The Savage Sword of Conan #20

(July 1977)

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

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Michael Netzer (signed as Nasser) (credited as Nasser)

Inks

Dick Giordano (signed as Giordano) (credited as Giordano)

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan

Reprints

• in A Espada Selvagem de Conan (Editora Abril, 1984 series) #3 ([outubro de 1984])
• in Savage Sword of Conan (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #2 (February 2008)
• in Legenden om Conan (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2017 series) #4 ([oktober] 2017)
• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #2 (2019)

Indexer Notes

Frontispiece.

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Buscema

Inks

Alfredo Alcala

Letters

typeset

Characters

Conan; Natala

Reprints

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

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

Conan / recap / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Nearly a year after the events of The People of the Black Circle, there are big wars in the west...

Genre

sword and sorcery

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Includes a map of The Hyborian Age of Conan.

The Slithering Shadow [Part I] (Table of Contents: 4)

Conan / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

John Buscema (credited)

Inks

Alfredo Alcala (credited)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The desert shimmers in the heat waves.

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan; Natala; Thalis

Synopsis

Conan and Natala wander into the city of Xuthal from the desert and find it almost deserted except for sleeping men and a shadowy demon.

Reprints

• in A Espada Selvagem de Conan (Editora Abril, 1984 series) #10
• in Die Sprechblase (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1978 series) #59 (April 1984), #60 (15. Juni 1984)
• in Super Conan (Planeta DeAgostini, 1982 series) #13 ([Junio] 1985)
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #16 (August 1988)
which is reprinted
• in Spécial Conan (Semic S.A., 1990 series) #8 ([avril] 1992)
• in La Espada Salvaje de Conan el Bárbaro (Novedades, 1988 series) #6 (Agosto 29 de 1988)
• in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #12/1999 ([november] 1999)
• in Savage Sword of Conan (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #2 (February 2008)
• in Legenden om Conan (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2017 series) #4 ([oktober] 2017)
• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #2 (2019)

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the short story "The Slithering Shadow" by Robert E. Howard.

[The Slithering Shadow] Part II: The Tentacles of Thog (Table of Contents: 5)

Conan / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

John Buscema (credited)

Inks

Alfredo Alcala (credited)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

And, though Conan cannot hear it through that now-solid wall...

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Natala; Thalis; Thog

Synopsis

Natala is kidnapped by Thalis, but Thalis is eaten by Thog.

Reprints

• in A Espada Selvagem de Conan (Editora Abril, 1984 series) #10
• in Die Sprechblase (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1978 series) #60 (15. Juni 1984), #61 (1984)
• in Super Conan (Planeta DeAgostini, 1982 series) #13 ([Junio] 1985)
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #16 (August 1988)
which is reprinted
• in Spécial Conan (Semic S.A., 1990 series) #8 ([avril] 1992)
• in La Espada Salvaje de Conan el Bárbaro (Novedades, 1988 series) #6 (Agosto 29 de 1988)
• in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #12/1999 ([november] 1999)
• in Savage Sword of Conan (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #2 (February 2008)
• in Legenden om Conan (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2017 series) #4 ([oktober] 2017)
• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #2 (2019)

Indexer Notes

Adaptation of the short story "The Slithering Shadow" by Robert E. Howard.

[The Slithering Shadow] Part III: Xuthal of the Dusk (Table of Contents: 6)

Conan / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

John Buscema (credited)

Inks

Alfredo Alcala (credited)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A moment ago, an eternity ago...

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan; Natala; Thog

Synopsis

Conan and Natala escape from Xuthal.

Reprints

• in A Espada Selvagem de Conan (Editora Abril, 1984 series) #10
• in Die Sprechblase (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1978 series) #61 (1984), #62 (20. September 1984)
• in Super Conan (Planeta DeAgostini, 1982 series) #13 ([Junio] 1985)
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #16 (August 1988)
which is reprinted
• in Spécial Conan (Semic S.A., 1990 series) #8 ([avril] 1992)
• in La Espada Salvaje de Conan el Bárbaro (Novedades, 1988 series) #6 (Agosto 29 de 1988)
• in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #12/1999 ([november] 1999)
• in Savage Sword of Conan (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #2 (February 2008)
• in Legenden om Conan (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2017 series) #4 ([oktober] 2017)
• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #2 (2019)

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the short story "The Slithering Shadow" by Robert E. Howard.

Sing a Song of Sonjas (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Al Satian (photographs)

Inks

Al Satian (photographs)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Each year in July, San Diego, California, is host...

Characters

Red Sonja [photograph of Michaele Walters]; Red Sonja [photograph of Jenny Nelson]; Roy Thomas (photograph); Howard Chaykin (photograph)

Solomon Kane's Homecoming (Table of Contents: 8)

Solomon Kane / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Robert E. Howard (credited); Roy Thomas (credited) (adaptation)

Pencils

Virgil Redondo (credited as Virgilio Redondo)

Inks

Rudy Nebres (credited)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The white gulls wheeled above the cliffs...

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Solomon Kane

Reprints

• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 (October 1988)
• in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #8/1991 ([august] 1991)
• in The Saga of Solomon Kane (Dark Horse, 2009 series) (July 2009)
• in Solomon Kane: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the poem "Solomon Kane's Homecoming" by Robert E. Howard.

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Conan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Swords and Scrolls / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustrations)

Inks

? (illustrations)

Letters

typeset

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters from Mark Boersma, Frank Ortega, Frank B. Yuwono, and Scott Israel.

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