Conan the Barbarian
#78
[Whitman]
(September 1977)
Marvel,
1970 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Barcode
- 0714860249809
- Editing
- Roy Thomas (editor); Archie Goodwin (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #78 [30¢].
There exist further variants:
[Curse of the Undead-Man]
Conan / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Red Sonja; Berthilda
- Reprints
-
in Conan de Barbaar Special (Juniorpress, 1985 series) #5 (1986) -
in Conan el bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #43 (septiembre 1999) -
in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #3 (2019) -
in Conan el Bárbaro: Los Clásicos Marvel (Editorial Panini México, 2019 series) #8 (Octubre 2021)
-
![Cover Thumbnail for Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #78 [Whitman]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1369/w200/1369031.jpg?4897088926282088863)
![Cover Thumbnail for Conan the Barbarian (1970 series) #78 [30¢]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/20/w100/20066.jpg?55649546617565576)
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![Cover Thumbnail for Conan the Barbarian (1970 series) #78 [British]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1369/w100/1369030.jpg?7521943101957494318)
Curse of the Undead-Man
Conan / comic story / 17 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Red Sonja; Berthilda; Costranno
- Synopsis
- Setting: Zamora's City of Thieves. Conan and Red Sonja battle Costranno (who comes back to life when his ring and finger magically reattach to his corpse).
- Reprints
- from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #1 (August 1974) [A new page 14 is replacing the original double page 14 and 15 - so story is 1 page shorter than original]
-
in Gamma la bombe qui a créé Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #15 - Le triomphe du Crapaud ! (3ème trimestre 1981) [Page 14] - in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #17 (mars 1982) [N&B/B&W]
- in Conan de Barbaar Special (Juniorpress, 1985 series) #5 (1986)
-
in Conan, Barbaren (Semic Interpresse, 1993 series) #3 (17. november 1993) - in Conan el bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #43 (septiembre 1999)
- in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #3 (2019)
- in Conan el Bárbaro: Los Clásicos Marvel (Editorial Panini México, 2019 series) #8 (Octubre 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Fully adapted from the story "Mistress of Death" by Robert E. Howard
[no title indexed]
The Hyborian Page / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Gil Kane (illustration)
- Inks
- Neal Adams (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino; typeset
Indexer Notes
Letter from Greg Sisk and an explanation of why a reprint appeared in this issue. Includes a hose ad for Marvel Treasury Edition (Conan).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[Curse of the Undead-Man]
Conan -
1.
Curse of the Undead-Man
Conan -
2.
[no title indexed]
The Hyborian Page
This issue was modified by
- Ruben Cortes
- Peter Croome
- Derek Reinhard
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