The Savage Sword of Conan #3

(December 1974)

[Frontispiece] (Table of Contents)

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Alfredo Alcala (signed)

Inks:

Alfredo Alcala (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Characters:

Conan

Reprints:

• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #38 (May 1990)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

At The Mountain Of The Moon-God (Table of Contents)

Conan / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Thomas

Pencils:

John Buscema

Inks:

Pablo Marcos

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Characters:

Conan; Tevalos; Princess Yasmela; General Malthom; Vateesa; Prince Katuman; King Strabonus; Sergius of Khrosha; Commander Quzak; Captain Geballus; King Khossus

Synopsis:

Conan goes to rescue King Khossus who has been captured by Ophir.

Reprints:

• in Conan Annual (Marvel, 1973 series) #3 (1977) [color reprint]
which is reprinted
• in Conan le Barbare (Arédit-Artima, 1984 series) #5 (janvier 1985)
• in Conan (Condor, 1979 series) #7 (?)
• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #4/1985 (uke 14 1985) [2 pages removed]
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #12 (April 1988)
• in Savage Sword of Conan (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #1 (December 2007)

Where Dark Death Soars (chapter 2) (Table of Contents)

Conan / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Thomas

Pencils:

John Buscema

Inks:

Pablo Marcos

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Characters:

Conan; Vateesa; King Khossus; Commander Quzak; Princess Yasmela; Prince Katuman

Synopsis:

While rescuing King Khossus, Conan must battle a Pterosaur.

Reprints:

• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #4/1985 (uke 14 1985)
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #12 (April 1988)
• in Savage Sword of Conan (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #1 (December 2007)

The First Barbarian: (part 2) (Table of Contents)

Chronicles of the Sword / text article / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Lin Carter

Pencils:

John Severin (signed)

Inks:

John Severin (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Part II of Lin Carter's 'Chronicles of the Sword' feature examines Robert E. Howard's creation of the sword-and-sorcery genre in the pages of "Weird Tales" pulp magazine in the 1920's and 30's, starting with the Atlantean outcast who became King Kull. Article is accompanied by two Kull illustrations by Severin.

The Testing Of Blackmark (chapter 3) (Table of Contents)

Blackmark / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gil Kane; Archie Goodwin

Pencils:

Gil Kane; Neal Adams (signed GK)

Inks:

Gil Kane; Neal Adams (signed GK)

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Characters:

King Kargon; Blackmark; Queen Lyllith; Nephus; Balzamo

Synopsis:

Blackmark spurns Lyllith's attentions and is slated for death in the arena facing the Flame Lizard. He is taken to a holding cell where Balzamo recognizes a mark Blackmark shared with his mother, indicating he has the power of Amarix. Balzamo and Blackmark are taken to the arena to face the Flame Lizard, but Blackmark kills the beast.

Reprints:

• from Blackmark (Bantam Books, 1971 series) #S5871 (January 1971) [paperback page art reoriented to fit magazine page size]

Kull Of Atlantis (Table of Contents)

Kull / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert E. Howard

Pencils:

Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]

Inks:

Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Characters:

Kull; Am-ra; Khor-nah; Sareeta

Synopsis:

Sareeta, an Atlantean who married a Lemurian pirate, has been captured after being washed ashore when the pirate ship was broken. As Kull arrives, she is about to be burned for bringing shame to Atlantis. With her nodded assent, Kull hurls his dagger just under her heart, killing her instantly to spare her an agonizing death. Kull's tribesmen chase him with the intent of slaying him for violating their code of morals, but are unable to catch him.

Reprints:

• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #51 (June 1991)

Indexer Notes

This is not a complete story. According to the splash page notes, Barry Smith and Roy Thomas were planning a paperback comic book dealing with the early days of Kull of Atlantis. The paperback never happened, but Smith did a number of finished drawings in preparation for the book. Some of those drawings are presented here with quotations from the story "Exile Of Atlantis" by Robert E. Howard.

Demons of the Summit (Table of Contents)

Conan / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Thomas

Pencils:

Tony deZuniga

Inks:

Tony deZuniga

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Characters:

Conan; Jamal; Shanya; Shangara

Synopsis:

A king's emissary fails to heed Conan's warnings about Khozgari treachery, and only Conan and Jamal escape with their lives. During their escape, they encounter Shanya, the daughter of a Khozgari chief, and take her hostage. When they take a shortcut through the Misty Mountains, they are attacked by the Demons of the Summit. Jamal is killed and Shanya is taken to Shangara, leader of the summit people. He wants to use Shanya as a mate for himself and his son until Conan rescues her.

Reprints:

• in Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #87 (June 1978)
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #13 (May 1988), #76 (July 1993) [summarized with illustrations; summary with illustrations]
• in Savage Sword of Conan (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #1 (December 2007) [color reprint]

Indexer Notes

Adaptation of the short story, "People of the Summit" by Björn Nyberg and L. Sprague de Camp.

Ad (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Virgilio Redondo (signed)

Inks:

Virgilio Redondo (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Swords and Scrolls / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

Typeset