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Issue: Conan Annual #8
Publication Date: January 1984
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Issues: #8 of 12 Issues (22 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 1984
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.25 CAD
£0.50 GBP
$1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief); Larry Hama; Christopher Priest [as Jim Owsley] (assistant editor)
Disclose Notes: Cover date is 1983 but indicia date is 1984.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound (#2); saddle-stitched (#7-12)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Val Mayerik (signed)
Inker(s): Val Mayerik (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Conan
Character(s): Conan
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Dark Night of the White Queen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Christopher Priest [as Jim Owsley]
Penciller(s): Val Mayerik
Inker(s): Val Mayerik
Colorist(s): Steven Mellor
Letterer(s): Rick Parker
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Conan
Character(s): Conan; Kull; Red Slayers; First Councillor Tu; shepherd; shepherd's son (dead, mentioned); Five Virgins (dead); King of Tarsus (dead, mentioned); Tarsus Rebels (die); White Queen [Narcia]; Princess Castrica (dies); Alexus; Asaad; Cult of the Nameless Snake God (die); Set [Nameless Snake God](mentioned); "Jellyfish" (dies); Bat-Demons (die)
Synopsis: Kull and his Red Slayers try to stop worshipers of the nameless serpent god from sacrificing a young woman who has just given birth to the avatars of their god, a twin son and daughter. Knowing the children are a grave danger to the world, Kull commands Tu to slay the babes but his trusted advisor finds he doesn't have the heart for it and gives the siblings to a passing shepherd. Ten thousand years later, Conan deals with the consequences of this action.
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Pages: 38
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If You Are a Casual Reader...

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Hama
Penciller(s): Val Mayerik
Inker(s): Val Mayerik
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): The Hyborian Page
Character(s): Conan
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Larry Hama talks about the story in this issue on one half of the page and the other half is the image of Conan from the cover. Replaces letters page.
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The Prince Is Dead

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Kaluta
Inker(s): Mike Kaluta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Conan
Character(s): Conan
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo ad for King Conan #20.

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