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Barry Windsor-Smith
Barry Windsor-Smith is a British writer and artist best known for Conan the Barbarian at Marvel, where his evolving linework and design sense became closely associated with early Bronze Age fantasy comics, and for later authored work including Weapon X, Storyteller, and Monsters. His name is often associated with key Bronze and Copper Age books that serve as reference points for collectors tracking stylistic shifts, prestige-format material, and creator-driven work with sustained collector interest.
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Top Barry Windsor-Smith CPVs
Barry Windsor-Smith has 17 CPVs in the guide, led by Uncanny X-Men #205, a Wolverine solo story with the origin of Lady Deathstrike and the first appearances of Reese, Cole, and Macon of the Reavers, alongside Machine Man #1-4, where Windsor-Smith provides cover and art and #2 introduces Iron Man 2020 (Arno Stark). Other standouts include Marvel Team-Up #150 as the title's scarcer final Canadian Price Variant, Uncanny X-Men #186 and #198 for Storm/Forge material, Daredevil #217 for a Windsor-Smith cover and the first Cossack, and New Mutants #36 as a Secret Wars II tie-in.
