(July 1978)

Marvel, 1974 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1978
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Barcode
0714860292907
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor); Jim Shooter (consulting editor); Rick Marschall (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

Barcode is as printed on magazine.

Friends of the Flame Knife (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Howard Chaykin (credited) (signed as Chaykin) (painting)
Inks
Howard Chaykin (credited) (signed as Chaykin) (painting)
Colors
Howard Chaykin (credited) (signed as Chaykin) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
Reprints

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

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carl Potts
Inks
Pablo Marcos

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
Reprints

Table of Contents/Credits (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema (illustration)
Inks
Tony DeZuniga (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Characters
Conan
Reprints

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

Conan / recap / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Following the adventure chronicled as "The Devil in Iron" (Savage Sword #15)...
Genre
sword and sorcery
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Includes a map of The Hyborian Age of Conan.

The Flame Knife (Table of Contents: 4)

Conan / comic story / 50 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Tony DeZuniga
Letters
Tom Orzechowski

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It is the scuff of swift and stealthy feet in the darkened doorway which warns the giant Cimmerian...
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Kozaki [Tubal; Hattusas (death)]; Nanaia; Parusati; Balash; Kobad Shah; Gotarza; Bardiya; Antar; Zahak; Virata (introduction); Khaza (introduction); Olgerd Vladislav
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the short story "The Flame Knife" by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp.
Continued next issue.
Letter credit from The Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 Series) #3.

A Gazetteer of the Hyborian World of Conan, Part II (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Lee N. Falconer (credited)
Pencils
David Wenzel (signed as Wenzel); ? (illustrations)
Inks
Duffy Vohland (signed as Vohland); ? (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Last month Savage Sword began its presentation of this important volume of Robert E. Howard lore...
Characters
Conan; Red Sonja
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Information from Bahari to Frozen River.

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

Swords and Scrolls / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema (illustrations)
Inks
Alfredo Alcala (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from David Marshall, Eric Kelly, and Russell W. Poland.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Friends of the Flame Knife
    Conan
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Conan
  3. 2. Table of Contents/Credits
  4. 3. ["Following the adventure chronicled as "The Devil in Iron" (Savage Sword #15)..."]
    Conan
  5. 4. The Flame Knife
    Conan
  6. 5. A Gazetteer of the Hyborian World of Conan, Part II
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Swords and Scrolls
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Phil Hart
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore