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Issue: Giant-Size Conan #1
Publication Date: September 1974
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Issues: #1 of 5 Issues
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: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (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: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Hour of The Dragon

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane; John Romita (see notes)
Inker(s): Ernie Chan; John Romita (see notes)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Danny Crespi
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Conan
Character(s): Conan
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #2 published January 2012
as Giant-Size Conan #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Dragon added by John Romita.
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The Hour of the Dragon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Tom Sutton
Colorist(s): Glynis Wein
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino [as L. P. Gregory]
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Conan
Character(s): Conan; Xaltotun (introduction); Tarascus (introduction); Amalric (introduction); Orastes (introduction); Valerius (introduction)
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagConan Rei #1 published January 1990
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #22 [Direct] published February 1989
as Hour of the Dragon [Story on Interior Page(s)]in black and white
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 26
Disclose Notes: Adapted from Robert E. Howard's novel _Hour of the Dragon_ (also known as _Conan the Conquerer_), Part 1
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Marvel Bullpen Bulletins: Mighty Marvel Becomes Electrified, Hyborianized, and Ape-ified! [September 1974]; Stan Lee's Soapbox

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy); Stan Lee
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel bullpen Bulletins; Stan Lee's Soapbox
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Stan Lee talks about Spidey appearing on The Electric Company television show. Promo for The Planet of the Apes adaptation.
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Acheron: A Revisionary Theory

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Yaple; Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): John Buscema (illustration)
Inker(s): John Buscema (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Conan
Character(s): Conan
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.75
Disclose Notes: Originally published in The Howard Collector, 1971. Intro by Roy Thomas.
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The High Point of the Empire of Acheron - Circa 13,000 B.C. -

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Roy Thomas ? (illustration)
Inker(s): Roy Thomas ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Conan
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Map of Acheron (circa 13,000 B.C.)
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Conan the Unconquered

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): John Buscema (illustrations)
Inker(s): John Buscema (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Conan
Character(s): Conan
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.67
Disclose Notes: Roy Thomas discusses the genesis of Giant-Size Conan and how he and Gil Kane adapted the story to comics.
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The Twilight of the Grim Grey God!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]
Inker(s): Sal Buscema
Colorist(s): Barry Windsor-Smith
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original Editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Conan
Character(s): Conan; God Borri Borri; Malachi (death)
Synopsis: Setting: Hyperborean/Brythunian battlefield. Conan converses with God Borri Borri, participates in a great and bloody battle, and kills Malachi.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagConan the Barbarian #3 published February 1971
was The Twilight of the Grim Grey God! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
Disclose Notes: coloring credits from text page

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