Conan the Barbarian #18 [Regular Edition]
(September 1972)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1972-06-20
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Etcetera & The Comic Reader #85 May 1972.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Thing in the Temple! (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza; typeset

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Kyrie; Golem-like creature
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (29 August 2006). Roy Thomas corroborates a Romita contribution to this cover (2018, 104).
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Reference:

Thomas, Roy. 2018. Barbarian Life: A Literary Biography of Conan the Barbarian, Volume One. N.p.: Pulp Hero Press.

The Thing in the Temple! (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Gil Kane (credited)
Inks
Dan Adkins (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

Job Number
1031-Z
Feature Logo
Conan the Barbarian [splash page masthead, curved letters]
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Fafnir; Yezdigerd; Aala; Gothan; Ska
Synopsis
Setting: Island city of Bal-Sagoth in Vilayet Sea. Conan & Fafnir slay demons and flee from Bal-Sagoth as a volcano destroys the island. They are picked up in the Sea by Yezdigerd.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part two of an adaptation of The Gods of Bal-Sagoth by Robert E. Howard.

Super-Special Announcement! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script
Roy Thomas
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
The Hyborian Page
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Chung Wong, Juan Cole, and Ted White (editor of Amazing and Fantastic); includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Thing in the Temple!
    Conan
  2. 1. The Thing in the Temple!
    Conan
  3. 2. Super-Special Announcement!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Hyborian Page
This issue was modified by, among others
  • David B
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Stéphane PETIT
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore