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Issue Details

Issue #12
Published December 1971
Cover Price 0.20
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details

Genre sword and sorcery
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Ralph Reese
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted In Savage Tales (Marvel 1971) #4; in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #5; Essential Conan (Marvel 2000) #1

16 page Conan the Barbarian story "The Dweller in the Dark"

Synopsis Setting: Corinthinan city of Zahmahn; Conan becomes Fatima's lover. Fatima throws Conan & Yaila to monster in dungeon. Conan escapes, throws Fatima to monster and makes Yaila the new Queen.
Genre sword and sorcery
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks Barry Windsor-Smith
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes Barry Smith confirmed as inker in letters page of issue 16
Reprinted In Savage Tales (Marvel 1971) #4; in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #5; Essential Conan (Marvel 2000) #1

7 page Conan the Barbarian story "The Blood of the Dragon"

Characters Roy Thomas; Gil Kane; Kalligor; Valannus; Hydragon
Synopsis This story is set in Conan's Hyborian in the kingdom of Aqilonia. Kalligor desires to marry the Baron's daughter and so he rides to kill the Hydragon and win her hand.
Genre Sword and Sorcery
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Gil Kane (as Diverse Hands) (Page 1); Tom Palmer (as Diverse Hands) (Page 2,3,6,7); Bernie Wrightson (as Diverse Hands) (Page 4,5)
Letters Artie Simek
Notes Information on who inked what pages from Kevin Nowlan (5/2007).
Reprinted in Giant-Size Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #5 (1975); in Essential Conan (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (July 2000) [in black and white]