Conan the Barbarian #144 [Canadian]
(March 1983)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 CAD
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
0714860249803
Editing
Louise Simonson [as Louise Jones] (Editor); Danny Fingeroth (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #144 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
John Buscema
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Dragon of Solvanthia
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The Blade and the Beast (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Bruce Jones
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Ernie Chan
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Janice Chiang
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It began so very innocently.
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Valen Triafer; Captain Johell; Nicholas (dies); Graven (dies); Phatrick (dies); Charpel (dies); Rham-Sot; Dragon of Solvanthia [Dragon of Set]; Set (behind the scenes)
Synopsis
Conan allies himself with Valen against the Dragon of Solvanthia. Valen reveals to Conan that the people of Solvanthia had tricked him into coming there so that he could be sacrificed. The Dragon escapes the pit and destroys most of Solvanthia until Conan kills it with the Sword of Graven.
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Keywords
Cimmeria; Solvanthia; Statue of Graven; Sword of Graven

Behind the Candy Counter (Table of Contents: 2)

Bubble Yum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
children

Indexer Notes

Comic ad for Bubble Yum from Nabisco Brands Inc.

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

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

Script
Jim Shooter
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

The New Mutants (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Bob McLeod (signed)
Inks
Bob McLeod (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Professor X; The New Mutants [Cannonball; Karma; Mirage [Dani Moonstar]; Wolfsbane; Sunspot]
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Conan
  2. 1. The Blade and the Beast
    Conan
  3. 2. Behind the Candy Counter
    Bubble Yum
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. The New Mutants
    New Mutants
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