Conan the Barbarian #118 [Direct]
(January 1981)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Louise Simonson (editor); Danny Fingeroth (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

The Valley of Forever Night! (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
John Buscema
Colors
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Jenna; Myya L'rrasleff; the Converted
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover art credits added 2005 by Steven Tice.

The Dingo Kids Meet O.J. Simpson (Table of Contents: 1)

O.J. Simpson / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?

Characters
O.J. Simpson; the Dingo Kids
Synopsis
O.J. helps his football team win a game and then compliments the Dingo Kids on their Dingo Boots.

Indexer Notes

Kids could get a free autographed photo of O.J. Simpson by sending mail to O.J. Dingo.

Valley of Forever Night (Table of Contents: 2)

Conan / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils
John Buscema (breakdowns); Ernie Chan (finishes)
Inks
Ernie Chan
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
John Costanza

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Jenna; Hajii (flashback); Night-God (flashback); Garakaa (flashback); Slave-Trader; Erlik [God of Evil and Death] (mentioned); the Converted (die); Rock-Thing (destroyed); "Taloned Death" (dies); People of the Black Jewel [Myya L'rrasleff (dies)]
Synopsis
Conan saves Jenna from a swordsman. Jenna is covered with leprosy-like boils. Conan also catches the disease. Conan and Jenna climb mountain, enter castle, and kill alien Myya L'rrasleff which rids them of the disease.
Reprints
Keywords
Castle of Myya L'rrasleff; Countryside southwest of Shem; Shem; the Black Jewel; Valley of Forever Night; Zamora

Subscribe to 4 Marvel Comics for the Price of 3!! (Table of Contents: 3)

Fantastic Four / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]; Fantastic Four [Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Richards]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Willie Lumpkin
Synopsis
Doctor Doom offers subscriptions to four Marvel titles for the price of three. The Fantastic Four suspect that it might be a trap.

Captain America in Fury Unleashed! (Table of Contents: 4)

Captain America; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alan Kupperberg ?
Inks
Bob McLeod ?
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
Editing
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Trapster's at it again--
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nick Fury; Trapster [Peter Petruski]; Trapster's Goon
Synopsis
Captain America uses Hostess Fruit Pies to stop Trapster's Goon from killing Nick Fury.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Steve Tussey, Napoleon Zivkovic, Kimberly Arber, Phillip Tanis, and Charles David Haskell.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Valley of Forever Night!
    Conan
  2. 1. The Dingo Kids Meet O.J. Simpson
    O.J. Simpson
  3. 2. Valley of Forever Night
    Conan
  4. 3. Subscribe to 4 Marvel Comics for the Price of 3!!
    Fantastic Four
  5. 4. Captain America in Fury Unleashed!
    Captain America; Hostess Fruit Pies
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    The Hyborian Page
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Daniel Block
  • Peter Croome
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Steven Tice