Conan the Barbarian, #18 Regular Edition
Published: September 1972
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The Thing in the Temple!
Characters
- Conan
- Kyrie
- Golem-like creature
Credits
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Inks: John Romita
- Letters: John Costanza
Story Notes
Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (29 August 2006). Roy Thomas corroborates a Romita contribution to this cover (2018, 104). \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Reference: Thomas, Roy. 2018. *Barbarian Life: A Literary Biography of Conan the Barbarian, Volume One. *N.p.: Pulp Hero Press.
These 3 Big Drafting Kits Given To You!
"High pay job in drafting!"
Story Notes
Interior front cover.
The Thing in the Temple!
"Golden trumpets sound a fanfare of harsh triumph..."
Storyline
Setting: Island city of Bal-Sagoth in Vilayet Sea. Conan & Fafnir slay demons and flee from Bal-Sagoth as a volcano destroys the island. They are picked up in the Sea by Yezdigerd.
Characters
- Conan
- Fafnir
- Yezdigerd
- Aala
- Gothan
- Ska
Credits
- Script: Roy Thomas
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Inks: Dan Adkins
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Part two of an adaptation of The Gods of Bal-Sagoth by Robert E. Howard.
The Insult That Made a Man Out of Mac
"Hey! Quit kicking that sand in our faces!"
Story Notes
Artist identification from chatgpt.com "The artist behind the famous Charles Atlas "Mac" advertisements, where a bully kicks sand in the face of a weaker man, was Joe Musial. Musial was a cartoonist for the advertising agency that handled the Charles Atlas campaign. These ads, often titled "The Insult That Made a Man Out of Mac", were created in the 1940s and became one of the most iconic fitness advertisements of all time. They depicted a scrawny young man getting humiliated at the beach, only to later bulk up using Charles Atlas’s Dynamic Tension program and return to get revenge."
Super-Special Announcement!
"Okay, troops. It's time to level with Marveldom Assembled!"
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
Story Notes
Stan Lee's Soapbox; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
Prizes or Cash
"You can get these and many, many other big prizes..."
Super Speed Karate
"Now, you can give yourself this fantastic power faster than you ever dreamed possible..."
Story Notes
Mail order coupon for The Super Karate Book and/or the Giant Life-Size Karate Practice Dummy.
Shop by Mail
Story Notes
Novelty advertisements.
Free! Muscle Course That Can Add 3 Inches To Your Arms Fast!
"In half the time, with twice the ease, in the privacy of your own room..."
We'll Train You In Your Spare Time For An Exciting Outdoor Career
"Why spend the best days of your life punching a time clock in an office, store or factory..."
Get Both Sell Grit
"Grit is the popular publication in more than 1,200,000 homes each week."
Collect Coins...The Hobby Road to Riches
"Thousands of old coins up to 100 years old guaranteed..."
Credits
- Script: Roy Thomas
Story Notes
Letters from Chung Wong, Juan Cole, and Ted White (editor of Amazing and Fantastic); includes Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
This Valuable Draftsman's Equipment Is Given To You...
"...when you train with LaSalle as a technical draftsman."
Dig These!
"Four new Snap Tite drag construction models you build without glue, without paint and without help."
Story Notes
Advertisement for Snap Tite model shovel, bulldozer, mover, and skipshovel.
3 Complete Fishing Outfits
"Selected for you by experts."
Story Notes
Interior back cover.
Class A Racing
"Feature-for-feature the closest thing to real racing ever created."
Story Notes
Back cover.