Conan the Barbarian
#143
[Direct]
(February 1983)
Marvel,
1970 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1982-11-09
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Louise Simonson (credited as Louise Jones) (editor); Danny Fingeroth (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #16.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
in [no title indexed]
Conan / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in Conan el Bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #50 (diciembre 1984)
-
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Life among the Dead
Conan / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Bruce Jones (credited)
- Pencils
- John Buscema (credited) (breakdowns)
- Inks
- Ricardo Villamonte (credited) (finishes)
- Colors
- George Roussos (credited)
- Letters
- Janice Chiang (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Theta; Valen Triafer; Johell; Rhiken; Boras; Graven (dead, mentioned); Captain Johell; Lieutenant Skey; Old Nikolas [Nicholas]; Dragon of Solvanthia
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- The Dragon of Solvanthia awakes after the Sword of Graven is stolen. Conan finds the Sword and Valen Triafer and the villagers of Solvanthia trick him into being a sacrifice for the Dragon. Valen changes his mind about betraying Conan and jumps into a pit after him, bringing the Sword of Graven to him. The Dragon confronts them.
- Reprints
-
in Conan (Condor, 1979 series) #16 - in Conan el Bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #50 (diciembre 1984)
-
in Conan the Barbarian (Federal, 1984 series) #7 ([July] 1985) -
in Super Conan (Mon Journal, 1985 series) #7 (15 mars 1986) -
in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #11/1996 ([oktober] 1996)
-
- Keywords
- Butania; Cimmeria; Solvanthia; Statue of Graven; Sword of Graven
Spider-Man and the Mystery of the Museum Snakes!
Magic Snake Puzzle; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page
And Now... The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones
Indiana Jones / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Conan -
1.
A Cracker Jack Story
Scottie; Cracker Jack -
2.
Life among the Dead
Conan -
3.
Spider-Man and the Mystery of the Museum Snakes!
Magic Snake Puzzle; Spider-Man -
4.
Behind the Candy Counter
Bubble Yum -
5.
["Stan Lee... ... fearless publisher, presenter and creative director of mighty Marvel ..."]
Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist -
6.
And Now... The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones
Indiana Jones
This issue was modified by, among others
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Daniel Block
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Darrel McCann
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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