Conan the Barbarian #4 Oakland (Marvel, 1971) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....
Auction amount: $1,320.00
Sold: Apr 4, 2023
Conan the Barbarian #4 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1971
About Conan the Barbarian #4
Adapts "The Tower of the Elephant" by Robert E. Howard. Barry Smith cover. Story art by Smith and Sal Buscema.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils: Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith] (signed)
Inks: Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith] (signed)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Conan; Taurus of Nemedia (introduction, death); Yara (introduction, death); Yag-Kosha of Yag (introduction, death)
Synopsis: Conan scales Elephant tower, kills a lion and a giant spider, and saves Yag-Kosha by killing him at his request.
Pages: 20.000
Script: Roy Thomas (adaptation); Robert E. Howard (original story)
Pencils: Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]
Inks: Sal Buscema
Letters: Sam Rosen
Reprints: Conan Annual (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 ([September] 1973)
Notes: Adapted from REH's "The Tower of the Elephant"; later also adapted in The Savage Sword of Conan #24 (Marvel) and Conan #20–22 (Dark Horse). Coloring credits acknowledged by Barry Windsor-Smith in Spectrum Super Special #3 [2005].
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
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CGC Census Report*
| Grade | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
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Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 26 | 32 | 40 | 63 | 69 | 95 | 84 | 116 | 61 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 678 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 28 | 34 | 43 | 66 | 74 | 96 | 87 | 120 | 63 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 705 |
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