Conan the Barbarian #206 [Direct]
(May 1988)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988-01-21
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Michael Higgins (editor); Pat Redding (managing editor); Mike Rockwitz (credited as Michael Rockwitz) (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #135.
This issue has variants:

The Heku Trilogy - Book One (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Val Semeiks (signed)
Inks
Geof Isherwood (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Sands Upon the Earth (Heku Trilogy Book 1) (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Christopher Priest (credited as James Owsley) (plot, script); Val Semeiks (plot)
Pencils
Val Semeiks
Inks
Geof Isherwood (finishes)
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Janice Chiang
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Prince Kobe; Master Heku; Zuri (executioner); Anneka
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Master Heku seeks to return his son, Kobe, home to lead his tribe. Kobe is currently honor slave to Conan.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

He Knows What Evil Lurks... (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Heku Trilogy - Book One
    Conan
  2. 1. Sands Upon the Earth (Heku Trilogy Book 1)
    Conan
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. He Knows What Evil Lurks...
    The Shadow
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  • Josh Blair
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Terry Vraspir
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