On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #54, with shipping date of 1984-08-27. Released concurrently with December 1984 cover dated titles.
This issue is a variant of Conan Annual (Marvel, 1973 series) #9 [Direct].
There exist further variants:
Conan is leading a band of pirates in the Northern seas when they happen upon a ship of warrior priests who are protecting the giant statue of their slumbering god.