Conan the Barbarian #183 (1986 Marvel Comics) – VF/NM – “Blood Dawn” – Savage Frontier Conflict Begins

📦 Product Description:

Condition: VF/NM (Very Fine to Near Mint)
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Release Year: 1986
Issue: #183
Writer: Jim Owsley (Christopher Priest)
Artist: John Buscema
Cover Artist: Bob Larkin
Starring: Conan the Barbarian

🩸 About the Comic:
In “Blood Dawn”, Conan finds himself caught between a brutal uprising and a corrupt regime, as tensions explode on the fringes of an empire. Hired as a sword-for-sale, the Cimmerian is soon drawn into a battle he didn’t choose — but one he damn well finishes.

It’s a story of warlords, vengeance, and honor, written with Owsley’s signature edge and Buscema’s commanding, cinematic pencils.

This issue begins a short arc that leans into military themes, the consequences of loyalty, and the weight of leadership in a world where death comes at sunrise.

📊 Condition Notes (VF/NM Estimate):

• Cover: Glossy with strong saturation, minimal surface wear

• Spine: Tight with only 0–1 faint, non-color-breaking stress mark

• Corners: Sharp

• Interior Pages: White to off-white, clean, crisp

• Stored: Bagged and boarded in archival-safe, smoke-free conditions

🎯 Why It’s Worth Collecting:

• Start of a late-run war saga written by Christopher Priest

• Art by John Buscema, bold and battle-hardened

• VF/NM = high-grade collector condition for Copper Age Conan

• Works as a standalone war story, or part 1 of a 3-issue mini-arc

• Great for fans of Red Nails, 13th Warrior, and military sword epics

🧟 Pulled from the Reaper’s blood-soaked dawn vault — where the horizon burns and steel speaks first.