Publishers / Marvel / Conan the Barbarian (1970) / #40
40July 1974
$0.25

Conan the Barbarian #40

Marvel · July 1974 · on sale 1974-04-16

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Identification plate

Series
Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series)
Issue
#40
Publication date
July 1974
Key date
1974-07-00
On-sale date
1974-04-16
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.25
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Fiend from the Forgotten City!cover1pencils: Rich Buckler; inks: Ernie Chan; letters: Danny CrespiConan
1The Fiend from the Forgotten Citycomic story15script: Roy Thomas, Michael Resnick; pencils: Rich Buckler; inks: Ernie Chua; colors: Linda Lessmann; letters: Jean IzzoConan; Libro; Oggar; Tassgorian; Hamarr; Alonia [Ishtar]
2The Changeling!comic story4script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Linda Lessmann; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee
3-letters page1script: Roy Thomas; pencils: John Buscema, Herb Trimpe; inks: Ernie Chan, Jack Abel

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