The Savage Sword of Conan #1

(August 1974)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Esteban Maroto (signed)

Inks

Esteban Maroto (signed)

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #2/1985 ([februari] 1985)
• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #3/1985 (uke 10 1985)
• in Collection the Savage Sword of Conan (Hachette, 2017 series) #1 (octobre 2017)
• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
• in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #2 (2019)
• from Heritage Portfolio 1973

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Barry Windsor-Smith (illustration); Esteban Maroto (illustration)

Inks

Barry Windsor-Smith (illustration); Esteban Maroto (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Conan; Red Sonja

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
• in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #2 (2019)

Indexer Notes

Table of contents and indicia.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robert E. Howard; ?

Pencils

? (photograph)

Inks

? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Know, O prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities…

Genre

sword and sorcery

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
• in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #2 (2019)

Indexer Notes

Excerpt from The Nemedian Chronicles, photograph and introduction.

Curse of the Undead-Man (Table of Contents: 4)

Conan / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

John Buscema

Inks

Pablo Marcos

Letters

Joe Rosen

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan the Barbarian (featured); Red Sonja (supporting); Berthilda; Costranno; Rikko

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Conan encounters the warrior woman Red Sonja once again, and together they put an end to the undead sorcerer Costranno.

Reprints

• in Une Aventure de Conan (Editions Lug, 1976 series) #2 - Le peuple des ombres (4ème trimestre 1976)
• in Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #78 (September 1977) [A new page 14 is replacing the original double page 14 and 15 - so story is 1 page shorter than original]
which is reprinted
• in Gamma la bombe qui a créé Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #15 - Le triomphe du Crapaud ! (3ème trimestre 1981) [Page 14]
• in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #17 (mars 1982) [N&B/B&W]
• in Conan de Barbaar Special (Juniorpress, 1985 series) #5 (1986)
• in Conan, Barbaren (Semic Interpresse, 1993 series) #3 (17. november 1993)
• in Conan el bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #43 (septiembre 1999)
• in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #3 (2019)
• in Conan el Bárbaro: Los Clásicos Marvel (Editorial Panini México, 2019 series) #8 (Octubre 2021)
• in Die Sprechblase (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1978 series) #16 (1. November 1978)
• in Almanaque Conan, O Bárbaro (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #3 (março de 1984) [color]
• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #2/1985 ([februari] 1985)
• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #3/1985 (uke 10 1985)
which is reprinted
• in Conan album (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1992 series) #36 - Skygger i Zamboula ([juni] 2001)
• in Conan der Barbar (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1982 series) #6 (1986)
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #11 (March 1988)
• in Conan (Panini Deutschland, 2002 series) #5 (2003)
• in Savage Sword of Conan (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #1 (December 2007)
• in Legenden om Conan (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2017 series) #1 ([mai] 2017)
• in Collection the Savage Sword of Conan (Hachette, 2017 series) #2 (octobre 2017)
• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
• in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #2 (2019)
• in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Epic Collection (Marvel, 2020 series) #4 - Queen of the Black Coast (2021)

Keywords

Maul; Zamora

Indexer Notes

Freely adapted from the short story "Mistress of Death" by Robert E. Howard. This is Conan's and Red Sonja's second meeting.

Missed Any Monsters Lately? (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

Alfredo Alcala (signed as Alfredo P. Alcala)

Inks

Alfredo Alcala (signed as Alfredo P. Alcala)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Subscription offer for Marvel monster titles.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Alfredo Alcala (credited as Alfred Alcala)

Inks

Alfredo Alcala (credited as Alfred Alcala)

Letters

typeset

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)

A Hyperborean Oath (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There really isn't all that much I can say about The Savage Sword of Conan #1, is there?

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Red Sonja / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robert E. Howard

Pencils

? (photograph)

Inks

? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

When the plundering hordes of Yezdigerd, scourge of Hyrkania, hammered at the doors of thrice-doomed Makkalet…

Genre

sword and sorcery

Indexer Notes

The Song of Red Sonja from Tarantella, photograph, and introduction.

Red Sonja (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Esteban Maroto

Inks

Neal Adams; Ernie Chan

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text

After the last rust-colored glow of sunset, no one may enter or leave the teeming city-state called Pah-Dishah.

