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ROBERT

E.

HOWARD'S

A MARVEL SUPER SPECIAL

MAGAZINE

THE

THE OFFICIAL

MARVEL COMICS ADAPTATION OF THE ADVENTURE FILM OF THE CENTURY

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DINODELAURENTIIS.™ .EDWARD

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ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER JAMES EARL JOBES -

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"CONAN THE BARBARIAN"

SANDAHL BERGMAN BEN DAVIDSON GERRY LOPEZ JOHN MILIUS

OLIVER STONE

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Volume

1

No. 21

Summer

1982

TABLE OFCOMTEINITS CONAN The Illustrated Story

STAN LEE PRESENTS

A MARVEL SUPER SPECIAL MAGAZINE Adapted, penciled and inked by JOHN BUSCEMA Scripted by MICHAEL FLEISHER Colored by D.

PEDLER and

MICHAEL

Z.

L.

HOBSON

VARLEY

Lettered by

JOE ROSEN

Vice-President Publishing

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FROM HYBORIA TO HOLLYWOOD The Making of Conan

S3

OUT OF THE DEPTHS The Creation of Conan

54

MILIUS An interview with the screenwriter/director

54

THE MAN

WHO WOULD BE CONAN An Interview with

Arnold Schwarzenegger

HE DESIGNED AN AGE An

56 interview with

Ron Cobb

FROM DARTH TO DOOM An interview with James Earl Jones

Editor-in-Chief * LOUISE JONES Editor DANNY FINGEROTH Associate Editor * DANNY CRESPI Art/Production Coordinator NORA MACLIN, BARRY SHAPIRO Design * MILTON SCHIFFMAN Vice-President Production

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SHOOTER

ELIOT R. BROWN, RICK PARKER, JOHN MORELLI, ROB CAROSELLA, HARRY CANDELARIO, BOB CAMP, JOHN TARTAGLIONE, ANDY YANCHUS, DEB PEDLER, PAUL BECTON, FRANKI SIENKIEWICZ, EVE FREBERGE Staff GLENN LORD Technical Advisor Soul and Inspiration ROBERT E. HOWARD Creator of Conan

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