CLAW THE UNCONQUERED #1-12 VF/NM 1975 CMPLT, DC'S CONAN

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Check our eBay " AboutMe Page " for all the details about this business and some great comics links!! DC's Claw The Unconquered #1 - #12 (The Complete Bronze Age Series, DC's Conan The Barbarian) Very Fine / Near Mint - Near Mint Minus condition - Overstreet 10-point rating: 9.0 - 9.2, Owl rating: 7/8 (except for #7 in FINE - some water marking) May - June 1975 - August - September 1978 issues writers: David Michelinie art: Ernie Chua, Pat Boyette, Keith Giffin, Ricardo Villagran, Oscar Novelle, Bob Layton, John Celardo colors: Liz Berube, Mario Sen, Carl Gafford some covers: Joe Kubert This auction is for the complete Claw The Unconquered series from 35 years ago. This series includes the origin and first appearance of Claw in issue #1 and his origin story in issue #9 . T is also one of those rare nudity panels that got past the Comics Code Authority in issue #3. Joe Kubert did the covers of issues #10-#12 (see cover scans below). Claw is a sword and sorcery hero published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Claw The Unconquered #1 (June 1975), and was created by David Michelinie and Ernie Chan. Similar in many ways to Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian (and, more particularly, Marvel Comics' depiction of him) Claw is a wanderer and a barbarian in an apparently prehistoric age who battles various wizards, thieves, monsters and warriors who cross his path. Unlike Conan however, Claw has a deformed, claw-like right hand, the result of a curse which has been placed on his family (see more details on this series below). CONDITION OF THESE BOOKS : Excellent high-grade copies for the most part. The covers are crease-free with good color and gloss. T is light foxing on some of the books which has no impact on the grade of these books. The only exception is issue #7 which shows some rippling because it was subjected to a water spill at some point in the past and has been graded at FINE (6.0) for the purposes of valuing this set. Otherwise, all the books are complete, tight and flat with no loose or missing pages, covers, chips or chunks. The inside paper is cream to off-white - supple and very readable. A complete Bronze Age Sword and Sorcery series from 35 years ago! 2009 OVERSTREET PRICE GUIDE VALUE : FOR ALL 12 BOOKS in VF/NM (9.0) to NM- (9.2) except #7 in FN (6.0): $74.00 is a photo of all the books in this set: 's more background on this series : Claw the Unconquered #1 debuted in mid-1975, a period when DC Comics launched a record number of new titles on to the comic book market (16 new titles debuted in 1975 alone). Claw was one of several of these new series which were set in the "fantasy" or "sword and sorcery" genre, (others titles include Warlord, Stalker, Starfire, Nightmaster, Tor and Beowulf, Dragon Slayer). At the time DC's main rival Marvel Comics had found success in the genre with their Conan The Barbarian comics, and of all of DC's new fantasy characters Claw most closely resembles Conan in both his character and appearance (save the fact that Claw has a deformed hand). Claw The Unconquered was published bimonthly up until #9 (October, 1976), restarting again at #10 (May 1978). The entire series was written by Michelinie (though the never properly published #14 was credited to Tom DeFalco) and Chan remained on the title up to #7, with Keith Giffen taking over penciling duties with #8. With the addition of Giffen, the series began to incorporate some sci-fi elements, moving away from its pure sword and sorcery beginnings. The relaunch of the series lasted just three issues, as it was suddenly canceled with #12 (September 1978) as part of the "DC Implosion" when DC's comics line was drastically cut. The cancellation was so sudden that two further issues of the series had been fully written and drawn. These stories were published in Canceled Comics Cavalcade #1 in 1978, (however only 35 copi... read more

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