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Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 1 FN+ 6.5

Cover pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by John Verpoorten. First comic book appearance and origin of Conan. The Coming of Conan!, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Dan Adkins; Conan battles at Vanaheim and sees his future; Tara returns to her dimension 1st comic book appearance of Kull (cameo). The letters page contains a map of Conan's world of the Hyborian Age drawn by Windsor-Smith (based on Robert E. Howard's own version) and a short essay on The World of Conan. 36 pgs. Cover price: $0.15. Cover price $0.15.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 2 CGC 7.0

Paper: White

Label #4457582006

Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. Lair of the Beast-Men!, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Barry Windsor-Smith, inks by Sal Buscema; Conan leads humans in a revolution against their ape-masters; Conan kills a snow-lion; Conan's 1st time in chains. Letters to the editor from writers Harlan Ellison, Dick Lupoff, August Derleth, and Ted White; comics historians Don and Maggie Thompson; and Glenn Lord. 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) 15 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #3953160012

Cover art by Barry Windsor-Smith. 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; Conan and Elric have an un-easy truce while they ride to the sunken city known as Yagala; Once there they have to face Xiombarg, Prince Gaynor the Damned, Kulan-Gath and Terhali; When their combined power is not enough to defeat them Arkyn must join the fight to help them. Letter to the editor from artist William Stout. Cover price $0.20.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 16 CGC 8.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #3953160014

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 pgs. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 17 CGC 9.2

Paper: Off white to white

Label #3953160016

Cover art by Gil Kane and Frank Brunner. The Gods of Bal-Sagoth, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Ralph Reese; setting: Ship in the Vilayet Sea, Island city of Bal-Sagoth; Conan saves Kyrie and restores her as queen of Bal-Sagoth.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. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 24 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #3929324004

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. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 95 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4386898013

Cover art by John Buscema. Brief Belit appearance in The Return of Amra!, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Ernie Chan; setting: Black Coast jungle & cliffs; Conan finds G'Chambi in a cave, battles a small dinosaur, and learns a secret hieroglyph from G'Hambi before he dies. Michael Golden art on a one-page Micronauts ad. Letter to the editor from comics editor/columnist Cat Yronwode. Iron Man stars in a one-page Hostess ad, An Irresistible Force! 36 pgs. Cover price $0.35. Cover price $0.35.

Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) 275N VG+ 4.5

Water spotting. Sticker.

Newsstand Edition. This final issue is a 68-page Conan spectacular! After being cast out by Isparana and the Free Companions, Conan may find a new career as head of the Hyrkanian outlaws...if he survives. This is Conan as he was meant to be, taking everything that comes his way and hitting back with blood in his eye! Characters: Conan; GS: Isparana, Turgohl; V: Milo, Zorka, Drago, Yezdigerd; I: Tania. "Cry Kozak!" is written by Roy Thomas, with art by Mike Docherty, Ricardo Villagran, Alfredo Alcala and Ernie Chan. Cover by Colin MacNeil. Cover price $2.50.

Conan the Barbarian (2019 Marvel) 1CE.A CGC 9.8 Parillo Elite Scott's Variant

Paper: White

Parrillo Variant Cover

Label #4486730011

Comics Elite/Scott's Collectibles exclusive variant by Lucio Parillo. The Life and Death of Conan: Part 1 - Written by Jason Aaron. Art by Mahmud A. Asrar. BY CROM, THE GREATEST SWORD-AND-SORCERY HERO RETURNS TO MARVEL! From an age undreamed…hither came Conan the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet… Robert E. Howard's creation returns to comics, in an epic tale as only MARVEL could bring you! Conan's travels have brought him to the far reaches of the unkown, from his birthplace in Cimmeria to the kingdom of Aquilonia and all in between. As his fighting prowess allows him to carve his way through life, so too does it attract the forces of death! The all-new ages-spanning saga begins here, by writer Jason Aaron (THE MIGHTY THOR, STAR WARS) and artist Mahmud Asrar (UNCANNY X-MEN, ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT AVENGERS), as Conan's destiny is forever changed! 56 pages, full color. Parental Advisory Cover price $4.99.

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.

Kull Savage Sword The Original Marvel Years Omnibus HC (2021 Marvel) 1A-1ST NM 9.4

Mark Brooks Cover

1st printing. Collects stories from Kull and the Barbarians (1975) #1-3; Savage Tales (1971-1975 Magazine) #2; Savage Sword of Conan (1974-1995) #1-3, 7, 9, 14-16, 19, 23, 34, 39, 42-43, 52, 55, 61, 119-122, 124-141, 143-145, 147-152, 158-159, 161, 165, 169-170, 172-173, 177, 182-183, 186, 190-194, 196-199, 202, 213, 215, 229-233; Savage Sword of Conan Annual (1975) #1; Marvel Preview (1975-1981 Magazine) #19; Bizarre Adventures (1981-1983 Magazine) #26; Conan Saga (1987-1995) #13, 25, 47, 57 and 97.

Based on the Stories and Creations of Robert E. Howard. Cover by Mark Brooks. Introductions by Roy Thomas, Doug Moench, and Chuck Dixon.

Thousands of years before the dawn of Conan, barbarian tribes rose across the Thurian continent, threatening the civilizations whose crumbling city walls still stood against them. In this ruthless age, there rose a man-an exile, no less-who would come to rule mighty Atlantis in the years before it crashed beneath the waves. This man was Kull and a host of Marvel's greatest talents would chronicle his saga-his exile and savage youth; his exploits on the high seas; his rise through the gladiatorial pits and military ranks; his reign as king; and his epic battles with the skull-faced sorcerer Thulsa Doom.

