XOW Logo
  • Location
    • Home
    • Issue Detail, List Content Items
in for
   
by
Facebook Logo
Report a Bug Ask for Support Review Site Apply to be an Editor
Issue: Conan the Barbarian #47
Publication Date: February 1975
Previous Base Issue Previous Issue Variant Next Issue Variant Next Base Issue
 
Disclose Detail
Issues: #47 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: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 11/19/1974
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 CAD
$0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 21 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Book includes cardboard tear-out subscription order form and essay on Conan's parents by Fred Blosser. On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #112, November 1974.
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose 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
Format Notes:  
Disclose Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In5
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets0
 
spacer
Disclose Content Items (21 total)
Disclose Issue Images
The Goblins Strike at Midnight!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Conan; hobgoblins
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagConan le Barbare #32 published ?
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
Kung Fu & Karate

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: You'll be a master of self defense once you've completed our revolutionary new audiovisual home study course...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Interior front cover.
Disclose
Goblins in the Moonlight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan; hobgoblins
First Line: Dead! The man's as mute and white as the snows of Aesgaard...
Synopsis: Setting: Western border wastelands. Conan saves Zoqqanor by fighting hobgoblins.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagConan le Barbare #2 published July 1979
as Le magicien est vivant! [Story on Interior Page(s)]original title: Goblins in the Moonlight, February 1975
In Content Item: FlagConan #9/1993 published August 1993
as Rottene danser på Ravnenes fjell [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #81 [Direct Edition] published December 1993
as Goblins in the Moonlight! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Chronicles of Conan #7 published March 2005
as Goblins in the Moonlight! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Part 2 of 6. Adapted from the Belmont novel "Kothar and the Conjurer's Curse" by Gardner F. Fox.

Costanza lettering on pages 1,3-4 and 6-9. Rosen lettering on pages 2 and 5.

INDEXER NOTE: Joe Rosen is not credited in this issue. (July 9, 2024)
Disclose
Get It All Together

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: When you get out of the service.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
Stan Lee Presents with Pardonable Pride

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Pick up this pair of blockbusters at your local bookstore, or send directly to...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full page advertisement for The Origins of Marvel Comics (cloth bound and paper bound) and The Mighty Marvel Calendar for 1975 (spiral bound). The mail order coupon is addressed to Simon & Shuster in New York.
Disclose
Make Money Sell Grit

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Over 30,000 salesmen make money each week and win neat prizes regularly without risking a penny.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Mail coupon to Grit Publishing Co.
Disclose
I'll Make You a Master of Karate

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (page color, text color)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Karate is the secret, Oriental art of self-defense...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose
These 3 Big Drafting Kits Given To You!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: When you train at home with us for a high pay job in drafting
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose
Shop Right Here For Amazing Bargains

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Live better...live more...have more fun!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose
Shop by Mail

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Four pages full of non-novelty advertisements scattered throughout the comic book.
Disclose
Conan's Parents - A Speculative Essay by Fred Blosser

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (page color, text color)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: An Editorial Aside: At the last possible moment, a number of the later pages of this issue's Conan tale seem to have gone astray somewhere in the morass we call the U.S. Mail...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reprint of an essay from Howard Collector. Preceded by an "editorial aside" from Roy Thomas explaining the truncation of this issue's main story.
Disclose
The Dawning

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Conan
First Line: An artistic conception of Conan as he might have appeared in his early teens...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Conan pinup.
Disclose
The Hyborian Page

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose
3 Dimensional Marvel Superheroes Action Scenes

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promotional advertisement for Marvel Superhero toys.
Disclose
Never finished high school?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (page color, text color)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Now you can get a diploma without going back.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
Sanctuary!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Hamand; Abarac
First Line: When the warrior-king Hamand conquered the ancient land of Cybernia...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTower of Shadows #8 published November 1970
was Sanctuary! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Due to Conan pages lost in the mail this story was reprinted as a filler.
Disclose
Paeans and Self-Plaudits From the Pundits of Pandemonium!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (page color)
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.66
Disclose
Mighty Marvel Strikes Again!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Thor
First Line: First, the Spectacular Spider-Man––next the Fabulous Fantastic Four––now, the power-packed Prince of Asgard...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.3
Disclose Notes: Promotional advertisement tucked into the Bullpen Bulletins in-house section.
Disclose
Now! All Full Scale Battle Games Processed in 48 Hours

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Horizontal game advertisement in a vertical page format.
Disclose
I'll Guide You Step by Step

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Ferrel (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Into your own thriving business
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Interior back cover.
Disclose
Ideal Presents the Continuing Adventures of Evel Knievel

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2025. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.