Conan the Barbarian #153 [Newsstand]
(December 1983)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-09-06
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860249812
Editing
Larry Hama (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #31, with shipping date of 1983-08-16.
This issue is a variant of Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #153 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gary Kwapisz (signed)
Inks
Gary Kwapisz (signed)
Colors
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
Reprints

The Bird Men of Akah Ma'at! (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 (first appearance); the winged people of Akah Ma'at (first appearance); the Ur-Xanarrah (first appearance; villains); Raskos B'quen (first appearance; villain)
Reprints

The Prince Is Dead (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed)
Inks
Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan

Indexer Notes

Ad for King Conan #20.

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jim Shooter
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset; ?

Indexer Notes

Includes The Hype Box and The Mighty Marvel Checklist.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Star Frontiers; TSR / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Larry Elmore (signed)
Inks
Larry Elmore (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction

Indexer Notes

Comic ad for Star Frontier role playing game from TSR.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Conan
  2. 1. The Bird Men of Akah Ma'at!
    Conan
  3. 2. The Prince Is Dead
    Conan
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Star Frontiers; TSR
This issue was modified by
  • Chris Boyko
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Derek Reinhard