Conan the Barbarian #3

Conan the Barbarian #3

Comic: Conan the Barbarian #3
Language: English
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Year: February 1971
Condition: Fine Plus, FN+, 6.5

Conan the Barbarian #3 brings the comic adaptation of the original story The Grey God Passes by Robert E. Howard. Roy Thomas and Barry Smith present an action-packed fantasy story. This issue is harder to find than other early Conan comics because the print run was significantly smaller. The issue is in good used condition.

Conan the Barbarian ran as a comic series at Marvel from 1970 to 1993 and reached a total of 275 issues. At the time, it was unusual for Marvel to buy licences to produce comics. Roy Thomas convinced his boss Stan Lee and the publisher's then-owner Martin Goodman to bring out Conan as a comic. As it would soon turn out, Thomas had the right instinct - fantasy was booming in the 1970s, and Marvel's version of Robert E. Howard's barbarian was able to capture a good share of this trend. In the early 1970s, the Briton Barry Smith shaped the style of the comics, but it was John Buscema who would ultimately go down in comic book history as the Conan artist. Later spin-offs followed, such as Savage Sword of Conan, the Giant-Size issues and King Conan.

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