Conan the Barbarian 1970 #21 Regular Edition - 7.5 - $16.00

On-sale date from Etcetera & The Comic Reader #88 August 1972.

• The Monster of the Monoliths! - Coloring credits acknowledged by Barry Windsor-Smith in Spectrum Super Special #3 [2005]
• The Monster of the Monoliths! - Inspired by Robert E Howard story 'The Black Stone'. Smith credit changed from sketches to layout, based on splash page credits and info derived from letters pages. According to an interview with Craig Russell in Conan: The Jewels of Gwahlur, only the first page and a couple of separate panels were fully drawn by Barry Smith, Val Mayerik completed figure work and Russell backgrounds. Inker Dan Adkins fell behind and called on them to do finished inks. In Back Issue #67 Russell stated he along with Val Mayerik did the finished pencil work, with Russell, Mayerik and Mark Kersey completing the inking. Roussos coloring credit per Roy Thomas (2018, 116). _________ Reference: Thomas, Roy. 2018. Barbarian Life: A Literary Biography of Conan the Barbarian, Volume One. N.p.: Pulp Hero Press.
• Dramatic Data, Dynamic Dispatches, and Death-Defying Declarations of Decidedly Dubious Distinction! - Stan Lee's Soapbox, Items, Mighty Marvel Checklist, house ad for Frankenstein series.
• - Letters from Dean Mullaney, James Edward Smith, Scott Olsen, Duffy Vohland, Gary Oppenhuis, David Randolph III, John Kozak, Gary L. Robinson, and Danny G. Daniels.