Conan the Barbarian #170 [Direct]
(May 1985)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.65 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-02-19
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Larry Hama (editor); Pat Redding (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #66.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Armando Gil (signed)
Inks
Armando Gil (signed)
Colors
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; demon wench; Kx'ulthuum
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Dominion of the Dead! (Table of Contents: 2)

Conan / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Fleisher
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Bob Camp
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Janice Chiang
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Fafnir; Scarlet Mage; Kx'ulthuum [Lord of Darkness] (dies); Kx'ulthuum's demon minions; demon wench (dies); Kx'ulthuum's undead servants
Synopsis
Conan and Fafnir battle Kx'Ulthuum, god of Death. Fafnir apparently dies saving Conan.
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Keywords
Death-Sword; Kx'ulthuum's Heart; Mark of Kx'ulthuum

Indexer Notes

Fafnir was last seen falling to his 'death' in Conan the Barbarian #167. He appears to die again. (Next seen in Savage Sword of Conan #221, May 1994.)

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

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

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

The Hyborian Page / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Conan

Indexer Notes

Letters from Donnie Bullock, Tim Tremba, Keith Huening, Shane Glines, Clint Vollmers and PFC Mike Bennett.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Conan
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Cloak and Dagger
  3. 2. Dominion of the Dead!
    Conan
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Hyborian Page
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  • Tony R. Rose
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