Conan the Barbarian #168 [Newsstand]
(March 1985)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714890249803
Editing
Larry Hama (editor); Christopher Priest [as Jim Owsley] (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #168 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Armando Gil (signed as A)
Inks
Armando Gil (signed as A)
Colors
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Villardo
Reprints
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The Bird-Woman and the Beast! (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Fleisher
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Ernie Chan
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Janice Chiang
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Alhambra; Villardo; Snake Girl (mentioned); the Fat Lady (mentioned); Two-Headed Man (mentioned); the Lad Suckled and Reared by Wolves (mentioned); Jerbeau; the Twins (die); Man-Bats of Ur-Xanarrh [Berqa'am (dies); Narq'eh (dies)]; Emerald Jinns of Ur-Xanarrh (mentioned); Barenzo (dies)
Synopsis
Conan is reunited with the winged-woman, Alhambra, who is trapped as a circus act.
Reprints
Keywords
Akah Ma'at; circus

Indexer Notes

Chan inks per original indexer and confirmed on original art. Credits erroneously list Buscema as sole artist.

[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 / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Matthew-Louis M. Levin, R. E. Miller Esq, Butch Sanderson, Richard Toogood, Neil Fleckenstein, Jonathon B. Bennett, Russell Jones and John Locke.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Conan
  2. 1. The Bird-Woman and the Beast!
    Conan
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Hyborian Page
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  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Derek Reinhard
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