Conan the Barbarian #242 [Direct]
(March 1991)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Editing
Mike Rockwitz (editor); Barry Dutter (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Sorcerer and the She-Devil Part 2 of 3 In Battle with Red Sonja! (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Lee (signed)
Inks
Jim Lee ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Red Sonja
Reprints
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They Came to Castle Zukala (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Gary Hartle
Inks
Mike DeCarlo
Colors
Nel Yomtov
Letters
Michael Heisler
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Red Sonja; Karanthes; El-Ron (introduction, villain); Zukala (villain); Jaggta-Noga (villain)
Synopsis
Conan, Red Sonja and Karanthes arrive at El-Ron's castle for the wedding of El-Ron and Red Sonja. El-Ron's past is revealed and Conan is taken by Jaggta-Noga to his home dimension.
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Indexer Notes

"The Sorceror and the She-Devil" part 2

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

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

The Hyborian Page / letters page / 0.9 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
Information on Robert E. Howard's Hyborian lands.

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Total Number Copies Printed (net press run): Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 212,008. Single issue nearest to filing date: 224,420.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Sorcerer and the She-Devil Part 2 of 3 In Battle with Red Sonja!
    Conan
  2. 1. They Came to Castle Zukala
    Conan
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Hyborian Page
  5. 4. Statement of Ownership
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  • Richard Thomson
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