Conan the Barbarian #221 (1989) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Death is Only a Drumbeat Away...	cover	1	pencils: Gary Kwapisz; inks: Gary Kwapisz	Conan; the Stygian
1	Drumsong	comic story	22	script: Larry Hama; pencils: Gary Kwapisz; inks: Gary Kwapisz; colors: George Roussos; letters: Janice Chiang	Conan [Amra]; Priests of Mitra [the Hierophant (dies)]; Captain of the Temple Guard (dies); the Stygian (dies)
2	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Kieron Dwyer; inks: Kieron Dwyer	Sara Tuchinsky
3	-	letters page	0.7	script: Don Daley, Kelly Corvese

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; barcode 07148602498908

Collection	Year
Blood and Ice and Other Stories ISBN 161655374X; 978-1616553746	2014	On eBay ›
Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus #9 ISBN 978-1-302-94725-5	2022	On eBay ›

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