Savage Sword of Conan #5

(April 5, 1975)

Zukala's Daughter (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Barry Windsor-Smith

Inks

Frank Giacoia

Letters

Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In a pool of its own life's-blood, the sun lies dying---

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Conan the Barbarian!

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan; Zephra; Zukala

Synopsis

Conan frees villages of Zukala's control, saves Zephra from demon, and defeats Zukala, who disappears with his daughter Zephra.

Reprints

• from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (May 1971)

Keywords

Zamorian Village

Indexer Notes

Inspired by REH poem "Zukala's Hour"; coloring credits acknowledged by Barry Windsor-Smith in Spectrum Super Special #3 [2005]

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The Skull of Silence! (Table of Contents: 3)

Kull / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Bernie Wrightson

Inks

Bernie Wrightson

Colors

Marie Severin ?

Letters

Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Come, my red slayers.

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

King Kull; Ka-Nu; Kuthulos

Synopsis

Kull's arrogance leads to the release of an ancient menace that he barely is able to defeat.

Reprints

• from Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #10 (March 1971)

Indexer Notes

Kuthulos is a homage/pastiche of H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu.

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The Crusader (Table of Contents: 6)

Crusader / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Maneely

Inks

Joe Maneely

Letters

Ray Holloway ? (sourced)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Like sand drifting over the desert, the savage hordes slipped unseen around King Richard's camp!

Genre

adventure; sword and sorcery

Characters

Crusader [El Alemain]; Saladin (Villain, Introduction); Sir Guy De Montfort (Villain, Introduction); Richard the Lion-Hearted (Intro)

Synopsis

Upon learning that he is actually Frankish nobility, the Saracen warrior known as El Alemein joins the Crusaders. Saladin appears and challenges King Richard the Lion-Hearted to a duel, but El Alemein offers to fight in the king's place and defeats Saladin. King Richard knights El Alemein and names him Lord O'Dare.

Reprints

• from Black Knight (Marvel, 1955 series) #2 (July 1955)

Indexer Notes

Stan Lee writer credit removed based on information from the Timely/Atlas discussion list.

Second instalment of story although first part was not printed in this title.

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