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Issue: Conan the Barbarian #57

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Publication Date: December 1975

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Issues: #57 of 275 Issues (613 Printings)

Title:

Variant: UK Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: £0.09 GBP

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
3 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Roy Thomas

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #11, 100, 115)

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Conan the Barbarian #57 [U.S. Cover Price]

Conan the Barbarian #57 [UK Cover Price]

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (3 total)

A Barbarian Chained!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Gil Kane

Inker(s): Vince Colletta

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Danny Crespi ?

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Conan the Barbarian

Character(s): Conan

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Pages: 1

Incident in Argos! (Part 1)

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Roy Thomas

Penciller(s): Mike Ploog

Inker(s): Mike Ploog

Colorist(s): Phil Rachelson

Letterer(s): Joe Rosen

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Feature(s): Conan the Barbarian

Character(s): Conan; Tara; Yusef; Royal Guard; a nameless captain (dies); Publio; Cenzo; Murivo; Tonio; Momratha; Ephemero Portus (dies); Sergeant Vorio

Synopsis: Conan and his friends arrive in Messantia and immediately come into conflict with some cocky members of the Royal guard. Two guards ambush Conan and try to sell him as a slave. Conan breaks loose and hides in the house of fortune teller Momratha, who shows him visions of his future. Meanwhile, Yusuf has killed a captain who harassed Tara, and now they are both on the run. Conan is apprehended but refuses to betray his friends. Fleeing from the courthouse, Conan kills the corrupt judge Ephemero Portus. On horseback, Conan leaves the city and leaves his friends behind.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 18

Notes: The fortune teller Momratha shows Conan visions that later will come true: Conan as a captain, nailed to a cross and finally as a king.

Adapted from a portion of the Robert E Howard story "Queen of the Black Coast"

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Roy Thomas

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): The Hyborian Page

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letter from Ralph Macchio. Also says Tara is named after Roy Thomas's younger sister.