Conan the Barbarian #128 [Direct]
(November 1981)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [various positions]
Editing
Louise Simonson (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane (signed) (credited as GK)
Inks
Gil Kane (signed) (credited as GK)
Colors
?
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
Reprints
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And Life Sprang Forth from These (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
J. M. DeMatteis (credited)
Pencils
Gil Kane (credited)
Inks
Gil Kane (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
Jack Morelli (credited as John Morelli)
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Laynnen (introduction); Noyo (introduction); Dreeme; Pau-Styss (villain, introduction); Warriors of Eternity (villains, introduction)
Reprints

Enroll in the Marvel Subscriber's Club! (Table of Contents: 2)

Marvel Subscriptions / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Layton (signed)
Inks
Bob Layton (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk; Iron Man; Spider-Man; Captain America; Black Goliath; Ant-Man; Thor; Nightcrawler; Wolverine; the Thing; Namor, the Sub-Mariner

A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! [The Green Slime] (Table of Contents: 3)

Dungeons & Dragons / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stephen Sullivan
Pencils
Jeff Dee
Inks
Jeff Dee
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?
Genre
sword and sorcery; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Grimslade; Indel; Saren; Valerius

Indexer Notes

Comic strip ad for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc.. Continued between [The Shambling Mound] and [Evil Goblins]. On his YouTube channel, Bill Willingham stated that he did not draw the second Dungeons & Dragons ad, it was drawn by Jeff Dee and scripted by Steve Sullivan.

The Thing in A Lesson to Be Learned! (Table of Contents: 4)

Hostess Cup Cakes; The Thing / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alan Kupperberg ?; Richard Howell ?; Marie Severin ?; Ron Frenz ?
Inks
John Tartaglione ?
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
First Line of Dialogue or Text
To be street wise,
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Thing [Ben Grimm]
Reprints

Ain't She Sweet? (Table of Contents: 5)

Spider-Woman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Denys Cowan (signed)
Inks
Al Milgrom (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Promo for the Spider-Woman series.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Conan
  2. 1. And Life Sprang Forth from These
    Conan
  3. 2. Enroll in the Marvel Subscriber's Club!
    Marvel Subscriptions
  4. 3. A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! [The Green Slime]
    Dungeons & Dragons
  5. 4. The Thing in A Lesson to Be Learned!
    Hostess Cup Cakes; The Thing
  6. 5. Ain't She Sweet?
    Spider-Woman
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