Conan the Barbarian #30 [Regular Edition]

(September 1973)

The Hand of Nergal! (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

John Buscema (credited)

Inks

Ernie Chan (credited as Ernie Chua)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Job Number

1544-Z

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery

Characters

Turanian Army: General Bakra of Akif (death) (supporting) (first appearance)
Atalis (first appearance); Conan (featured); Hildico (supporting) (first appearance); Munthassem Khan (flashback, death) (antagonist) (first appearance); Nergal (antagonist) (first appearance); Tammuz (supporting) (first appearance); Prince Thann (first appearance)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Setting: Battlefield & City of Yaralet. Conan fights in the Turanian army against the legions of Munthassem Khan. Conan rides off with Hildico in epilogue.

Reprints

• in Conan (Condor, 1979 series) #4
• in Conan (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #5 (3ème trimestre 1978) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]]
• in Conan de barbaar (Oberon, 1979 series) #4 (1980), #4 (1980)
• in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #13 (Julho de 1983) [Do original, falta da história, a página 4]
• in Conan el Bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #84 ([marzo 1986])
• in Magnum (Gevion, 1986 series) #9/1987 ([september ?] 1987)
which is reprinted
• in Magnum Spesial (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1988 series) #10/1991 ([november] 1991)
• in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #1/2009 ([januar] 2009)
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #67 (October 1992)
• in Conan, Barbaren (Semic Interpresse, 1993 series) #1 (15. juli 1993)
• in Conan el bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #30 (marzo 1999)
• in The Chronicles of Conan (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #5 - The Shadow in the Tomb and Other Stories (August 2004)
• in Conan (Dark Horse, 2004 series) #50 (May 2008)
• in Conan (Panini Deutschland, 2006 series) #11 - Nergals Hand (2009)
• in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #2 (2019)
• in Conan le barbare : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2019 series) #1973 (décembre 2020)

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the story by Lin Carter and Robert E. Howard.

More Mirth-Inducing Memorabilia from Memo-Minded Marvel (Or: Savage Tales Is Alive and Well and Living in a Suburb Outside Cimmeria!) (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Script

Roy Thomas

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #2 (2019)

Indexer Notes

Letters from David L. Vineyard, Pete Wallace, R. J. Lind, Bill Tulp, Dave McDonnel, Doug Farmer, Roger Klorese, Pat Maginnis, Steven Scheibner, Harry Ricker, and Burt Stillman.