - a Study of Slavery in the Hyborian Age, Part II
  8. 7. The Woman from Khitai
    A Tale of the Hyborian Age
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Swords and Scrolls
  10. 9. ["Running yourself ragged looking for the latest issue of The Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian."]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Darrel McCann
  • Nuno Miranda
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Frank Plowright
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore