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Issue: Conan the Barbarian #23
Publication Date: February 1973
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Issues: #23 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: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/14/1972
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)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from The Comic Reader #90, October 1972.
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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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reprinted 9 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagConan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Epic Collection #2 published January 2021
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Swords in the Night!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan; Mikhal Oglu [Vulture]
First Line: Perhaps you found those dogs an easy prey, Cimmerian--
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Avengers #102 published August 1975
as Swords in the Night! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Conan #1 published July 2000
as Conan the Barbarian #23 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives #2 published May 2010
as Conan the Barbarian #23 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Shadow of the Vulture!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan; Red Sonja (introduction); Mikhal Oglu [The Vulture] (introduction, death); King Ghannif; Yezdiggerd; Melissandra; Kalmus; Ivga (dies); Narampyr; Rhupen; Sulimar
First Line: A westling wind curls listlessly thru the streets and alleys of the city called Pah-Dishah, some three
Synopsis: Conan delivers message from Makkalet to Pah-Disha. Red Sonja saves Conan's life twice. Conan kills Mikhal Oglu [The Vulture] and sends his head to Yezdigerd.
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In Content Item: FlagAlmanaque Conan, O Bárbaro #2 published July 1983
as Ventos flamejantes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #7 [Direct Edition] published November 1987
as The Shadow of the Vulture! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagConan #9/1991 published September 1991
as Gribbens skygge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Conan #1 published July 2000
as The Shadow of the Vulture! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Chronicles of Conan #4 published May 2004
as The Shadow of the Vulture! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives #2 published May 2010
as The Shadow of the Vulture! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 21
Job Number: 1202-Z
Disclose Notes: Based in "The Shadow of the Vulture" by Robert E. Howard.

Per Roy Thomas in Barbarian Life A Literary Biography of Conan the Barbarian Volume 1 (2018), Sal Buscema both penciled and inked page 6.

Inker info per Per Nick Caputo.
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Awsome Announcements for You to Conjure with, Ponder Over - and Yawn at!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Note "awesome" misspelled in title; Stan Lee's Soapbox; Items; Marvelous Mini-Items!; Mighty Marvel Checklist.
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he Terrific Ten

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, childrens
Feature(s): Saturday Morning Cartoons; NBC
Character(s): Adam; Evy; Pink Panther; Underdog; The Jetsons; The Houndcats; The Roman Holidays; The Barkleys; Sealab 2020; Runaround; Around the World in Eighty Days; Talking With A Giant
Synopsis: Ad for the Saturday morning cartoons from NBC.
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Pages: 2

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