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Issue: Conan the Barbarian #79
Publication Date: October 1977
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Issues: #79 of 275 Issues (613 Printings)
Title:
Is Variant Variant: 35¢ 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: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860249810
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
3 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Roy Thomas (Editor); Archie Goodwin (Consulting Editor)
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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
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The Eye of the Serpent-God Set!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): John Buscema [as JB] (signed)
Inker(s): Ernie Chan [as EC] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Irv Watanabe
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Conan the Barbarian
Character(s): Conan; Bardylis
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Lost Valley of Iskander!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): Howard Chaykin; Ernie Chan (see notes)
Inker(s): Ernie Chan
Colorist(s): Don Warfield
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Conan the Barbarian
Character(s): Conan; Belit; Neftha; Ak-Ner; Mer-Ath (flashback); Hun-Ya-Di (flashback); Bardylis; Iskander [Alexander the Great] (flashback); Ptolemy
Synopsis: Setting: Hilly country and city of Attalus (founded by Alexander the Great). Conan rescues Bardylis.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story by Robert E. Howard. As explained in the letters section, Ernie Chan both penciled and inked page 1 and 4, as the story was originally prepared as a 40 page tale for Savage Sword of Conan.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): John Romita (illustration)
Inker(s): Ernie Chan (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Hyborian Page
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letter from Dave Eastwood. Roy Thomas explains that due to John Buscema being deluged with assignments he took a story originally prepared for Savage Sword of Conan and, with some changes, used it as a three-part story in the color comic.

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