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Issue: Conan the Barbarian #79

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Publication Date: October 1977

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Issues: #79 of 275 Issues (640 Printings)

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Variant: Whitman

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: $0.30 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
4 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

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Notes: A distribution variant, sold in Whitman branded plastic bags and distributed by Western Publishing Company, Inc.

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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 #79 [30¢ Cover Price]

Conan the Barbarian #79 [35¢ Cover Price]

Conan the Barbarian #79 [UK Cover Price]

Conan the Barbarian #79 [Whitman]

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Content Items (4 total)

The Eye of the Serpent-God Set!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

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Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Conan; Bardylis

First Line: Back! Dogs of Stygia! I guard the mystic eye with my blade-- and my life!

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Pages: 1

The Lost Valley of Iskander!

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Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Conan; Belit; Neftha; Ak-Ner; Mer-Ath (flashback); Hun-Ya-Di (flashback); Bardylis; Iskander [Alexander the Great] (flashback); Ptolemy

Synopsis: Setting: Hilly country and city of Attalus (founded by Alexander the Great). Conan rescues Bardylis.

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Pages: 17

Notes: Adapted from the short story by Robert E. Howard. As explained in the letters section, Ernie Chan both penciled and inked page 1 and 4, as the story was originally prepared as a 40 page tale for Savage Sword of Conan.

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Notes: Letter from Dave Eastwood. Roy Thomas explains that due to John Buscema being deluged with assignments he took a story originally prepared for Savage Sword of Conan and, with some changes, used it as a three-part story in the color comic.

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