(October 1975)

Marvel, 1974 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD
Pages
76
Indicia Frequency
7 x yr.
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor); Archie Goodwin (consulting editor); Marv Wolfman (consulting editor)

Death-Song of Conan (Table of Contents)

Conan / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Frank Brunner (signed as Brunner) (painting)
Inks
Frank Brunner (signed as Brunner) (painting)
Colors
Frank Brunner (signed as Brunner) (painting)
Letters
typeset
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
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Cover Thumbnail for The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #8
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[Frontispiece] (Table of Contents: 1)

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Tony DeZuniga (signed as adz)
Inks
Tony DeZuniga (signed as adz)
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jess Jodloman (illustration)
Inks
Jess Jodloman (illustration)
Letters
typeset
Characters
Conan
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Conan, after retaking the kingdom of Khauran in the name of Queen Taramis...
Genre
sword and sorcery
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Indexer Notes

Excerpt from The Nemedian Chronicles, map of the Hyborian Age, and introduction to The Forever Phial.

The Forever Phial (Table of Contents: 4)

Conan / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Tim Conrad (signed as Tac)
Inks
Tim Conrad (signed as Tac)
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ah, there he is: The great brawny barbarian fellow I noticed before.
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Ranephi; Hannibal
Synopsis
Ranephi was given the gift of immortality by the elder gods, yet cursed to die by the hands of a barbarian. Wanting to die, Ranephi lures Conan into his castle to kill him.
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The Gods Of The Hyborian Age Part III: The Elder Gods (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Robert Yaple
Pencils
Pat Broderick ? (illustration); J. Steinle ? (illustration); ? (illustration)
Inks
Pat Broderick ? (illustration); J. Steinle ? (illustration); ? (illustration)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
At one time almost half the know world was dominated by Set, god of darkness.
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Hanuman; Pteor
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Death Song of Conan the Cimmerian (Table of Contents: 6)

Conan / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (adaptation); Lin Carter (original poem)
Pencils
Jess Jodloman (signed as Jodloman)
Inks
Jess Jodloman (signed as Jodloman)
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The road was long and the road was hard...
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
Synopsis
A poem that covers the life of Conan.
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Indexer Notes

Adapted from the poem "The Death Song of Conan the Cimmerian" by Lin Carter.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

Sorcerer's Summit (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Bruce Jones (signed as Bruce Jones)
Pencils
Bruce Jones (signed as Bruce Jones)
Inks
Bruce Jones (signed as Bruce Jones)
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Not every would-be hero of yore can be a Conan-- nor is every woman a Red Sonja!
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Dars-Khras; Luhra; Brodmore
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The Hyborian Age, Chapter 2: The Rise of the Hyborians (Table of Contents: 9)

The Hyborian Age / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Robert E. Howard (original essay); Roy Thomas (adaption)
Pencils
Walter Simonson
Inks
Walter Simonson
Letters
Walter Simonson
First Line of Dialogue or Text
When the Great Cataclysm caused the destruction of Atlantis and Lemuria...
Genre
sword and sorcery
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Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Walt Simonson via GCD Errors list, October 2009.

Title: Info by Bruno Andreacchi (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4593)

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

Conan / recap / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robert E. Howard (original story); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Conan was all things in his day...
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan
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[Conan the Conquerer, Part 5] Corsairs Against Stygia (Table of Contents: 11)

Conan / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (adaptor); Robert E. Howard (original story)
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Yong Montaño
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Conan's first sensation of returning consciousnes is that of motion...
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Conan; Demetrio; Ajonga; Yasunga; Laranga
Synopsis
Conan awakens on a ship onto which he has been shanghaied. He quickly leads the galley slaves into a rebellion and takes control of the ship and heads south, chasing a Stygian galley.
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Indexer Notes

Adapted from the novel "The Hour of the Dragon" by Robert E. Howard.
Continued from Giant-Size Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #4.
Continued in The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #10.

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

Swords and Scrolls / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Letters
typeset
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Indexer Notes

Letters from Sean Burns, K. J. Robbins, Dave Rutman, Ed O'Reilly, Steve Replogle, and Richard M. Martin Jr.

Ad (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Conan / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Death-Song of Conan
    Conan
  2. 1. [Frontispiece]
    Conan
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. ["Conan, after retaking the kingdom of Khauran in the name of Queen Taramis..."]
    Conan
  5. 4. The Forever Phial
    Conan
  6. 5. The Gods Of The Hyborian Age Part III: The Elder Gods
    Gods of the Hyborian Age
  7. 6. Death Song of Conan the Cimmerian
    Conan
  8. 7. ["Stop dragon your tail..."]
    Conan
  9. 8. Sorcerer's Summit
  10. 9. The Hyborian Age, Chapter 2: The Rise of the Hyborians
    The Hyborian Age
  11. 10. ["Conan was all things in his day..."]
    Conan
  12. 11. [Conan the Conquerer, Part 5] Corsairs Against Stygia
    Conan
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Swords and Scrolls
  14. 13. Ad
    Conan
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