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Issue: Conan the Barbarian #22
Publication Date: January 1973
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Issues: #22 of 275 Issues (640 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/17/1972
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Etcetera & The Comic Reader #89 September 1972.
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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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagConan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Epic Collection #2 published January 2021
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The Shadow of the Vulture!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan; Vulture
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagConan le Barbare #8 published ?
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #75 [unnamed variant] published June 1993
as A Gallery of Conan the Barbarian Cover Art [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Conan #1 published July 2000
as Conan the Barbarian #22 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives #2 published May 2010
as Conan the Barbarian #22 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: coloring credits acknowledged by Barry Windsor-Smith in Spectrum Super Special #3 [2005]
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Muscles in Only 35 Days!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Mr. Universe in 35 Days; The Bodybuilding Center
First Line: Hey! I need 250 skinny guys!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Interior front cover.
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The Coming of Conan!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan
First Line: Apologia: due to circumstances beyond our (or even Croms) control, we are unable to bring you the Conan story originally scheduled for this issue and proclaimed on our cover!
Synopsis: Setting: Vanaheim, Conan battles at Vanaheim and sees his future. Tara returns to her dimension
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From Content Item: FlagConan the Barbarian #1 published October 1970
was The Coming of Conan! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
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Surprise Coin Packet

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Collect coins...the hobby road to riches
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Pages: 0.5
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Shop By Mail

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 3.5
Disclose Notes: Non-novelty advertisement pages throughout the comic book.
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Irrelevant Info and Inane Items, Illustrated and Inscribed by an Infinite Number of Monkeys!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes a slim horizontal house ad for Supernatural Thrillers #2 featuring The Invisible Man.
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Never Finished High School?

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Now you can get a diploma without going back
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Pages: 1
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Special Hyborian Page Pin-Up!

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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The Hyborian Page explains the deadline error of the entire issue and to ease the disappointment to readers, this issue provides "a full-page phantasmagoria pin-up" by Barry Windsor-Smith created two to three years prior, and as a warm up to the upcoming launch of the Conan series.
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The Adventures of Corgi® Boy

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: It all started when I was driving my Corgi Surtees TS9 Formula 1 racer along the African coast...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Horizontal advertisement in a vertical format.
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The Terrific Ten

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Genres: anthropomorphic, childrens
Character(s): Adam; Evy; Pink Panther; Underdog; The Jetsons; The Houndcats; The Roman Holidays; The Barkleys; Sealab 2020; Runaround; Around the World in Eighty Days; Talking With A Giant
First Line: Saturday morning, and Adam and Eve are talking over what to do...
Synopsis: Ad for the Saturday morning cartoons from NBC.
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

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First Line: Special Announcement: Well, it finally happened!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The letters page is reserved this month to provide a lengthy explanation as to why this issue was a reprint of issue #1.
Includes a house ad for Monster Madness #1 and Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
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Hey Fellow! Which Would You Rather Have...Neat Prizes...or Extra Spending Money?

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Here's an amazingly easy plan that gives you both
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Mail order coupon to Grit Publishing Co. in Williamsport, PA.
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Train At Home to be a Veterinary Assistant

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First Line: Men! Women! Help those who can't help themselves!
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Pages: 0.5
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Eat the Foods You Love – And Still Lose Weight!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Slim-Pak Plan
First Line: Now for the first time...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the weight loss program Slim-Pak! Mail order coupon to Northwestern in Los Angeles, CA.
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These 3 Big Drafting Kits Given To You

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Coast-to-coast shortage of trained draftsmen opens thousands big salary jobs for beginners!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Interior back cover.
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Chopcycles

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Rip-snortin' 3-wheeled sizzlers-powered racing machines.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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