Conan the Barbarian #25 (Marvel, 1973) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....
Auction amount: $840.00
Sold: Aug 23, 2021
Conan the Barbarian #25 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1973
About Conan the Barbarian #25
Gil Kane cover. John Buscema art (his first issue as penciler of the title). Inspired by the Kull story "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune" by Robert E. Howard.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Conan; Kharam-Akkad; Melissandra
Pencils: Gil Kane; Ralph Reese ? (layout) (see notes)
Inks: Ralph Reese
Notes: Gil Kane pencils per # 36 letters page and confirmed by Roy Thomas in a phone call. Overstreet erroneously credited John Buscema. Reese layouts per Alex Johnson (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5281) Reese inks per Nick Caputo (GCD Error List, 29 August 2006)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Conan; Eannatum; Yezdiggerd; Melissandra; Kharam-Akkad (death); Kull the Conqueror (in flashback); Brule the Spear-Slayer (in flashback); The Tarim; Tuzun Thune (introduction, death)
Synopsis: Prince Yezdigerd prepares to storm Makkalet.
Pages: 20.000
Script: Roy Thomas (script); Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith] (co-plot)
Pencils: John Buscema
Inks: Sal Buscema; John Severin (pages 4, 5)
Letters: Artie Simek
Notes: Pages 4 and 5 are based on the Robert E. Howard, King Kull short story "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune".
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 39 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 151 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 41 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 156 |
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