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Issue: Conan the Barbarian #16
Publication Date: July 1972
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Issues: #16 of 275 Issues (613 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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Disclose Reprinted In14
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Original Artwork
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Cover, Front
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Night of the Frost-Giants!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Conan
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagConan le Barbare #2 published ?
In Issue: FlagConan, O Selvagem #2 published ?
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #6 [Direct Edition] published October 1987
as cover for Conan the Barbarian #16 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Conan #1 published July 2000
as Conan the Barbarian #16 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Chronicles of Conan #2 published December 2003
as Rouges in the House and Other Stories [Illustration on Cover, Front]a detail from "The Frost Giant's Daughter" p3
In Content Item: FlagThe Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives #2 published May 2010
as Conan the Barbarian #16 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Coloring credits acknowledged by Barry Windsor-Smith in Spectrum Super Special #3 [2005]
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The Frost Giant's Daughter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan; Hymdul; Horsa; Niord; Gorm; Atali; Frost Giants
Synopsis: Setting: Snowy battlefield. Conan chases Atali across the snow, slays her two frost giant brothers, and catches her. Her father, Ymir then takes her from Conan.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Savage Sword of Conan #1 published August 1974
as The Frost Giant's Daughter [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagSuperaventuras Marvel #2 published August 1982
as A Sereia da Neve [Story on Interior Page(s)]abridged
In Content Item: FlagConan #3/1985 published January 1985
as Frostgudens datter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #6 [Direct Edition] published October 1987
as The Frost Giant's Daughter [Story on Interior Page(s)]in this form; which was from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #1 (May 1971) with one page added and some editing
In Content Item: FlagEssential Conan #1 published July 2000
as The Frost Giant's Daughter [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Chronicles of Conan #2 published December 2003
as The Frost Giant's Daughter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSavage Sword of Conan #1 published December 2007
as The Frost Giant's Daughter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives #2 published May 2010
as The Frost Giant's Daughter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagSavage Tales #1 published May 1971
was The Frost Giant's Daughter [Story on Interior Page(s)]pp. 2-12; modified
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story by Robert E. Howard; coloring credits acknowledged by Barry Windsor-Smith in Spectrum Super Special #3 [2005]

This story exists in several different versions. The original version was published in Savage Tales #1, 11 pages in black and white. The second version was published in Conan the Barbarian #16 with an extra splash page, in total 12 pages in color (with some nudity covered up). The third version was published in Savage Sword of Conan #1, 12 pages in black and white (original black-and-white version plus the extra splash page with ink washes applied).
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The Sword and the Sorcerers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Trull the Wizard; Morro; Starr the Slayer
Synopsis: Setting: Zardath. In this early prototype of Conan, Starr the Slayer kills a Wizard, then travels to the present and kills his writer.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagChamber of Darkness #4 published April 1970
was The Sword and the Sorcerers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Smith recolored story, as noted in the letters page.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Special Surprise Note; letters from Tom Steinke and Jeffrey May.
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Incredible, Inedible Info to Stun Your Six Senses and Soothe Your Secret Soul!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Items; Stan Lee's Soapbox; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
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The Hyborian Age of Conan

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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