Conan the Barbarian (1970) National Diamond comic books 1970-1972

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National Diamond Sales Advertisement Insert Variant. "Zukala's Daughter." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Frank Giacoia. This story, though published in issue 5, was actually the third drawn by Windsor-Smith (following 1 and 2, but before 3 and 4). Adapted from the poem "Zukala's Hour" by Robert E. Howard. The letters page reprints the Hyborian Age map from Conan 1. Windsor-Smith cover. Cover price $0.15.

National Diamond Sales Advertisement Insert Variant. "Devil-Wings Over Shadizar." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Sal Buscema. First appearance of Fafnir and Blackrat. Windsor-Smith cover. Cover price $0.15.

National Diamond Sales Advertisement Insert Variant. Last 15-cent issue. "The Garden of Fear." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Sal Buscema. Adapted from the non-Conan story by Robert E. Howard. Windsor-Smith cover. Cover price $0.15.

National Diamond Sales Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. First comic book appearance of Elric of Melnibone in A Sword Called Stormbringer, plot by Michael Moorcock and James Cawthorn, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Sal Buscema; setting: Koth grasslands; Conan saves Zephra's life, fights against and later with Elric; Conan fights to save Hyborea and Melnibone from Queen Xiombarg. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

National Diamond Sales Advertisement Insert Variant. Elric guest-stars in "The Green Empress of Melnibone." Plot by Michael Moorcock and James Cawthorn, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Sal Buscema. Letter to the editor from artist William Stout. Windsor-Smith cover. Cover price $0.20.

National Diamond Sales Advertisement Insert Variant. "The Frost Giant's Daughter." Script by Roy Thomas, art by Barry Windsor-Smith. 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. New Windsor-Smith cover. Cover price $0.20.

National Diamond Sales Advertisement Insert Variant. "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Ralph Reese. Adapted from the non-Conan (Turlogh O'Brien) story by Robert E. Howard. Fafnir appearance. Letter to the editor from comic writer Marc DeMatteis. The letters page also contains the nominations for the 1971 Shazam awards (the Academy of Comic Book Arts, or the ACBA). Kane cover pencils, Frank Brunner cover inks. Cover price $0.20.

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National Diamond Sales Advertisement Insert Variant. "The Thing in the Temple." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Dan Adkins. Adapted from the non-Conan story "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth" by Robert E. Howard. Fafnir appearance. Letter to the editor from Ted White (editor of Amazing, Fantastic). Kane cover pencils, John Romita Sr. cover inks. Cover price $0.20.

National Diamond Sales Advertisement Insert Variant. "Hawks From the Sea." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks (pages 1-9) by Dan Adkins. (Pages 10-20 were reproduced directly from the pencils.) Fafnir appearance. Windsor-Smith cover. Cover price $0.20.