Dates
- Cover date
- November 1983
- On sale
- July 19, 1983
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #152 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition60¢ cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition60¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860249811 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.
Barcode 0714860249811 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- The Dark Blade of Jergal Zadh · 22 pages
Jergal Zadh discovers that Conan will one day be king and sends Cleolanthe after him. Cleolanthe tricks Conan into using the soul-stealing Dark Blade. Falling in love with him, Cleolanthe turns against Zadh and stops Conan from using the Blade. Without Zadh's powers keeping her youthful, Cleolanthe embraces Conan one last time and crumbles to dust.
Publisher’s description
"The Dark Blade of Jergal Zadh” seduces Conan with its infinite power! (While simultaneously robbing him of his life force...)
Reprinted in
Conan the Barbarian (1984), Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (2018)