Conan the Barbarian #160 [Direct]
(July 1984)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-03-20
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Larry Hama (editor); Christopher Priest (credited as Jim Owsley) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #44, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-04-10.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Camp (signed)
Inks
Bob Camp (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Gurneg; Vezek
Reprints
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Veil of Darkness! (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Fleisher
Pencils
Bob Camp
Inks
Armando Gil
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Diana Albers
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Achmed (dies); Vezek (dies); Gurneg (dies); Ophir City Guard [Captain]; Hag; the Musician
Synopsis
Conan is blinded in a street fight. A musician acts as his eyes in the rematch against the attackers.
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Keywords
Ophir

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

Power Man and Iron Fist / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Fist

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

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

Script
Jim Shooter
Letters
typeset

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
John Byrne
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Alpha Flight [Sasquatch; Northstar; Snowbird; Shaman; Puck; Guardian [James MacDonald Hudson]; Marrina; Aurora]

Special 1984 Low Price Offer (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Marie Severin (signed)
Inks
Marie Severin (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Characters
Hulk
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Conan
  2. 1. Veil of Darkness!
    Conan
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Power Man and Iron Fist
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Alpha Flight
  6. 5. Special 1984 Low Price Offer
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Josh Blair
  • Daniel Block
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Richard Thomson
  • Terry Vraspir
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