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Conan the Barbarian #74

Marvel · Series began 1970 · May 1977

Dates

Cover date
May 1977
On sale
February 15, 1977
Pages
36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #74 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Original edition30¢ cover

    Barcode 0714860249805 · shared with another edition

    Source ↗
  • Whitman edition

    Whitman

    Whitman branding on the cover.

    Barcode 0714860249805 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page
  • UK pence edition0.12 GBP cover

    British

    Printed cover price 0.12 GBP.

    Barcode 0714860249805 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Gil Kane, John Buscema, Sal Buscemainks: Gil Kane, Ernie Chan, Frank Giacoialetters: Danny Crespi, Joe Rosen, Gaspar Saladinoscript: Roy Thomas, Stan Leecolors: George Roussos

Stories

  • The Battle at the Black Walls! · 17 pages

    Setting: Tigris and black-walled sea-port city of Khemi. Thoth-Amon visits Conan in a dream. Conan and Belit rescue Neftha from a Stygian ship, fight a sea-serpent and torch the Khemi navy.

Reprinted in

Conan Saga (1987), The Chronicles of Conan (2003), Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (2018), Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Epic Collection (2020)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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