What If? #13
(February 1979)

Marvel, 1977 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1978
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860268602
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor); Jim Shooter (consulting editor); Mark Gruenwald (assistant editor)

What If Conan the Barbarian Walked the Earth Today? (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Buscema (signed as JB)
Inks
Ernie Chan (signed as EC)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Danette
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What If Conan the Barbarian Walked the Earth Today? (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 35 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
John Buscema (breakdowns); Ernie Chan (finished art)
Inks
Ernie Chan
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Joe Rosen

Job Number
LG-304
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Nemedian Chronicles tell of the black-maned, sullen-eyed Cimmerian...
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Watcher; Conan; Shamash Shum-Ukin; Danette; Alhambra; Sam; Peter Parker [Spider-Man] (cameo); Mary Jane Watson (cameo); Butch (death); The Professor (death); Charlie (death); Brady
Synopsis
Conan is transported to the 20th Century.
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Indexer Notes

Featuring the sword-and-sorcery hero created by Robert E. Howard. Based on Savage Sword of Conan #5 and #7. A sequel appears in What If? #43.

An Irresistible Force! (Table of Contents: 2)

Iron Man; Hostess Twinkie / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]

Indexer Notes

Hostess Twinkie ad. Credits 2005 by Steven Tice.

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

Why Not? / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Michael Golden (illustration)
Inks
Michael Golden (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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Indexer Notes

Letters of comments from Ted Coletti, Peter Brown, Nelson C., Wayneard, Freddie Filgo, T. Towers, Andy Stoesen, Scott Phillips, Gene Entwender, Chuck Yeaman, Ace Gary, and Bruce Weintraub. Includes a house ad for The Micronauts.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. What If Conan the Barbarian Walked the Earth Today?
    Conan
  2. 1. What If Conan the Barbarian Walked the Earth Today?
    Conan
  3. 2. An Irresistible Force!
    Iron Man; Hostess Twinkie
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Why Not?
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • S Damon
  • Merlin Haas
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore