Conan the Barbarian, #40

Published: July 1974

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The Fiend from the Forgotten City!

Story Featuring Conan

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Pencils credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (29 August 2006); the original indexer credited ?.

The Fiend from the Forgotten City

Story Featuring Conan

Storyline

Setting: Desert and lost city of Ababenzzar. Conan fights a giant devil and saves Alonia (a.k.a goddess Ishtar).

Story Notes

Adapted from a plot by Michael Resnick. Resnick credit was later elaborated by Roy Thomas (2018, 233–37). As noted in the letters section of Conan # 44, story was originally intended for Giant-Size Conan # 1 when it was scheduled as a 35 cent title. _________ Reference: Thomas, Roy. 2018. Barbarian Life: A Literary Biography of Conan the Barbarian, Volume One. N.p.: Pulp Hero Press.

The Changeling!
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One page edited from story.

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Includes Marvel Value Stamp # 31 (Modok).