Conan the Barbarian #142 (1983) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: John Buscema; inks: John Buscema	Conan; Theta; Devourer of Women
2	The Maze, the Man, the Monster	comic story	22	script: Bruce Jones; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Ernie Chan; colors: George Roussos; letters: Janice Chiang	Conan; Theta; Rhula (dies); Bethene (dies); Lohla (dies); Forbos the Bull (dies); Army of Eunuchs [Bolo; Marko; Tumak]; Auctioneer; Catrina; Devourer of Women (a minotaur, dies); Dalvante (mentioned)
5	-	in-house column	1	script: Jim Shooter; pencils: Ken Feduniewicz; inks: Ken Feduniewicz	Hulk; Thor; Spider-Man; Jim Shooter; Vampirella
6	-	letters page	1	script: Louise Jones, Danny Fingeroth

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.60 USD; barcode 0714860249801
Canadian	price 0.75 CAD; barcode 0714860249801

Collection	Year
The Isle of the Dead and Other Stories ISBN 978-1-59582-382-3	2009	On eBay ›
Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus #5 ISBN 978-130292656-4	2020	On eBay ›

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