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Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 3 VG/FN 5.0

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Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. The Twilight of the Grim Grey God!; script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Sal Buscema; setting: Hyperborean/Brythunian battlefield; Conan converses with God Borri Borri, participates in a great and bloody battle, and kills Malachi; adapted from the non-Conan story, The Grey God Passes by Robert E. Howard. Rumored to have had lower distribution in some areas. The letters page reprints the Hyborian Age map from Conan 1. 36 pgs. Cover price: $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 3 VG+ 4.5

Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. The Twilight of the Grim Grey God!; script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Sal Buscema; setting: Hyperborean/Brythunian battlefield; Conan converses with God Borri Borri, participates in a great and bloody battle, and kills Malachi; adapted from the non-Conan story, The Grey God Passes by Robert E. Howard. Rumored to have had lower distribution in some areas. The letters page reprints the Hyborian Age map from Conan 1. 36 pgs. Cover price: $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 4 CBCS 6.5

Paper: White

Label #17-07CB749-010

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) 9 FN- 5.5

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Last 15-cent issue. Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. Last 15-cent issue. The Garden of Fear, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Sal Buscema; setting: primitive village & lost valley with Wooly Mammoths & man-eating flowers; Conan saves Jenna & kills sole survivor of ancient winged race; adapted from the non-Conan story by Robert E. Howard. 36 pgs. Cover price: $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 22 FN 6.0

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Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. Despite the new Barry Windsor-Smith cover, this issue actually reprints The Coming of Conan from issue 1, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Windsor-Smith, inks by Dan Adkins; setting: Vanaheim, Conan battles at Vanaheim and sees his future; Tara returns to her dimension. Also in this issue: previously unpublished Windsor-Smith pin-up. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 23 VF 8.0

Cover art by Gil Kane. First appearance of Red Sonja in The Shadow of the Vulture, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Wmith, inks by Sal Buscema, Dan Adkins, and Chic Stone; setting: Pah-Dishah, Makkalet; Conan delivers message from Makkalet to Pah-Disha; Red Sonja saves Conan's life twice; Conan kills Mikhal Oglu (vulture) and sends his head to Yezdigerd; adapted from the non-Conan story by Robert E. Howard featuring a female warrior, Red Sonya. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 123 CGC 6.5

Paper: White

Label #4532954003

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Cover art by John Buscema. The Horror Beneath the Hills! Script by J.M. DeMatteis, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Bob McLeod; setting: City of Pergona; Conan finds Murilo (who has grown fat) & Jenna (even fatter) rulers of Pergona; Conan & Murilo & co. investigate the deaths of citizens; They enter caverns, battle small creatures, and are captured by Elaynia. Iron Man stars in a one-page Hostess ad, The Charge of the Rhinos! 36 pgs. Cover price $0.50. Cover price $0.50.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 154 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4512552020

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Assistant Editors' Month issue. The Man-Bats of Ur-Xanarrh - Written by Michael Fleisher. Art by Gary Kwapisz and Bob Camp. Cover by Gary Kwapisz. Time is running out for the city Conan has sworn to protect. See a dramatically-altered Conan struggle against insurmountable odds -- for the most elusive of rewards -- in the conclusion to last month's thriller! Characters in this issue: Conan; Raskos B'quen; Captain Durzzak (first appearance); Princess Lyzala (first appearance); King Ur-Xanarrh; Alhambra; King of Akah Ma'at (first appearance); Thaltar. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.60.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 155 CBCS 8.5

Paper: White

Direct Edition.

Label #20-4584293-049

Cover art possibly by Paul Smith or Gary Kwapisz. The Anger of Conan, script by Michael Fleisher, plot and pencils by John Buscema, inks by Steve Leialoha; In the border trading town of Ramuda, Conan easily triggers the anger of a local Baron who fancies himself a wizard. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.60.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) UK Edition 16UK VG 4.0

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 6p cover price. Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. The Frost Giant's Daughter, script by Roy Thomas, art by Barry Windsor-Smith; setting: Snowy battlefield; Conan chases Atali across the snow, slays her two frost giant brothers, and catches her; Her father, Ymir then takes her from Conan. This story originally appeared in Savage Tales 1, but for its publication here Windsor-Smith added another page (a new splash page), and some panels and dialogue were altered for Comics Code approval. Back-up reprint story: The Sword and the Sorcerers (from Chamber of Darkness 4), script by Roy Thomas, art by Windsor-Smith. Also in this issue: a full-page reprint of the Hyborian Age map from Conan 1. 36 pages, full color.

Conan the Barbarian Movie Special (1982) 1N CGC 9.6

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition.

Label #4643311008

Newsstand Edition. Cover by John Buscema. Conan the Barbarian, script by John Buscema and Michael Fleisher, art by John Buscema; Conan is sold into slavery after his parents are killed by Thulsa Doom. Becoming a mighty warrior and freeing himself, Conan allies with Valeria and Subotai to rob the Tower of the Serpent; Conan recognizes the Cult's symbol as the same one that Thulsa Doom had worn; Conan kills the Great Guardian Serpent and flees the Cult. Adapted from the film. 36 pgs., full color. $0.60. Cover price $0.60.

Conan the Barbarian Red Nails (1983) 1 CGC 8.5

Paper: White

Slab: Chipped/broken bracket

Label #4604976007

Giant-size issue; no ads. Reprints "Red Nails" (from Savage Tales 2 & 3) in color by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith (adapted from the Robert E. Howard story). Also reprints the REH poem "Cimmeria" (from Savage Tales 2) in color, adapted by Windsor-Smith. Two-page introduction by Alan Zelenetz. Windsor-Smith covers (front reprinted from Conan the Barbarian 21; back reprinted from Conan the Barbarian Annual 1). Cover price $2.50.