Conan the Barbarian, #23 Regular Edition
Published: February 1973
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Swords in the Night!
"Perhaps you found those dogs an easy prey, Cimmerian--"
Characters
- Conan
- Mikhal Oglu [Vulture]
Credits
- Pencils: Gil Kane
- Inks: Gil Kane
- Letters: Danny Crespi (uncertain)
Story Notes
Cover credits from Tom Hardee (7/11/2003).
The Shadow of the Vulture!
"A westling wind curls listlessly thru the streets and alleys of the city called Pah-Dishah, some three"
Storyline
Conan delivers message from Makkalet to Pah-Disha. Red Sonja saves Conan's life twice. Conan kills Mikhal Oglu [The Vulture] and sends his head to Yezdigerd.
Characters
- Conan
- Red Sonja (introduction)
- Mikhal Oglu [The Vulture] (introduction, death)
- King Ghannif
- Yezdiggerd
- Melissandra
- Kalmus
- Ivga (dies)
- Narampyr
- Rhupen
- Sulimar
Credits
- Script: Roy Thomas
- Script: Robert E. Howard
- Pencils: Vince Faletti
- Pencils: Sal Buscema
- Inks: Dan Adkins
- Inks: Sal Buscema
- Inks: Chic Stone
- Letters: Artie Simek
- Letters: John Costanza
Story Notes
Based in "The Shadow of the Vulture" by Robert E. Howard. Per Roy Thomas in Barbarian Life A Literary Biography of Conan the Barbarian Volume 1 (2018), Sal Buscema both penciled and inked page 6. Inker info per Per Nick Caputo.
Awsome Announcements for You to Conjure with, Ponder Over - and Yawn at!
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
Story Notes
Note "awesome" misspelled in title; Stan Lee's Soapbox; Items; Marvelous Mini-Items!; Mighty Marvel Checklist.
he Terrific Ten
Featuring Saturday Morning Cartoons; NBC
Storyline
Ad for the Saturday morning cartoons from NBC.
Characters
- Adam
- Evy
- Pink Panther
- Underdog
- The Jetsons
- The Houndcats
- The Roman Holidays
- The Barkleys
- Sealab 2020
- Runaround
- Around the World in Eighty Days
- Talking With A Giant