Conan the Barbarian (1970 Marvel) Mark Jewelers comic books 1973

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. 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 Also in this issue: previously unpublished Windsor-Smith pin-up. 36 pgs.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.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. 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. 32 pgs. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. 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.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover pencils by Ralph Reese (layout) and Gil Kane (finished art), inks by Ralph Reese. The Mirrors of Kharam-Akkad, script by Roy Thomas, co-plot by Barry Windsor-Smith, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Sal Buscema and John Severin (pages 4-5); setting: City of Makkalet; Two page Kull flashback; Akkad; Prince Yezdigerd prepares to storm Makkalet; guest appearances by Kull and Brule the Spear-Slayer; the Kull appearance is based on a Kull story, The Mirrors of Tuzun Thone," by Robert E. Howard. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover pencils by John Romita (layout) and John Buscema, inks by Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]. The Hour of the Griffin, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]; setting: City of Makkalet; The Living Tarim dies, Prince Yezdigerd storms Makkalet, Conan & Chumballa Bey save Queen Melissandra, King Eannatum dies. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]. The Blood of Bel-Hissar, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]; setting: Castle Bel-El-Shaithan; First appearance Turgohl (the mute) and Suwaan of Khitai; Conan drinks drugged wine; adapted from the non-Conan story "The Blood of Belshazzar" by Robert E. Howard. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "Moon of Zembabwei." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Ernie Chan (as "Ernie Chua"). Adapted from the non-Conan story, "Moon of Zambebwei" (or "Moon of Zembabwei"; sources vary) by Robert E. Howard. Gil Kane cover pencils, Chan cover inks. Cover price $0.20.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "Two Against Turan." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Ernie Chan (as "Ernie Chua"). Adapted from the non-Conan story, "Two Against Tyre," by Robert E. Howard. Gil Kane cover pencils, Chan cover inks. Cover price $0.20.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "The Hand of Nergal." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Ernie Chan (as "Ernie Chua"). Adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter. Gil Kane cover pencils, Chan cover inks. Cover price $0.20.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "The Shadow in the Tomb." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Ernie Chan (as "Ernie Chua"). Gil Kane and John Romita Sr. cover pencils, Romita cover inks. Cover price $0.20.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "Flame Winds of Lost Khitai." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Ernie Chan (as "Ernie Chua"). Adapted in part from the Prester John novel "Flame Winds" by Norvell W. Page. The letters page notes that Conan the Barbarian won the 1972 Academy of Comic Books Arts for Best Comic Magazine. For other winners, see the listing in Tomb of Dracula 14. Gil Kane cover pencils, Chan cover inks. Cover price $0.20.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "Death and 7 Wizards." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Ernie Chan (as "Ernie Chua"). Adapted in part from the Prester John novel "Flame Winds" by Norvell W. Page. Letter to the editor from comic writer Ralph Macchio. Herb Trimpe cover (with John Romita Sr.). Cover price $0.20.