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan; Red Sonja (featured); Amir; Lurhan; King Ghannif (dies); Trolus; Lucrezia

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

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

• in Marvel Feature (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (November 1975)
which is reprinted
• in Conan (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #1 (4ème trimestre 1977) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]]
• in Red Sonja (Oberon, 1981 series) #8 (september 1981)
• in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #20 (Fevereiro de 1984)
• in Conan el Bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #143 (enero 1989)
• in L'Écho des Savanes Spécial U.S.A. (Editions du Fromage, 1976 series) #9 (4e trimestre 1978)
• in The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #83 (December 1982)
which is reprinted
• in La Espada Salvaje de Conan el Bárbaro (Novedades, 1988 series) #26 (June 5, 1989)
• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #2/1985 ([februari] 1985)
• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #3/1985 (uke 10 1985)
which is reprinted
• in Pocketserien (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1995 series) #10 - Røde Sonja ([juni] 1997) [bearbeidet oversettelse]
which is reprinted
• in Conan album (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1992 series) #59 - Sverdløs i Zamboula ([mars] 2010)
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #31 (November 1989)
• in The Adventures of Red Sonja (Dynamite Entertainment, 2005 series) #1 ([July 2005])
which is reprinted
• in Les aventures originales de Red Sonja (Éditions de l'éveil, 2021 series) #1 - Les années Marvel, volume 1 (1er trimestre 2021)
• in Queen Sonja (Dynamite Entertainment, 2009 series) #1 ([October] 2009)
• in Red Sonja (Dynamite Entertainment, 2005 series) #60 ([December] 2011) [Story colored for this edition.]

Keywords

Pah-Dishah

Indexer Notes

This story takes place immediately before the first story in this issue (her second meeting with Conan).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

Bob Larkin (painting)

Inks

Bob Larkin (painting)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The greatest movie series of them all…

Genre

science fiction

Indexer Notes

House ad for Planet of the Apes (Marvel, 1974 series) #1 (August 1974). Near full-size black and white cover reproduction.

Red Sonja (Table of Contents: 11)

Red Sonja / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Esteban Maroto (signed)

Inks

Esteban Maroto (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Red Sonja

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #2/1985 ([februari] 1985)
• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)

Conan's Women Warriors (Table of Contents: 12)

Conan / text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Blosser

Pencils

Steve Gan (signed) (illustration); Hugh Rankin (signed) (illustration); Roy Krenkel (illustration)

Inks

Steve Gan (signed) (illustration); Hugh Rankin (signed) (illustration); Roy Krenkel (illustration)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Among the most vivid of colorful of all the characters in the saga of Conan are those ladies...

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Bêlit; Red Sonya; Salome; Yasmina

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
• 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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Blackmark / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Gil Kane (signed) (illustration)

Inks

Gil Kane (signed) (illustration)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In 1971 Bantam Books published what was destined to be the most ambitious attempt...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery

Characters

Blackmark

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• from Blackmark (Bantam Books, 1971 series) #S5871 (January 1971)

Indexer Notes

Illustration from the book with the addition of a small, introductory block of text.

[Blackmark] Preface (Table of Contents: 14)

Blackmark / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Gil Kane; Archie Goodwin (uncredited, script)

Pencils

Gil Kane (signed)

Inks

Gil Kane (signed)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Old Earth is dead, devastated by the nuclear holocausts.

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Amarix; Marnie; Zeph the Tinker; Balzamo; Blackmark

Reprints

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

A Non-Paid Commercial That Will Drive You Crazy (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script

?

Pencils

? (photographs)

Inks

? (photographs)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Characters

Stan Lee (photographs)

Indexer Notes

Photo-story promotional advertisement for Crazy magazine.

An Atlantean In Aquilonia (Table of Contents: 16)

Kull / text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Glenn Lord; ? (introduction)

Pencils

Ross Andru (illustrations); John Severin (signed as Severin) (illustrations)

Inks

John Severin (signed as Severin) (illustrations)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Kull of Atlantis. Kull of Valusia. King Kull!

