(May 1971)

Marvel, 1971 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1971-01-19
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Stan Lee (editor); Roy Thomas (associate editor); John Verpoorten (production manager); Marie Severin (editor); Bill Everett (production)

Issue Notes

Lettering by Sam Rosen and Art Simek. On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema (painting)
Inks
John Buscema (painting)
Colors
John Buscema (painting)
Letters
Sam Rosen; typeset

Genre
jungle; science fiction; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith (illustration); John Romita (illustration); Gray Morrow (illustration); Gene Colan (illustration); John Buscema (illustration)
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith (illustration); John Romita (illustration); Gray Morrow (illustration); Tom Palmer (illustration); John Buscema (illustration)
Letters
typeset

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The Frost Giant's Daughter (Table of Contents: 2)

Conan / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Robert E. Howard (original prose story); Roy Thomas (adaptation)
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith
Letters
Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The clangor of the swords has died away...
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Aesir: Gorm (supporting) (first appearance); Niord (supporting) (first appearance)
Atali (antagonist) (first appearance); Conan (featured); Hymdul; Horsa; Frost Giants
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Conan chases Atali across the snow, slays her two frost giant brothers, and catches her. Her father, Ymir, then takes her from Conan.
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Keywords
Snowy battlefield

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the short story "The Frost Giant's Daughter" by Robert E. Howard.

This story exists in several different versions. The original version was published in Savage Tales #1, 11 pages in black and white. The second version was published in Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #16 with an extra splash page, in total 12 pages in color (with some nudity covered up). The third version was published in Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #1, 12 pages in black and white (original black-and-white version plus the extra splash page with ink washes applied).

The Fury of the Femizons (Table of Contents: 3)

Femizons / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita
Letters
Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Strike, my sister!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Femizons [Princess Lyra; Queen Vega; Syrani] (introduction); Mogon; The Sisterhood (introduction)
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Indexer Notes

Next appearance in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #151. Rosen letters per Haydn.

The Story Behind the Scenes (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith (illustration); John Romita (illustration); Gray Morrow (illustration); Gene Colan (illustration); John Buscema (illustration)
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith (illustration); John Romita (illustration); Gray Morrow (illustration); Tom Palmer (illustration); John Buscema (illustration)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There isn't much left to say about Robert E. Howard.
Characters
Conan; Princess Lyra; Man-Thing [Ted Sallis]; Joshua; Kazar
Reprints

Indexer Notes

A presentation of the characters.

Man-Thing (Table of Contents: 5)

Man-Thing / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (plot); Gerry Conway (dialogue)
Pencils
Gray Morrow
Inks
Gray Morrow
Letters
Gray Morrow

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How long have you waited?
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Ellen Brandt (first appearance in flashback); Man-Thing [Ted Sallis] (flashback, origin) (featured) (first appearance)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Indexer Notes

Story title from table of contents.

Next appearance of Man-Thing in Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #12.

Black Brother! (Table of Contents: 6)

Black Brother / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Denny O'Neil
Pencils
Gene Colan; Bill Everett (see notes)
Inks
Tom Palmer; Bill Everett (see notes)
Letters
Artie Simek; Morrie Kuramoto

First Line of Dialogue or Text
All right, girl--we have already paid your uncle...
Characters
Joshua (introduction)
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Indexer Notes

Everett provided some alterations on character faces. Info per Nick Caputo. The next chapter, "The Return" was never completed or published. This is the only appearance of Black Brother.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Night of the Looter! (Table of Contents: 8)

Ka-Zar / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
John Buscema
Letters
Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Behold, this savage land-- this hidden world that time forgot!
Genre
jungle; superhero
Characters
Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder] (featured); Zabu (supporting); Carla (introduction, villain, death); Ralph (introduction, villain); Swamp Men
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Carla and Ralph come to the Savage Land with a Swamp Tank to steal Ka-Zar's vibranium, but when they force him to open the door to where it is stored, the vibranium destroys the tank. Carla is carried off and killed by the Swamp Men when Ralph is not able to save her because the gun he was using only had blanks due to Carla replacing the bullets with blanks in an effort to get Ralph killed.
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Next Issue (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Conan
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. The Frost Giant's Daughter
    Conan
  4. 3. The Fury of the Femizons
    Femizons
  5. 4. The Story Behind the Scenes
  6. 5. Man-Thing
    Man-Thing
  7. 6. Black Brother!
    Black Brother
  8. 7. ["While you're breathlessly waiting for the next issue of Savage Tales..."]
  9. 8. The Night of the Looter!
    Ka-Zar
  10. 9. Next Issue
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  • Matthias Hofmann
  • Steve Jenner
  • Darrel McCann
  • Donald Dale Milne
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