Conan the Barbarian #231 [Direct]
(April 1990)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1990-02-22
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Editing
Don Daley (editor); Rob Tokar (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

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

Vengeance, Thy Name Is Conan (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Springer (signed); John Romita (alterations)
Inks
Frank Springer (signed); John Romita (alterations)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Romita alterations on Conan's face per Nick Caputo, August 2012.

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The Burning Tower (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Frank Springer
Inks
Don Perlin
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Agustin Más
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Ulas; Karmanthes; Lythanos
Synopsis
Conan seeks revenge on a pair of drug dealer brothers.
Reprints

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

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

Script
Stan Lee (signed); ?
Pencils
? [as Steve] (signed)
Inks
? [as Steve] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Danny Fingeroth

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

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Danny Bulanadi (signed)
Inks
Ernie Chan (signed)
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This pin-up is black and white.

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from General Keko, Marge Cannella, Jose Padilla, Corey Tremere, John Nutting Jr.

Starting Next Issue: The "New" Conan! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Michael Higgins
Pencils
Ron Lim
Inks
Dan Adkins
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Agustin Más
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan

Indexer Notes

Sample page from the next issue.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Vengeance, Thy Name Is Conan
    Conan
  2. 1. The Burning Tower
    Conan
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Conan
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Hyborian Page
  6. 5. Starting Next Issue: The "New" Conan!
    Conan
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  • Peter Croome
  • CTGarry
  • Phu Le
  • Stéphane PETIT
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Richard Thomson
  • Terry Vraspir
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