The Savage Sword of Conan #1

(August 1974)

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Esteban Maroto (signed)

Inks:

Esteban Maroto (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Characters:

Conan

Reprints:

• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #3/1985 (uke 10 1985)
• from Heritage Portfolio 1973

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Table of Contents (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Table of contents and indicia.

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert E. Howard; ?

Pencils:

? (photograph)

Inks:

? (photograph)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Indexer Notes

Excerpt from The Nemedian Chronicles, photograph and introduction.

Curse of the Undead-Man (Table of Contents)

Conan / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Thomas

Pencils:

John Buscema

Inks:

Pablo Marcos

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Characters:

Berthilda; Conan; Costranno; Red Sonja; Rikko

Synopsis:

Conan and Red Sonja put an end to the undead sorcerer Costranno.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #78 (September 1977)
• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #3/1985 (uke 10 1985)
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #11 (March 1988)
• in Savage Sword of Conan (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #1 (December 2007)

Indexer Notes

Freely adapted from the "Mistress of Death" story by Robert E. Howard.

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Alfredo Alcala [as Alfred Alcala]

Inks:

Alfredo Alcala [as Alfred Alcala]

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Characters:

Conan

A Hyperborean Oath (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Thomas

Letters:

typeset

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

Red Sonja / text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert E. Howard

Pencils:

? (photograph)

Inks:

? (photograph)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Red Sonja (Table of Contents)

Red Sonja / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Thomas

Pencils:

Esteban Maroto

Inks:

Neal Adams; Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Characters:

Amir; Conan; King Ghannif; Lucrezia; Lurhan; Red Sonja; Trolus

Synopsis:

When Red Sonja returns with a tiara she was sent for by King Ghannif she learns her "reward" is to be made a part of his harem.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Marvel Feature (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (November 1975)
• in The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #83 (December 1982)
• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #3/1985 (uke 10 1985)
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #31 (November 1989)
• in The Adventures of Red Sonja (Dynamite Entertainment, 2005 series) #1 ([July 2005])

Red Sonja (Table of Contents)

Red Sonja / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Esteban Maroto (signed)

Inks:

Esteban Maroto (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Characters:

Red Sonja

Conan's Women Warriors (Table of Contents)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fred Blosser

Pencils:

Steve Gan (signed); Hugh Rankin (signed); Roy G. Krenkel

Inks:

Steve Gan (signed); Hugh Rankin (signed); Roy G. Krenkel

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Bêlit; Red Sonya of Rogatine; Salome; Yasmina (all in illos)

Reprints:

• from Comixscene

Indexer Notes

Includes illustrations: Salome by Steve Gan (signature dated 1974), Yasmina and Bêlit by Hugh Rankin and Red Sonya of Rogatine by Roy G. Krenkel.

Blackmark (Table of Contents)

Blackmark / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? (introductory text on page 1); Gil Kane; Archie Goodwin (uncredited, script)

Pencils:

Gil Kane (signed)

Inks:

Gil Kane (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Characters:

Amarix; Marnie; Zeph the Tinker

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Blackmark (Bantam Books, 1971 series) #S5871 (January 1971) [ Story re-oriented to fit magazine size. Hence the difference in page count.]

Non-Paid Commercial That Will Drive You Crazy (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photographs)

Inks:

? (photographs)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Stan Lee

Indexer Notes

Photo-story promotional advertisement for Crazy magazine.

An Atlantean In Aquilonia (Table of Contents)

Kull / text article / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? (introduction); Glenn Lord

Pencils:

John Severin (signed); Ross Andru

Inks:

John Severin (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Baron Kaanuub; Ducalon; Enaros; King Kull; Ridondo the Mistrel (all in illustrations)

Reprints:

• from Kull Portfolio

Indexer Notes

Includes two illustrations of King Kull by John Severin (signed) and pencil sketches of Kull, Enaros, Baron Kaanuub of Komahar and of Ridondo the Minstrel by Ross Andru.

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

Conan / text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Characters:

Conan

The Frost Giant's Daughter (Table of Contents)

Conan / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert E. Howard (original prose story); Roy Thomas

Pencils:

Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]

Inks:

Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Characters:

Atali; Conan; Frost Giants; Gorm; Horsa; Hymdul; Niord

Synopsis:

Setting: Snowy battlefield. Conan chases Atali across the snow, slays her two frost giant brothers, and catches her. Her father, Ymir then takes her from Conan.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #16 (July 1972)
which is reprinted
• from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #1 (May 1971) [pp. 2-12; modified]

Indexer Notes

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