Conan the Barbarian #198 [Direct]
(September 1987)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Larry Hama (editor); Pat Redding (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Geof Isherwood (signed)
Inks
Geof Isherwood (signed)
Colors
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Devourer of Souls; Solaise; Sedrick
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The River (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Christopher Priest (credited as Jim Owsley)
Pencils
Val Semeiks
Inks
Geof Isherwood (finishes)
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Janice Chiang
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Red Sonja; Kobe; Anneka; Shapur; Mad Simeon; Simeon's parrot; Keiv; Kaleb; Solaise; Sedrick; Kothian Army [General Freja (dies)]; Devourer of Souls [Wrarrl]; Bahkt [Dark Apostle] (dies); soul-worms
Synopsis
Conan kills Bahkt to avenge Red Sonja. Solaise uses her powers to slaughter Freja and his men after they threaten Sedrick. Kaleb attacks Conan when he tries to question Solaise on the Devourer.
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Keywords
Forest of the Eternal Verities; Koth; river of blood

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

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

The Innocent (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Conan
  2. 1. The River
    Conan
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. The Innocent
    Justice
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Spider-Man
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