Conan the Barbarian
#25
[Regular Edition]
(April 1973)
Marvel,
1970 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1973
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Editing
- Roy Thomas
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 ([January] 2019)
-
The Murderous Mirrors of Kharam-Akkad
Conan the Barbarian / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Gil Kane; Ralph Reese ? (layout see notes)
- Inks
- Ralph Reese
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Kharam-Akkad; Melissandra
- Reprints
-
in Conan (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #3 (1er trimestre 1978) - in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #8 (December 1987)
-
in Conan el bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #25 (enero 1999) - in Essential Conan (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (July 2000) [black and white]
- in The Chronicles of Kull (Dark Horse, 2009 series) #3 (September 2010)
- in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 ([January] 2019)
-
in Conan le Barbare (Editions Héritage, 1972 series) #10 -
in Gli Albi dei Super-Eroi (Editoriale Corno, 1973 series) #47 -
in Conan the Barbarian (Yaffa / Page, 1977 series) #9 -
in Conan (Condor, 1979 series) #3 -
in Conan el Bárbaro (Editorial Novaro, 1980 series) #20 - in Pocket De Ases (Editorial Bruguera, 1981 series) #19
-
Indexer Notes
Gil Kane pencils per # 36 letters page and confirmed by Roy Thomas in a phone call. Overstreet erroneously credited John Buscema.
Reese layouts per Alex Johnson (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5281)
Reese inks per Nick Caputo (GCD Error List, 29 August 2006)
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The Mirrors of Kharam Akkad
Conan the Barbarian / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited); Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)
- Pencils
- John Buscema (credited)
- Inks
- Sal Buscema (credited as S. Buscema); John Severin (credited as J. Severin) (pages 4-5)
- Colors
- Marie Severin (credited)
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited)
- Job Number
- 1302Z
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Eannatum; Yezdiggerd; Melissandra; Kharam-Akkad (death); Kull the Conqueror (in flashback); Brule the Spear-Slayer (in flashback); The Tarim; Tuzun Thune (introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Prince Yezdigerd prepares to storm Makkalet.
- Reprints
- in Conan (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #3 (1er trimestre 1978) [N&B/B&W]
-
in Conan de barbaar (Oberon, 1979 series) #3 (1979) -
in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #11 (Maio 1983) - in Conan el Bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #81 ([febrero 1986])
- in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #8 (December 1987)
-
in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #11/1991 ([oktober] 1991) which is reprinted - in Conan Maxi (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2002 series) #3 - Frostgudens datter ([juli] 2003) [bearbeidet oversettelse] which is reprinted
- in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #5/2007 ([september] 2007)
- in Conan Maxipocket (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2011 series) #3 - Frostgudens datter ([august] 2012)
- in Conan Le Barbare (Semic S.A., 1990 series) #38 (août 1993)
- in Conan el bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #25 (enero 1999)
- in Essential Conan (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (July 2000) [black and white]
- in The Chronicles of Conan (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #4 - The Song of Red Sonja and Other Stories (2004)
- in Conan el Bárbaro. Edición 35 Aniversario (Planeta DeAgostini, 2017 series) (Marzo 2017)
- in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 ([January] 2019)
- in Conan (Condor, 1979 series) #3
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- Keywords
- Akkad; City of Makkalet
Indexer Notes
Pages 4 and 5 are based on the Robert E. Howard, King Kull short story "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune".
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Murderous Mirrors of Kharam-Akkad
Conan the Barbarian -
1.
The Mirrors of Kharam Akkad
Conan the Barbarian -
2.
Four or Five Phenomenal Flashes, Fitfully Fashioned to Fight Lethargy! (Or: Those Wedding Bells are Waking Up That Old Bullpen Gang of Mine!)
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins -
3.
Special Barbarian Bulletin
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