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Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 4 GD+ 2.5

Cover and first 6 wraps detached at one staple. Water damage.

Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. The Tower of the Elephant!, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Sal Buscema; setting: City of Arenjun in Zamora; Conan scales Elephant tower, kills lion & giant spider, and saves Yag-Kosha by killing him at his request; adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard. 36 pgs. Cover price: $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 4 GD- 1.8

Centerfold detached. Water damage. Cover oxidation.

Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. The Tower of the Elephant!, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Sal Buscema; setting: City of Arenjun in Zamora; Conan scales Elephant tower, kills lion & giant spider, and saves Yag-Kosha by killing him at his request; adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard. 36 pgs. Cover price: $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 6 VG 4.0

Water damage. Cover oxidation.

Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. Devil-Wings Over Shadizar, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Sal Buscema; setting: Shadizar the Wicked; Conan kills bat-like creature worshipped as a god; Jenna saves Conans life & steals his gold; first appearance of Fafnir and Blackrat. 32 pgs. Cover price: $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 148 CBCS 9.6

Paper: White

Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case

Direct Edition

Label #19-279A9AA-190

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The Plague of Forlek - Written by Bruce Jones. Art by John Buscema and Ernie Chan. Cover by John Buscema. A tribe fighting for survival in the wasteland; a forbidden fruit; a strange curse and a bizarre metamorphosis all add up to an exciting tale! Characters in this issue: Conan; Forlek (first appearance); Kalefan; Price Pelen; Princess Alitari; King Selt; Lamerak. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.60.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 241N FN

Newsstand Edition. Cover pencils by Todd McFarlane, inks by Scott Williams. All Roads Lead To Zamora, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Gary Hartle, inks by Mike DeCarlo; Red Sonja is getting married, and Conan is anything but the best man when he suspects sorcery, and not love, is her motivation. 36 pgs. Cover price $1.00. Cover price $1.00.

Conan the Barbarian Facsimile Edition (2021 Marvel) 1A CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Second Printing

Label #4376818018

Note : Copies of the issue have a printing defect in the form of small tears on the right edge of the front cover

Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Barry Windsor-Smith. Cover by Barry Windsor-Smith. Over fifty years ago, legendary writer Roy Thomas teamed with visionary artist Barry Windsor-Smith for the first comic book adaptation of Robert E. Howard's pulp novel icon - introducing True Believers to swords and sorcery in the Mighty Marvel Manner! Conan comic books soon became a huge, industry-changing success story - and it all began with CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 in 1970! Join the young Cimmerian warrior as he and an Aesir raiding party invade the land of Vanaheim - setting Conan on a path of adventure leading to winged demons, a dark temple and the mysterious Star-Stone, which would offer a vision of Conan's future as a king! It's one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! Reprinting CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1970) #1. 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Conan The Barry Windsor-Smith Archives HC (2010 Dark Horse) 1C-REP FN 6.0

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Collects Conan the Barbarian (1970-1993 Marvel) #1-11.

Written by Roy Thomas. Art and cover by Barry Windsor-Smith.

In 1970, Barry Windsor-Smith burst onto the comic-book scene with his dynamic portrayal of Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian, altering the course of the blue-eyed Cimmerian forever, and cementing himself as one of the greatest artists to touch pencil to paper.

Nearly forty years later, Dark Horse Comics, in the tradition of the Dark Horse Archives collections, reprints Barry Windsor-Smith's entire run on Marvel's Conan the Barbarian in two fine hardcover volumes!

The first volume of The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives includes such classic tales as Rogues in the House and The Tower of the Elephant, adapted by Roy Thomas and fully illustrated by Barry Windsor-Smith. This volume collects the first half of Barry Windsor-Smith's run on Conan the Barbarian.

o The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives are the definitive collections of the historic and influential Conan the Barbarian comics drawn by Barry Windsor-Smith!

Hardcover, 200 pages, full color.

