Conan the Barbarian 1970 #40 - 6.5 - $7.00

Setting: Desert and lost city of Ababenzzar. Conan fights a giant devil and saves Alonia (a.k.a goddess Ishtar).

On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #105, April 1974.

• The Fiend from the Forgotten City! - Pencils credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (29 August 2006); the original indexer credited ?.
• The Fiend from the Forgotten City - Adapted from a plot by Michael Resnick. Resnick credit was later elaborated by Roy Thomas (2018, 233?37). As noted in the letters section of Conan # 44, story was originally intended for Giant-Size Conan # 1 when it was scheduled as a 35 cent title. _________ Reference: Thomas, Roy. 2018. Barbarian Life: A Literary Biography of Conan the Barbarian, Volume One. N.p.: Pulp Hero Press.
• The Changeling! - One page edited from story.
• - Includes Marvel Value Stamp # 31 (Modok).