Barbarian Comics  BARC   (California, 1972-1975) ™ and © 1973 Bob Sidebottom

Barbarian Comics is proof that even the underground scene couldn’t resist taking advantage of Conan the Barbarian’s popularity in the early ‘70s. Not requiring Comics Code approval certainly provides writers and artists greater freedom, and this anthology title offers the sex, nudity, and graphic violence that Marvel’s Conan wasn’t allowed to do. However, not every story in Barbarian Comics falls within the fantasy genre: the second issue features a parody of E.C. Comics-styled science fiction and an unusual tale wherein a biker takes one final ride in the desert.

		Notes	Writer	Artist
	#1 Date: 1/1/1972 Cover Price: $0.75 NM Guide: $9.50 2 copies available from $1.99	Adult	Hale Han	Hale Han
	#2 Date: 1/1/1973 Cover Price: $0.50 NM Guide: $16.00 2 copies available from $3.95	Adult; B&W	Hale Han, Ron Harris, Tom Bird, John Williams, W. A. Meugniot	Hale Han, Ron Harris, Tom Bird, John Williams, W. A. Meugniot, Richard Corben
	#3 Date: 1/1/1974 Cover Price: $0.50 NM Guide: $2.50 No copies available	No price on cover; Adult; B&W	John Williams, W. A. Meugniot, Ron Harris, David Coulson	John Williams, W. A. Meugniot, Ron Harris, David Coulson, Richard Corben
	#4 Date: 1/1/1975 Cover Price: $2.00 NM Guide: $2.00 1 copy available for $2.00	Color centerfold by Jack Jaxon; B&W	Eric Vinicoff, Anthony Jamison, Trina Robbins, Will Meugniot, Mike Whelan, James McQuade	Steven Whitecloud, Anthony Jamison, Trina Robbins, Will Meugniot, Mike Whelan, James McQuade