Cover price $49.95.

King in Black Omnibus HC (2022 Marvel) 1B-1ST VF+ 8.5

Dawn of the King Cover

1st printing. Collects King in Black (2021 Marvel) #1-5; King in Black: Immortal Hulk (2020 Marvel), King in Black: Iron Man/Doom (2020 Marvel), King in Black: Black Knight (2021 Marvel), King in Black: Marauders (2021 Marvel), King in Black: Black Panther (2021 Marvel), King in Black: Captain America (2021 Marvel), King in Black: Wiccan and Hulking (2021 Marvel), King in Black: Spider-Man (2021 Marvel), King in Black: Scream (2021 Marvel), King in Black: Ghost Rider (2021 Marvel); King in Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage (2021 Marvel) #1-3; King in Black: Namor (2020 Marvel) #1-5; King in Black: Planet of the Symbiotes (2021 Marvel) #1-3; King in Black: Return of the Valkyries (2021 Marvel) #1-4;King in Black: Thunderbolts (2021 Marvel) #1-3; Symbiote Spider-Man: King in Black (2020 Marvel) #1-5; Black Cat (2020 4th Series Marvel) #1-3; Daredevil (2019-2022 7th Series) #26-27; Deadpool (2020 Marvel) #10; Fantastic Four (2018 6th Series) #29-30; Guardians of the Galaxy (2020 7th Series) #10; Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2019 Marvel) #23; S.W.O.R.D. (2021 Marvel) #2-4; Savage Avengers (2019-2022 Marvel) #17-19; Spider-Woman (2020 Marvel 7th Series) #7-8; The Union (2020 Marvel) #1-2; Venom (20182021 Marvel) #31-34; and King in Black Handbook (2020 Marvel).

Cover by Ryan Stegman.

Darkness reigns in the Marvel Universe!

After a campaign of terror across the galaxy, Knull - ancient and malevolent god of symbiotes - reaches Earth with an endless army of symbiote dragons at his command! The King in Black is a force unlike any ever faced by Venom and the rest of the planet's heroes - but now Spider-Man, the Avengers, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, the Sub-Mariner and more must battle an endless wave of darkness! Outgunned and badly outnumbered, can anyone possibly survive Knull's symbiotic onslaught? Or will they all be forced to bow to the King in Black?

Featuring every epic chapter in one monstrous, black-hearted volume!

Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 1,568 pages, full color. Parental Advisory

Credits:

Written by Donny Cates, Al Ewing, Christopher Cantwell, Simon Spurrier, Gerry Duggan, Geoffrey Thorne, Danny Lore, Tini Howard, Jed MacKay, Clay McLeod Chapman, Ed Brisson, Seanan McGurie, Kurt Busiek, Clay McLeod Chapman, Frank Tieri, Jason Aaron, Torunn Gronbekk, Matthew Rosenberg, Jed MacKay, Chip Zdarsky, Kelly Thompson, Dan Slott, Saladin Ahmed, Karla Pacheco, and Paul Grist.

Art by Ryan Stegman, Aaron Kuder, Salvador Larroca, Jesus Saiz, Luke Ross, German Peralta, Mirko Colak, Luciano Vecchio, Michele Bandini, Garry Brown, Juan Frigeri, Flaviano, Ben Dewey, Jonas Scharf, Guiu Vilanova, Danilo Beyrouth, Nina Vakueva, Juan Ferreyra, C.F. Villa, Nina Vakueya, Marco Checchetto, Mike Hawthorne, Adriano Di Benedetto, Gerardo Sandoval, Victor Nava, Ze Carlos, Juan Cabal, Carmen Nunez Carnero, Valerio Schiti, Kev Walker, Pere Perez, Andrea Di Vito, Paul Grist, and Iban Coello.

Cover price $150.00.

