Conan the Barbarian #116 [Direct]
(November 1980)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Louise Simonson (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

The Crawler in the Mists! (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Neal Adams; Dick Giordano
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino ?

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Rasto
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Buscema pencils and Adams inks credits from Steven Tice. Nick Caputo adds that Giordano also assisted on the inks. The cover reprints the first page of the "Crawler in the Mists" story from the Power Records book. Original art page is whole stats. Additional art information from Michel Maillot and the John Buscema checklist.

Crawler in the Mist! (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein; J. M. DeMatteis (see notes)
Pencils
John Buscema (breakdowns); Neal Adams (finished art); John Buscema (additional art)
Inks
Neal Adams; John Buscema (additional art)
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Michael Higgins (credited as Marv Bullpen); Irv Watanabe (credited as Marv Bullpen); ? [as Marv Bullpen]

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Rasto (a trader); M'najj
Synopsis
Conan is bit by a poisonous snake. Rasto binds Conan for a slave, but Conan defeats him. They enter desert ghost city of Kamalla and fight M'najj, a sorcerer from another world in the shape of a slug.
Reprints
Keywords
desert; Kamalla; Shadizar

Indexer Notes

Story takes place between issues #12 and #13 of Conan the Barbarian. There are three additional pages penciled and inked by John Buscema and additional scripting by Dematteis. Original story from the Power record comic book was 19 pages (additional info by Michel Maillot and the John Buscema checklist).

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Crawler in the Mists!
    Conan
  2. 1. Crawler in the Mist!
    Conan
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Bob Hughes
  • Michel Maillot
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore