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Publishers / Marvel / Conan the Barbarian (1970) / #17

17August 1972
$0.20

Conan the Barbarian #17

Marvel · August 1972 · on sale May 22, 1972

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Identification plate

Series: Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series)
Issue: #17
Publication date: August 1972
Key date: August 1972
On-sale date: May 22, 1972
Indicia publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price: $0.20
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Devil-God of Bal-Sagoth!	cover	1	pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Frank Brunner; letters: John Costanza	Conan; Aala; Vertorix; Gothan
1	The Gods of Bal-Sagoth	comic story	20	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Ralph Reese; letters: Jon Costa	Conan; Aala [Kyrie]; Vertorix (introduction, destroyed); Gothan; Fafnir; Ska
2	Fanciful Fact and Frumious Fables for Friend and Foe Alike!	in-house column	1	pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); colors: ? (illustration); letters: typeset	Johnny Blaze, Ghost Rider
3	-	letters page	1	script: Roy Thomas

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 0.06 GBP

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Savage Sword of Conan #13	1976	On eBay ›
Essential Conan #1 ISBN 0-7851-0751-7	2000	On eBay ›
Conan Saga #10	1988	On eBay ›
Conan Saga #75	1993	On eBay ›
The Monster of the Monoliths and Other Stories ISBN 1-59307-024-1	2003	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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