Conan the Barbarian #114 [Direct]
(September 1980)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980-06-17
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [various positions]
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor); Mark Gruenwald (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #180.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Shadow of the Beast! (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ernie Chan (signed)
Inks
Ernie Chan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Tamris
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The Shadow of the Beast! (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
John Buscema (breakdowns); Ernie Chan (finished art)
Inks
Ernie Chan
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Joe Rosen
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Tamris; Kagal (dies); Shallam (dies); Caldix
Synopsis
Conan loses at gambling. Kagal takes Tamris from Conan by force and flees to manse. Conan follows and finds Kagal killed by Caldix who is in a mastiff's body. Conan defeats Caldix and rescues the girl.
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Keywords
City of Akkharia; gambling; ruins

Indexer Notes

Adapted from story by Robert E. Howard.

Like the Original X-Men? (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

Become a Privileged Marvel Subscriber (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

The Mighty Marvel Win-Yourself Some-Big-Bucks Contest! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

Captain Marvel Defends the Earth! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

The Hyborian Page / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jeffrey Lowndes, Mitch Smith, Carl Finley.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Shadow of the Beast!
    Conan
  2. 1. The Shadow of the Beast!
    Conan
  3. 2. Like the Original X-Men?
    X-Men
  4. 3. Become a Privileged Marvel Subscriber
    Marvel Subscriptions
  5. 4. The Mighty Marvel Win-Yourself Some-Big-Bucks Contest!
  6. 5. Captain Marvel Defends the Earth!
    Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    The Hyborian Page
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  • ge.org.e
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
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