(May 3, 1975)

Marvel UK, 1975 Series
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Price
0.08 GBP
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1975-05-03
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics International Ltd.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group
Editing
Matt Softley (editor)

Issue Notes

Ka-Zar is mentioned on the cover but does not appear inside.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
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Cover Thumbnail for Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel UK, 1975 series) #9
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Garden of Fear (Table of Contents: 2)

Conan / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas; Robert E. Howard
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks
Sal Buscema
Letters
Sam Rosen
Job Number
654-Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
For many a night and day, have they traversed the bleak backbone of the sky-reaching mountain range ---
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Conan the Barbarian!
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Jenna; Hialmar; The Winged One
Synopsis
While Conan and Jenna are the guests of a primitive mountain tribe, Jenna is kidnapped by a mysterious winged creature. This creature is the last survivor of his race and takes Jenna to a tower surrounded by flesh-eating flowers. Conan uses a herd of woolly mammoths to scale the tower, kill the creature and save Jenna.
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Keywords
lost valley; man-eating flowers; Primitive village; woolly mammoths

Indexer Notes

Comics adaptation of Robert E. Howard's short story "The Garden of Fear".

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

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

The Death-Dance of Thulsa Doom! (Table of Contents: 4)

Kull / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Marie Severin
Inks
John Severin
Letters
John Costanza
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Valusia walks in sunshine once again!
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Picts [Brule (supporting); Ka-Nu (flashback) (supporting)]; Baron Kaanuub of Blaal; Thulsa Doom (antagonist); King Kull (featured); Ridondo; Councilor Tu (supporting); Shiva (first appearance, death); Tullina (Picts, first appearance); Arctorus (Red Slayers, death)
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Checklist (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

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

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

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. ["First you asked for it! Then you pleaded for it! And, finally, you DEMANDED it!!"]
  3. 2. The Garden of Fear
    Conan
  4. 3. ["I sense disaster on earth below me!"]
    The Superheroes
  5. 4. The Death-Dance of Thulsa Doom!
    Kull
  6. 5. Checklist
  7. 6. ["Designed with you in mind -"]
    Marvel Treasury Edition
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