Marvel Feature (1975 2nd Series) 1 NM- 9.2

Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by John Romita. "The Temple of Abomination!", script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Dick Giordano, inks by Dick Giordano (figures) and Terry Austin (backgrounds); Red Sonja enters a temple and is attacked by a race of Satyrs. Continued from KULL AND THE BARBARIANS #3. "Red Sonja," script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Esteban Maroto, inks by Neal Adams and Ernie Chan; When Red Sonja returns with a tiara she was sent for by King Ghannif she learns her "reward" is to be made a part of his harem; from The Savage Sword of Conan #1. Of Swords and She-Devils article about Red Sonja by Roy Thomas. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Marvel Feature (1975 2nd Series) 5 CBCS 9.2

Paper: White

Label #22-0FD3AC2-017

Cover art by Frank Thorne and John Romita (alterations). "The Bear God Walks!", script by Bruce Jones, art by Frank Thorne; Red Sonja is after the Bear-God to collect a village's reward. Red Sonja pinup by Frank Thorne. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Savage Sword of Conan (1974 Marvel) 1 GD+ 2.5

4.5" Interior page tear.

Painted cover art by Boris Vallejo. Conan and Red Sonja star in "Curse of the Undead-Man," script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Pablo Marcos; Conan and Red Sonja put an end to the undead sorcerer Costranno; Adapted from the story "Mistress of Death" by Robert E. Howard and Gerald Page; continued in part from Conan the Barbarian 42. "Red Sonja" (3rd appearance), script by Thomas, art by Esteban Maroto, Neal Adams, and Ernie Chan (as Ernie Chua); When Red Sonja returns with a tiara she was sent for by King Ghannif she learns her "reward" is to be made a part of his harem. "Blackmark," script and art by Gil Kane (reprinting chapter 1 from the Bantam Books paperback); a Conan reprint from Savage Tales 1 (plus the additional splash page from Conan the Barbarian 16). "The Frost Giant's Daughter," script by Thomas, art by Barry Windsor-Smith (adapted from the Howard story); Conan chases Atali across the snow, slays her two frost giant brothers, and catches her; Her father, Ymir then takes her from Conan. "Conan's Women Warriors," an article by Fred Blosser illustrated by Esteban Maroto, Steve Gan, Hugh Rankin (original Weird Tales art), and Roy Krenkel; and "An Atlantean in Aquilonia," a Kull article by Glenn Lord illustrated by John Severin and Ross Andru. Alfredo Alcala pin-up. Maroto frontispiece. 84 pgs., B&W. Cover price $1.00.

Superhero Women TPB (1977 Fireside) By Stan Lee 1-1ST FN 6.0

Residue.

Fireside Book Series

1st printing. Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1963-1998 1st Series) #62 and 86, Marvel Feature (1975-1976 2nd Series) #1, Ms. Marvel (1977-1979 1st Series) #1, Marvel Feature (1975-1976 2nd Series) #4, Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #22, Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) #189-190, Cat (1972 Marvel) #1, Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) #44, Shanna The She-Devil (1972 1st Series) #2, and material from Savage Tales (1971-1975 Magazine) #1.

Written by Stan Lee, Bruce Jones, Gerry Conway, Linda Fite, and Carole Seuling. Art by John Romita, Sr., Frank Thorne, John Buscema, Jack Kirby, Marie Severin, Wally Wood, Ross Andru, and Jim Mooney. Cover by John Romita, Sr.

This volume in the amazing Marvel Origins series (Origins of Marvel Comics, Son of Origins TPB, Bring on the Bad Guys TPB) stars the beautiful Marvel Maidens - Ms. Marvel, Kree powered super-woman; Red Sonja, She-Devil with a Sword; Medusa of the Inhumans; Hela, Norse Goddess of the Underworld; Shanna the She-Devil; the Wasp from the Avengers, the Invisible Woman, heart and soul of the Fantastic Four; and the Black Widow.

Softcover, 254 pages, full color.

Cover price $6.95.