Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) UK Edition comic books
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Tags: Conan$8.00
UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 6p cover price. Giant-size issue. Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. Giant-size issue. Rogues in the House starring Thak [an ape] (villain, introduction), Nabonidus, Igon, Jenna, and Murilo (introduction), script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Sal Buscema; adapted from Rogues In the House by Robert E. Howard. Letter to the editor from cartoonist Fred Hembeck. Windsor-Smith cover. 52 pages, full color.
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$90.00
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UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 6p cover price. Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. First full Red Sonja story, The Song of Red Sonja, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith; setting:Makkalet; Conan and Red Sonja start a bar-fight, bathe in a fountain, scale temple walls, break in and steal a snake-tiara, and fight a magical snake; at the end Sonja tricks Conan, and leaves for Pah-Disha; the Red Sonja story continues in Savage Sword of Conan 1. Final Windsor-Smith art on this title. The art in this issue (at least on page 8, and perhaps elsewhere) was altered without Windsor-Smith's approval. See Marvel Treasury Edition 15 or Savage Sword of Conan 82 for the original version. (The reprint in Conan Saga 8 contains the altered version). In the letters column, Roy Thomas responds and announces Barry Smith's final departure as Conan the Barbarian artist; Incidentally, Roy's responses to R. Benitz and Keith Taylor are mistakenly transposed.32 pgs.
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Tags: Conan$7.20
UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 6p cover price. Cover art by Herb Trimpe and John Romita (re-touches). Death and 7 Wizards, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]; setting: Khitai city of Wan Tengri; Conan spies for the Turanian army; adapted in part from the Prester John novel "Flame Winds" by Norvell W. Page. Letter to the editor from comic writer Ralph Macchio. 36 pgs.
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Tags: Conan$6.00
UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 12p cover price. Cover pencils by John Buscema, inks by Ernie Chan. Trial By Combat!, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Howard Chaykin, inks by Ernie Chan; setting: city of Attalus; Conan defeats Ptolemy and Becomes King of Attalus; Stygians attack Attalus; Aristo dies; adapted from the non-Conan story "The Lost Valley of Iskander" by Robert E. Howard. Spider-Man stars in a one-page Hostess ad, Legal Eagle. Jack Davis art on a Spalding back-cover ad. 36 pgs.
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Tags: Conan$6.00
UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 20p cover price. "The Creation Quest!" Script by J.M. DeMatteis, art and cover by Gil Kane. Spider-Man stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "Spider-Man's Dream Girl!"






