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Conan the Barbarian #16

Marvel · Series began 1970 · July 1972

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Dates

Cover date: July 1972
On sale: April 18, 1972
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #16 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition20¢ cover
Source ↗
UK pence edition0.06 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.06 GBP.
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Creators

pencils: Barry Windsor-Smithinks: Barry Windsor-Smithcolors: Barry Windsor-Smithscript: Roy Thomas, Stan Leeletters: Artie Simek

Stories

The Frost Giant's Daughter · 12 pages
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.
The Sword and the Sorcerers! · 7 pages
Setting: Zardath. In this early prototype of Conan, Starr the Slayer kills a Wizard, then travels to the present and kills his writer.

Reprinted in

Havoc (1991), The Savage Sword of Conan (1974), Conan [Stan Lee Presents the Complete Marvel Conan the Barbarian / Stan Lee Presents Conan the Barbarian] (1978), Conan Saga (1987), Essential Conan (2000), The Chronicles of Conan (2003), Savage Sword of Conan (2007), The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives (2010), Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (2018), Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Epic Collection (2020), Conan The Barbarian: The Original Comics Omnibus (2024)