The Savage Sword of Conan #55

(August 1980)

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

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Rudy Nebres (credited) (signed as Rudy D Nebres)

Inks

Rudy Nebres (credited) (signed as Rudy D Nebres)

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Conan crouching with sword held in two hand, with a woman on her knees in front of him, being attacked from the side by a flying creature with long arms with clawed hands.

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4

Indexer Notes

frontispiece

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Buscema

Inks

Ricardo Villamonte

Letters

typeset

Characters

Conan

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4

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

recap / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Conan was born on a battlefield, during a fight between his tribe and a horde of raiding Vanir.

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4

Indexer Notes

Includes a map of The Hyborian Age of Conan.

Black Lotus and Yellow Death (Table of Contents: 4)

Conan / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

John Buscema (credited)

Inks

Ricardo Villamonte (credited)

Letters

Joe Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The sandstorm is a howling, blinding, fearsome horror...

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan (featured); Isparana (antagonist); Arsil of Samara (supporting); Hisarr Zul (death) (antagonist)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Conan confronts Isparana in an oasis and switches the talisman known as the Eye of Erlik for a replica. Conan and Isparana are then captured by slavers, but soon freed by Arsil, the Turanian soldier. Conan returns to Arenjun and turns over the talisman to Hisarr Zul, who tries to kill him, but fails.

Reprints

• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #2/1984 ([november] 1984)
• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #2/1984 (uke 48 1984) [3 pages removed]
• in Super Conan (Mon Journal, 1985 series) #8 (mai 1986) [Pages 4-8, 10-32]
• in Super Conan 2ª Edición (Planeta DeAgostini, 1989 series) #2 (1989)
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #74 (May 1993)
• in Conan bok (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1998 series) #1 - Erliks øye (1998) [2. translation]
which is reprinted
• in Conan Maxi (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2002 series) #11 - Skelos' sverd ([juli] 2010)
• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4

Keywords

Arenjun; desert; oasis; Zamora

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the novel Conan and the Sorcerer by Andrew J. Offutt. Continued from last issue.
Joe Rosen credit from Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel 2019 series) #4.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

Havoc in Hyboria (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Neal (credited)

Pencils

Rick Hoberg (signed as Hoberg) (illustrations); Gene Day (signed as Gene Day) (illustrations)

Inks

Rick Hoberg (signed as Hoberg) (illustrations); Gene Day (signed as Gene Day) (illustrations)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We thought that, after a dozen or so articles, it was high time we introducted Jim Neal...

Reprints

• in The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel UK, 1977 series) #67 (May 1983)
• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4

Indexer Notes

"A Study of Warfare in Conan's World". Two illustrations by Hoberg and two by Day.

The New Kids in Town: A Portfolio (Table of Contents: 7)

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Joe Jusko (credited) (signed as JJ)

Inks

Joe Jusko (credited) (signed as JJ)

Job Number

RT 398

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Actually, the above is a mildly misleading name for the following five-page portolio.

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Conan standing on a rocky edge holding a bloody ax in his right hand and a bloody sword in his left as he looks down at a dead warrior in armor, with a shield and broken sword on the ground below him.

Reprints

• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #3/1984 ([december] 1984)
• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #1/1985 (uke 2 1985)
which is reprinted
• in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #1/1990 ([september] 1990) [art only]
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #29 (September 1989)
• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4

The New Kids in Town: A Portfolio (Table of Contents: 8)

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Will Meugniot (credited)

Inks

Will Meugniot (credited)

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan; Red Sonja

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

In the middle of a bar fight, Conan is standing on a table, hitting one fighter with the flagon in his right hand while stabbing another fighter in the chest with the sword in his left hand while Sonja is swing her sword with her right hand while her left hand is at her breast hold on her chain-mail top.

Reprints

• in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #4/2003 ([mars] 2003)
• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4

The New Kids in Town: A Portfolio (Table of Contents: 9)

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Peter Ledger (credited) (signed as Ledger)

Inks

Peter Ledger (credited) (signed as Ledger)

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Conan standing, facing forward, with sword held in his left hand and his right foot on the head of a large serpent. Behind Conan, a large circle, showing the rest of the serpent's body and a stonehenge, with small drawings of four naked women in the corners, three of them with swords.

Reprints

• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #3/1984 ([december] 1984)
• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #1/1985 (uke 2 1985)
• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4

The New Kids in Town: A Portfolio (Table of Contents: 10)

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Steve Swenston (credited) (signed as Swenston)

Inks

Steve Swenston (credited) (signed as Swenston)

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Conan, standing, facing forward, with a sword in his right hand while his left hand is pointing an ax straight at a figure with only its glowing hands being shown in the foreground. Behind Conan, one woman is strapped to an altar by her wrists, while another woman is standing to the left, right hand held to her mouth in fright and holding a dagger in her left. Behind the altar is a wizard and a winged demon.

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4

The New Kids in Town: A Portfolio (Table of Contents: 11)

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Richard Larson (credited as Rich Larson) (signed as Larson)

Inks

Richard Larson (credited as Rich Larson) (signed as Larson)

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Conan, with a woman lying at his feet, fighting three men: one he has slashed in the chest with the sword in his right hand, another has been cut in the face with the dagger in his right hand, and the third is leaping in the air, sword held in both hands, preparing to strike. A small open chest is in the foreground.

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Kull / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Alfredo Alcala (signed as Alfredo P. Alcala)

Inks

Alfredo Alcala (signed as Alfredo P. Alcala)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

King Kull, mighty man-legend of pre-cataclysmic times...

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Brule; Kull

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• in The Savage Sword of Kull (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 (November 2010)

Indexer Notes

introduction to following story.

Wizard and Warrior (Table of Contents: 13)

Kull / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

Alfredo Alcala (credited)

Inks

Alfredo Alcala (credited)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the royal Palace of Valusa, three men look down with grim seriousness at a gameboard...

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Aa-Thak (death) (first appearance); Brule (featured); King Kull (supporting); Ronaro (supporting); Brule's father (introduction; flashback)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Brule tells Kull the story of his first tribal war, where he killed Aa-Thak the wizard and won his scars.

Reprints

• in Super Conan (Planeta DeAgostini, 1982 series) #6 ([Octubre] 1983)
• in Conan Spécial (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #2 - La vengeance du désert (mai 1985)
• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #11/1985 ([november] 1985)
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #28 (August 1989)
• in Pocketserien (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1995 series) #27 - Kong Kull - Dødens pass ([februar] 2001)
• in The Savage Sword of Kull (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 (November 2010)

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the short story "Wizard and Warrior" by Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

Roy Thomas (credited as R. T.)

Pencils

? (photo)

Inks

? (photo)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Bêlit (photo of Shirley McClure); Conan (photo of Roger Sands)

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4

Indexer Notes

Letters from John Schuch, John Robbins, Dennis Mallonee, and Shirley McClure.