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Baron Kaanuub of Blaal; Ducalon; Enaros; King Kull; Ridondo

Reprints

• in The Savage Sword of Kull (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 (November 2010)
• in Kull the Savage: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
• 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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Conan / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?; ? (photograph)

Inks

?; ? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Aesgaard! Vanaheim! In Norse myth, two lands where twin races of warring gods make their mist-shrouded home.

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)

Indexer Notes

Drawn image of Conan on a photograph background, introduction for The Frost Giant's Daughter.

The Frost Giant's Daughter (Table of Contents: 18)

Conan / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Robert E. Howard (original prose short 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); Horsa (supporting) (first appearance); Niord (supporting) (first appearance); Wulfhere (antagonist)
Vanir: Hymdul (death) (antagonist) (first appearance)
Atali (antagonist) (first appearance); Conan (featured); Ymir (antagonist)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

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

• from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #16 (July 1972) [black and white]
which is reprinted
• from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #1 (May 1971) [pp. 2-12; modified]
• in Die Sprechblase (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1978 series) #17 (15. Dezember 1978)
• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #2/1985 ([februari] 1985)
• in Conan der Barbar (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1982 series) #6 (1986)
• in La Aventura de Conan: Antología 15 Años (Planeta DeAgostini, 1997 series) (Noviembre 1997)
• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)

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 #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 #1, 12 pages in black and white (original black-and-white version plus the extra splash page with ink washes applied).

[Novelty Ads] (Table of Contents: 19)

American Circle Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

? (thumbnail product illustrations)

Inks

? (thumbnail product illustrations)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Page 75.
Novelty products. First ad: Magic Brain Calculator.

Monsters of the Movies (Table of Contents: 20)

Monsters of the Movies / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

Bob Larkin (painting)

Inks

Bob Larkin (painting)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Frankenstein

Indexer Notes

Page 75.
House ad for Monsters of the Movies (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (August 1974). Black and white thumbnail cover reproduction.

Beyond Hell… Beyond Fear… Beyond the Terror That Lurks in Man's Mind (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

Gene Colan

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Dracula

Indexer Notes

Page 76.
House ad for Dracula Lives (Marvel, 1973 series). Half-page illustration of Dracula.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Night Gallery Graphics / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Warning! You won't want to be alone when you look at these full color reproductions from the Night Gallery Television series.

Indexer Notes

Page 77.
Full-color lithographed art reproductions for $2.00 each. B&W thumbnail illustrations.

Missed Any Marvel Masterpieces Lately? (Table of Contents: 23)

Marvel Monster Group / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

? (cover thumbnails); ? (photograph)

Inks

? (cover thumbnails); ? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Frankenstein (photograph)

Indexer Notes

Page 78.
Back issue ad for Marvel monster titles. Black and white cover thumbnails; photograph of Frankenstein's monster.

Next Issue: Black Colossus (Table of Contents: 24)

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

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan; King Kull

Indexer Notes

Page 80.
Planned contents for issue #2. Black and white illustrations of Conan and King Kull.

Monster Size Monsters (Table of Contents: 25)

Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Frankenstein; Barney the skeleton

Indexer Notes

Page 81.
Ad for 7-foot tall polyethylene monsters with glow-in-the-dark eyes for $1.00 each.

FDR Sat Here (Table of Contents: 26)

The U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare / public service announcement / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (photo)

Inks

? (photo)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Page 81.
Advises you to try to stop thinking of disabled people as ‘handicapped’. Wheelchair photo.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Gayle House Novelties / advertisement / 0.17 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Invite your friends over for a haunting

Indexer Notes

Page 81.
Ad for a 7" 33⅓ rpm LP of haunted house sound effects for $1.00.
Also a small thumbnail ad for an "eerie skull flashlight" for $1.25 from Interverse.

Very Special People (Table of Contents: 28)

Broadway Bookfinders Books / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

? (photos)

Inks

? (photos)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Page 82.
Ad for Frederick Drimmer's book "Very Special People" about people who were born with challenging abnormalities, $5.95 each.

Kung Fu & Karate (Table of Contents: 29)

Demaru, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

? (photo)

Inks

? (photo)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Toyotaro Miyazaki (photo)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.
Ad for "complete audiovisual home study course in dynamic kung fu & karate", $4.98.

Have You Seen This Coupon Before? (Table of Contents: 30)

La Salle Extension University / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover.
Ad for training courses..