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Issue: Conan the Barbarian #20
Publication Date: November 1972
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Issues: #20 of 275 Issues (613 Printings)
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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: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
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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 Black Hound of Vengeance!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan; Melissandra; Kharam-Akkad
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagConan #2 published January 1978
In Issue: FlagConan le Barbare #5 published ?
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #75 published June 1993
as A Gallery of Conan the Barbarian Cover Art [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Conan #1 published July 2000
as Conan the Barbarian #20 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Chronicles of Conan #3 published January 2004
as The Monster of the Monoliths and Other Stories [Illustration on Cover, Front]a detail from "The Black Hound of Vengeance" p1
In Content Item: FlagThe Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives #2 published May 2010
as Conan the Barbarian #20 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Coloring credits acknowledged by Barry Windsor-Smith in Spectrum Super Special #3 [2005]
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The Black Hound of Vengeance!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan; Melissandra; Kharam-Akkad; Fafnir (death); Yezdigerd; The Tarim; Balthaz (death)
Synopsis: Conan and Fafnir serve aboard a ship from Turan, just outside the city of Makkalet. Conan infiltrates the Temple of Tarim in order to kidnap the living god Tarim, but he fails, kills a black hound and flees. Fafnir has lost his arm in battle and is thrown overboard by Balthaz to drown because is already as good as dead. Angry, Conan kills Balthaz and flees Yezdigerd's ship.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagConan #1/1975 published January 1975
as Den svarte hämnaren [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #7 [Direct Edition] published November 1987
as The Black Hound of Vengeance! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagEspada Selvagem de Conan em Cores #5 published December 1989
as A vingança do cão negro [Story on Interior Page(s)]recolored
In Content Item: FlagConan #7/1991 published July 1991
as Helvetes-hunden [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Conan #1 published July 2000
as The Black Hound of Vengeance! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Chronicles of Conan #3 published January 2004
as The Black Hound of Vengeance! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives #2 published May 2010
as The Black Hound of Vengeance! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Job Number: 1046Z
Disclose Notes: Coloring credits acknowledged by Barry Windsor-Smith in Spectrum Super Special #3 [2005].

Windsor-Smith letters credit is by Roy Thomas (2018, 109).
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Reference:

Thomas, Roy. 2018. Barbarian Life: A Literary Biography of Conan the Barbarian, Volume One. N.p.: Pulp Hero Press.
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Gangway, World! Madcap Marvel Marches Merrily On!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Stan Lee's Soapbox; Items; Mighty Marvel Checklist; house ad for The Cat series.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: No letters this issue; announcement about Conan wining a Shazam award; includes a map of the Hyborian world based on one by Robert E. Howard (originally from Conan #16) with the besieged city of Makkat added.

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