(June 1975)

Marvel, 1974 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD
Pages
84
Indicia Frequency
Bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor); Marv Wolfman (consulting editor); Len Wein (consulting editor); Gerry Conway (associate editor); Archie Goodwin (associate editor)

The Lurkers Below! (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Niño (signed as Alex Niño) (painting)
Inks
Frank Magsino (signed as Frank Magsino) (painting)
Colors
Frank Magsino (signed as Frank Magsino) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
Reprints

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

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Don Newton (signed)
Inks
Don Newton (signed)

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sonny Trinidad (illustration); Alex Niño (illustration)
Inks
Sonny Trinidad (illustration); Alex Niño (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Characters
Conan
Reprints

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

Conan / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Conan retakes the kingdom of Khauran in the name of Queen Taramis...
Genre
sword and sorcery
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Excerpt from The Nemedian Chronicles, a map, and introduction to The Sleeper beneath the Sands.

The Sleeper beneath the Sands (Table of Contents: 4)

Conan / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Sonny Trinidad
Inks
Sonny Trinidad
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Perhaps, as certain mystics teach, the sun really is the Eye of God.
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Olgerd Vladislav; Dhira Mullah; Ahmed Mullah; Djebal
Synopsis
Olgerd Vladislav captures Conan but in doing so has also awakened the Sleeper Beneath the Sands.
Reprints

Gods of the Hyborian Age Part One: The Homes of the Gods (Table of Contents: 5)

Gods of the Hyborian Age / text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Yaple (credited as Robert L. Yaple)
Pencils
Alex Niño (signed as Alex Niño) (illustration); Mike Vosburg (signed as V.) (illustration)
Inks
Alex Niño (signed as Alex Niño) (illustration); Mike Vosburg (signed as V.) (illustration)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
With this issue of The Savage Sword of Conan, R. L. Yaple begins a long-awaited series...
Reprints

Can Any Good Thing Come Out of Cimmeria? (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Lin Carter
Pencils
Alex Niño (signed as Alex Niño)
Inks
Alex Niño (signed as Alex Niño)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bob Howard's failure to sell any more Kull stories...
Characters
Conan
Reprints

People of the Dark (Table of Contents: 7)

Conan / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script
Robert E. Howard (original story); Roy Thomas (adaptation)
Pencils
Alex Niño
Inks
Alex Niño
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I came to Dagon's Cave to kill Richard Brent!
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Richard Brent; Eleanor Rand; Jim O'Brien; Tamera; Gaeric
Synopsis
Jim O'Brien, in the present, plots to kill Richard Brent to win the hand of Eleanor, but a fall in a long-forgotten cavern transports him into the past in the body of Conan where he battles the denizens of the cavern.
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Indexer Notes

Adapted from the short story "People of the Dark" by Robert E. Howard.

Pages 23 and 24 are in the wrong order.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
? (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from John Canning, Jerry C. Cleary, Anthony Adams, and Peter Hardy.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Lurkers Below!
    Conan
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Conan
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. ["Conan retakes the kingdom of Khauran in the name of Queen Taramis..."]
    Conan
  5. 4. The Sleeper beneath the Sands
    Conan
  6. 5. Gods of the Hyborian Age Part One: The Homes of the Gods
    Gods of the Hyborian Age
  7. 6. Can Any Good Thing Come Out of Cimmeria?
  8. 7. People of the Dark
    Conan
  9. 8. ["Slay him!"]
    Conan
  10. 9. ["The mightiest barbarian of all--"]
    Conan
  11. 10. ["Next Issue: Citadel at the Center of Time."]
    Conan
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Swords and Scrolls
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Darrel McCann
  • Nuno Miranda
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
  • L. Jámal Walton
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)