The Savage Sword of Conan #7

(August 1975)

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Vicente Alcazar (signed)

Inks:

Vicente Alcazar (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Characters:

Conan

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)

Conan / text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert E. Howard

Pencils:

? (map)

Inks:

? (map)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #250 (November 1991) [with minor modifications]

Indexer Notes

Excerpt from The Nemedian Chronicles and map of the Hyborian Age.

The Citadel at the Center of Time (Table of Contents)

Conan / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Thomas

Pencils:

John Buscema

Inks:

Alfredo Alcala

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Characters:

Conan; Amul; Shallim

Synopsis:

Conan and his raiders attack a caravan but find only a girl and a sabre-tooth cat for loot.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Une Aventure de Conan (Editions Lug, 1976 series) #3 (2ème trimestre 1977)
• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #7/1985 (uke 27 1985)
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #15 (July 1988)
• in Savage Sword of Conan (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #1 (December 2007)

Part Two: In the Shadow of Fear (Table of Contents)

Conan / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Thomas

Pencils:

John Buscema

Inks:

Alfredo Alcala

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Characters:

Conan; Alhambra; Whazir; Omar;

Synopsis:

Conan travels to the city of Akbitana to discover the secret of the mysterious Citadel that has appeared there.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Une Aventure de Conan (Editions Lug, 1976 series) #3 (2ème trimestre 1977)
• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #7/1985 (uke 27 1985)
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #15 (July 1988)
• in Savage Sword of Conan (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #1 (December 2007)

Part Three: Sorcerer's Trove (Table of Contents)

Conan / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Thomas

Pencils:

John Buscema

Inks:

Alfredo Alcala

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Characters:

Conan; Alhambra; Shamash-Shum-Ukin

Synopsis:

Conan awakens inside the Citadel, captive of Shamash-Shum-Ukin who plans to use him as a sacrifice to the Well of Time.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Une Aventure de Conan (Editions Lug, 1976 series) #3 (2ème trimestre 1977)
• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #7/1985 (uke 27 1985)
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #15 (July 1988)
• in Savage Sword of Conan (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #1 (December 2007)

Part IV: Into Time's Abyss (Table of Contents)

Conan / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Thomas

Pencils:

John Buscema

Inks:

Alfredo Alcala

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Characters:

Conan; Alhambra; Shamash-Shum-Ukin; Nishi; Ashurbanipal (flashback); Whazir; Omar; Ali; Dhassid

Synopsis:

Conan and Alhambra escape from the Well of Time and also from the Citadel as it comes tumbling down.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Une Aventure de Conan (Editions Lug, 1976 series) #3 (2ème trimestre 1977)
• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #7/1985 (uke 27 1985)
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #15 (July 1988)
• in Savage Sword of Conan (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #1 (December 2007)

Crom and Mitra: Gods to Swear By - Part II of "The Gods of the Hyborian Age" (Table of Contents)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert L. Yaple

Pencils:

Mike Vosburg (illustration, signed); ? (illustrations)

Inks:

Mike Vosburg (illustration, signed); ? (illustrations)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Conan (illustrations)

Indexer Notes

Includes full-page illustration of Conan by Vosburg and three small illustrations.

The King Is Dead - Part IV of Chronicles of the Sword: An Informal History of Sword-and-Sorcery Fiction (Table of Contents)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Lin Carter

Pencils:

Gray Morrow (illustration, signed); ? (illustration)

Inks:

Gray Morrow (illustration, signed); ? (illustration)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Conan (illustration)

Indexer Notes

Includes full-page illustration of Conan by Morrow and one small illustration.

Lines Written In the Realization That I Must Die (Table of Contents)

Conan / text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert E. Howard

Pencils:

Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith] (illustrations)

Inks:

Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith] (illustrations)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Characters:

Conan (illustrations)

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #9 (January 1988)

Indexer Notes

Copyright © 1946 by August Derleth for "Skullface and Others".

The Hyborian Age - Chapter 1: The Pre-Cataclysmic Age (Table of Contents)

Conan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Thomas

Pencils:

Walter Simonson [as Walt Simonson]

Inks:

Walter Simonson [as Walt Simonson]

Letters:

Walter Simonson

Content Information

Genre:

sword and sorcery

Characters:

Conan

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #8/1985 (uke 31 1985)
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #50 (May 1991)

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the essay by Robert E. Howard. Letters credit from Walter Simonson via GCD Errors list, October 2009.

Tired of Dueling With the Neighborhood Bully for the Latest Issue of the Savage Sword of Conan? (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Robert L. Kline (illustration, signed)

Inks:

Robert L. Kline (illustration, signed)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Promotional advertisement for this series. Illustration © 1972 by Gary Groth and Bob Kline.

untitled (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (illustration)

Inks:

? (illustration)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Conan (illustration)

Indexer Notes

Promotional advertisement for the next issue and for the Savage Sword of Conan Special.

Swords and Scrolls (Table of Contents)

letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

various

Pencils:

John Buscema (sketch)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Conan (sketch)

Indexer Notes

Includes layout sketch for the cover of The Savage Sword of Conan #5 (April 1975).