Conan the Barbarian #78 (1977) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Curse of the Undead-Man	cover	1	pencils: John Buscema; inks: John Buscema; colors: George Roussos; letters: Jim Novak	Conan; Red Sonja; Berthilda
1	Curse of the Undead-Man	comic story	17	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Pablo Marcos; colors: George Roussos; letters: Joe Rosen	Conan; Red Sonja; Berthilda; Costranno
2	-	letters page	1	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Neal Adams; letters: Gaspar Saladino
3	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee

Edition	How to tell
35¢	price 0.35 USD
Whitman	See the GCD record for identification notes.
British	price 0.12 GBP

Collection	Year
Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus #3 ISBN 978-1-302-91783-8	2019	On eBay ›
Vengeance in Asgalun ISBN 978-1-302-93354-8	2022	On eBay ›
The Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Comics Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-78774-086-0	2024	On eBay ›

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