Experience Kull's complete black-and-white magazine tales in this Omnibus volume, all painstakingly restored from the highest fidelity materials in Marvel's archives.

Hardcover, 8 1/2-ion. x 11-in., 952 pages, full color. Parental Advisory

Credits:

Written by Roy Thomas, Doug Moench, Chuck Dixon, John Arcudi, Glenn Lord, Steve Englehart, Lin Carter, Fred Blosser, Gerry Conway, Jim Neal, William Johnson, Dave Simons, Alan Rowlands, and Robert E. Howard.

Art by Bernie Wrightson, John Bolton, Val Semeiks, E.R. Cruz, John Severin, Neal Adams, Jess Jodloman, Vincente Alcazar, Walter Simonson, Sonny Trinidad, Mike Ploog, David Wenzel, Alfredo Alcala, Geof Isherwood, Fraja Bator, Vincent Waller, Dale Eaglesham, William Johnson, Mark Pacella, Don Perlin, Ernie Chan, Tony Salmons, Dave Simons, Ovi Hondru, Fred Carrillo, Tony DeZuniga, Marie Severin, Howard Chaykin, Ross Andru, Rick Hoberg, Sal Buscema, Vince Giarrano, Jim Valentino, Steve Carr, Armando Carillo, Eliot R. Brown, Donald Hudson, Wallace Wood, Bill Wray, Art Nichols, Graja Bator, Walter Brogan, Mark Schultz, Pat Redding, Vince Colletta, Armando Gil, Ian Akin, Brian Garvey, Al Williamson, Gerry Talaoc, The Crusty Bunkers, and Barry Windsor-Smith.

Cover price $125.00.

Kull the Conqueror The Original Marvel Years Omnibus HC (2021 Marvel) 1B-1ST NM 9.4

John Bolton Cover

1st printing. Collects Marvel Team-Up (1972-1985 1st Series) #111-112, Kull the Conqueror (1982 2nd Series) #1-2, Kull the Conqueror (1983-1985 3rd Series) #1-10 and Kull: The Vale of Shadow GN (1989 Marvel).

Cover by John Bolton.

The last of three volumes collecting the complete original Marvel Kull comics kicks off with an early '80s Spider-Man/King Kull team-up against the threat of Ju-Lak and the Serpent Cult! Then, a new solo Kull series begins with a run of double-sized color comics by some of the best artists of the decade.

KULL THE CONQUEROR boasted a bruising dose of art from Big John Buscema - but it also featured takes on the warrior-monarch of Valusia from luminaries John Bolton, Charles Vess, Butch Guice and Bill Sienkiewicz. And the '80s era of Kull concludes with the stunning graphic novel KULL: THE VALE OF SHADOW by Alan Zelenetz and Tony DeZuniga.

Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 632 pages, full color. Mature Readers

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Written by J.M. DeMatteis, Alan Zelenetz, Doug Moench, Bruce Jones, Fred Blosser, and April Campbell.

Art by Herb Trimpe, John Buscema, Jack Morelli, Bob Budiansky, John Bolton, Jackson "Butch" Guice, Sal Buscema, Bill Sienkiewicz, Ernie Chan, Michael Higgins, Dave Simons, Joe Rubinstein, John Beatty, Ian Akin, Charles Vess, Tony de Zuniga, Mike Esposito, Danny Bulanadi, Bob Wiacek, Dan Green, Joe Chiodo, Klaus Janson, Marie Severin, Brian Garvey, and Mel Candido.

Cover price $125.00.

Kull the Destroyer The Original Marvel Years Omnibus HC (2021 Marvel) 1B-1ST NM 9.4

Mike Ploog Cover

1st printing. Collects Kull the Conqueror (1971 1st Series) #1-29, Creatures on the Loose (1971-1975) #10 and Monsters on the Prowl (1971-1975) #16, and material from Kull and the Barbarians (1975) #1-3, The Savage Sword of Conan (1974-1995 Magazine) #9, Conan the Barbarian (1970-1993 Marvel) #10 and Conan the Barbarian (1970-1993 Marvel) Annual #3.

Based on the Characters and Stories Created by Robert E. Howard. Cover by Paulo Siqueira.

Conan wasn't the only Robert E. Howard sword and sorcery icon to be adapted into Marvel Comics! Following Conan's breakout success, Roy Thomas set his sights on Howard's legendary barbarian king of Valusia: Kull!

Marie Severin and John Severin contributed what many consider the creative highlight of their careers, in tales that showed how uneasy hung the crown on the head of Kull - especially when confronting wicked sorcerer Thulsa Doom! The art of Mike Ploog also features heavily, along with contributions from some of the era's top talents...including Kull's first appearance, drawn by comics legend Bernie Wrightson!

Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 808 pages, full color. Rated T+

Credits:

Written by Roy Thomas, John Jakes, Gerry Conway, Len Wein, Steve Englehart, Doug Moench, Fred Blosser, and Don Glut.

Art by Marie Severin, Ed Hannigan, Mike Ploog, Ernie Chan, Ross Andru, Howard Chaykin, Wally Wood, John Severin, Frank Chiaramonte, Sal Buscema, John Romita Sr., Al Milgrom, Jack Abel, Yong Montano, Alfredo Alcala, Rick Hoberg, Dino Castrillo, Rudy Nebres, Ricardo Villamonte, Neal Adams, Roy Krenkel, Jess Jodloman, Vincente Alcazar, Sonny Trinidad, and Berni Wrightson.

Cover price $125.00.