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Issue: Conan Annual #4
Publication Date: October 1978
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 07/18/1978
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 0714860292365
Price: $0.60 CAD
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 23 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Publication month based on inclusion of the Bullpen Bulletins page and the advertisements on the inside front cover, inside back cover and back cover matching multiple titles release with October cover date. On-sale date is based on the on-sale date for Conan the Barbarian #91 (Marvel, 1970 Series), October 1978, from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #158, July 1978.
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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
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The Mark of the Manotor!

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Subject Matter
fantasy
Conan; Zenobia; Minotaur [Phaidon]
Sword and sorcery action from cover to cover - - starring the world's most savage hero!
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FlagConan #7 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The name Manotor is misspelled on the cover, as the interior story has the name spelled Manotaur.
Still More Bad News

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This Summer the Bad News Bears will be back in their all new film comedy
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Interior front cover.
The Return of the Conqueror!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
Conan; Zenobia; Pallantides; Manotaur [Phaidon] (villain, introduction, death); Karthanix (villain, introduction, death); Tarascus (villain, death)
Belverus: Capital of Nemedia, the only Western nation of this Hyborian Age which vies with Aquilonia itself in might and splendor.
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FlagConan le Barbare #6 published February 1985
as Piège en Némédie, 1ère partie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagConan le Barbare #7 published March 1985
as Le siège et le massacre, Piège en Némédie, 2ème partie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagConan Saga #67 [Newsstand] published October 1992
as The Return of the Conqueror! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagConan #7 published ?
as Die Rückkehr des Eroberers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Continued from SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN (Marvel, 1974 series) #10
The Adventures of Grit Boy

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Uh - - you guys go on without me.
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Includes coupon for Grit Publishing Co.
Beef Up Your T-Shirts

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Subject Matter
Just send $2 and either a top of three Slim Jim Handi-Paks...
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Everybody Loves Icee...

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and all the great gifts free with Icee bear points!
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[untitled]

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Iron Man; The Invaders [Sub-Mariner; Human Torch; Blonde Phantom; Union Jack; Captain America]
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Big Double Play!

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Great Hostess Cakes / Free Baseball Cards
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ITT Continental Baking Company offers 150 big league baseball cards printed on the bottom of specially marked boxes of Twinkies Cakes, Suzy O's, Hostess Cup Cakes and other Hostess cakes.
Part II: The Mark of the Manotaur!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
Conan; Zenobia; Pallantides; Manotaur [Phaidon] (villain, introduction, death); Karthanix (villain, introduction, death); Tarascus (villain, death)
Night drifts, like a spider's floating web, over both Belverus...and the camp of the Black Dragons, on the hill beyond.
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Here's 5 New Mighty Marvel Specials!

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Quick! Acquire this quintet and fill your quality quota
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Subscription advertisement.
Free 1978 Catalog - 1600 Novelties

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Full page of various novelty-sized advertisements with ordering coupon.
Cox Superheroes Sweepstakes

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Cox Super-Heroes Sweepstakes
Captain America; Spider-Man; Hulk; Thor
Win one of 160 super prizes.
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Advertisement for Cox Off-Road Radio Control Dune Buggy, Corsair and Star Cruiser UFO. Includes mail order coupon.
Here's A New Daisy 840

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This new 840 single stroke pump is one terrific Daisy.
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Non-Novelty Advertisements

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Full page of various sized non-novelty advertisements.
Join S.L.C. For Super Prizes Or Cash

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Free catalog shows prizes for everyone
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Part III: Siege and Slaughter!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
Conan; Zenobia; Pallantides; Manotaur [Phaidon] (villain, introduction, death); Karthanix (villain, introduction, death); Tarascus (villain, death)
I'm coming for you, Tarascus!
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LG 119
Novelty Advertisements

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Various novelty advertisements, all of similar size, with ordering coupon.
Be A Skilled Locksmith

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
What if I'm laid off?
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Strong Arms

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Make all the difference!
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Holy Taste Buds!

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Get the famous Clark bar superheromobiles!
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Advertisement for a Batmobile or Spider-Man car with 12 wrappers of Clark bars and $12.95.
Now In Full Color! The Hulk!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Hulk [Bruce Banner]
Because you demanded it, ol' green skin returns to the present to find happiness one way or another!
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Earn Famous Name Prizes or Cash

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Sell cards & gifts from free book of sample cards!
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Interior back cover.
Gliders

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Super Pilots only fly Testor Gliders!
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Back cover.

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