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Issue: Conan the Barbarian #40
Publication Date: July 1974
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Issues: #40 of 275 Issues (613 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roy Thomas
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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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The Fiend from the Forgotten City!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Rich Buckler
Inker(s): Ernie Chan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Danny Crespi
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Conan the Barbarian
Character(s): Conan
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagConan le Barbare #25 published ?
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Fiend from the Forgotten City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas; Michael Resnick (plot)
Penciller(s): Rich Buckler
Inker(s): Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]
Colorist(s): Linda Lessmann
Letterer(s): Jean Izzo
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Conan the Barbarian
Character(s): Conan; Libro; Oggar; Tassgorian; Hamarr; Alonia [Ishtar]
Synopsis: Setting: Desert and lost city of Ababenzzar. Conan fights a giant devil and saves Alonia (a.k.a goddess Ishtar).
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMagnum #12/1992 published November 1992
as Ruinbyen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #77 published August 1993
as The Fiend from the Forgotten City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Chronicles of Conan #6 published November 2004
as The Fiend from the Forgotten City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Adapted from a plot by Michael Resnick. Resnick credit was later elaborated by Roy Thomas (2018, 233–37). As noted in the letters section of Conan # 44, story was originally intended for Giant-Size Conan # 1 when it was scheduled as a 35 cent title.
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Reference:

Thomas, Roy. 2018. Barbarian Life: A Literary Biography of Conan the Barbarian, Volume One. N.p.: Pulp Hero Press.
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The Changeling!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): Linda Lessmann ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Editor(s): Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #86 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1962
was The Changeling! [Story on Interior Page(s)]p1, p2: panels 1–4, p3, p4: panels 3, 4–6, p5, reformatted; reformatted, mistakenly attributed to Journey Into Mystery #95
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: V-915
Disclose Notes: One page edited from story.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas ?
Penciller(s): John Buscema; Herb Trimpe (illustrations)
Inker(s): Ernie Chan; Jack Abel (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Hyborian Page
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes Marvel Value Stamp # 31 (Modok).

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