CATALOG RECORD

Conan the Barbarian #23

Marvel · Series began 1970 · February 1973

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Dates

Cover date: February 1973
On sale: November 14, 1972
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #23 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Regular Edition
Source ↗
UK pence edition

British

Printed cover price 0.06 GBP.
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Creators

pencils: Gil Kane, Barry Windsor-Smith, Sal Buscemainks: Gil Kane, Dan Adkins, Sal Buscema, Chic Stonescript: Roy Thomas, Robert E. Howard, Stan Leeletters: Artie Simek, John Costanza

Stories

The Shadow of the Vulture! · 21 pages
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.

Reprinted in

Conan Saga (1987), Essential Conan (2000), The Chronicles of Conan (2003), The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives (2010), Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (2018), True Believers: Conan - Swords in the Night! (2019), Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Epic Collection (2020), Conan The Barbarian: The Original Comics Omnibus (2024)