The Savage Sword of Conan #41

(June 1979)

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

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Ernie Chan (credited) (signed as Ernie over Chan)

Inks

Ernie Chan (credited) (signed as Ernie over Chan)

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan

Synopsis

Conan, holding an axe in both hands, standing with his right foot on the throat of a large, dead reptile at the edge of some water.

Reprints

• in Conan - Barbaren (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1983 series) #1 (1983)
• in Conan album (Atlantic Forlag, 1984 series) #1 ([1984])
• in Savage Sword of Conan (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #4 (September 2008)
• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #3 (2019)

Indexer Notes

frontispiece

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Buscema

Inks

Tony DeZuniga

Letters

typeset

Characters

Conan; Zuru

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #3 (2019)

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

recap / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The throne of sea-faring Zingara is in danger!

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #3 (2019)

Indexer Notes

Includes a map of The Hyborian Age of Conan.

The Quest for the Cobra Crown (Table of Contents: 4)

Conan / comic story / 43 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

John Buscema (credited)

Inks

Tony DeZuniga (credited)

Letters

Joe Rosen (see notes)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The scene aboard the Petrel, proud ship of the Zingaran buccaneer Black Zarono, ia a grim one...

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan; Zeltran; Chabela; Sigurd; Juma; Bwatu; Mbonani (villain, introduction); Zuru (villain, introduction); Shaka; Nzinga (villain, introduction); Tuta (villain, introduction); Menkara (villain); Zarono (villain); Thoth-Amon (villain)

Reprints

• in The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel UK, 1977 series) #54
• in Het bloedige zwaard van Conan de barbaar (Oberon, 1979 series) #4 - Slaaf van de Amazonekoningin (1980)
• in Conan (Arédit-Artima, 1980 series) #7 - La cité des amazones (décembre 1982) [colorisé [colorized]]
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #43 (October 1990)
• in Super Conan 2ª Edición (Planeta DeAgostini, 1989 series) #12 (1992)
• in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #12/1994 ([november] 1994)
which is reprinted
• in Conan album (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1992 series) #45 - En drøm om blod! ([juli] 2003) [bearbeidet oversettelse]
• in Savage Sword of Conan (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #4 (September 2008)
• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #3 (2019), #3 (2019)

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the novel Conan the Buccaneer by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter.
Continued in next issue.

Joe Rosen lettering credit from "Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus" (Marvel, 2019 series) #3).

Conan's World -- and Welcome to it! (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Blosser (credited)

Pencils

Kerry Gammill (signed as Kerry Gammill) (illustration)

Inks

Kerry Gammill (signed as Kerry Gammill) (illustration)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Critical interest in Robert E. Howard and in Conan seems to be growing...

Characters

Conan

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #3 (2019)

Indexer Notes

One illustration.

The Ballad of Bêlit (Table of Contents: 6)

Conan / text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

John Buscema (credited) (signed as JB); Ernie Chan (credited) (signed as Ernie over Chan); Marie Severin (credited)

Inks

John Buscema (credited); Ernie Chan (credited) (signed as Ernie over Chan)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Now that Conan the Barbarian #100 has come, if not gone...

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan; Bêlit

Reprints

• in Conan Maxi (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2002 series) #4 - Sagaen om Belit! ([november] 2003) [page 2, upper part]
which is reprinted
• in Conan Krønikene (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2005 series) #26 ([august] 2011)
• in Conan Maxipocket (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2011 series) #4 - Sagaen om Belit ([oktober] 2012)
• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #3 (2019)

Indexer Notes

Five character studies of Belit by Buscema/Gan. Two versions of the Conan #100 cover (by Buscema/Chan and Severin/Chan) and a prelim by Marie Severin.

The Return of Sir Richard Grenville (Table of Contents: 7)

Solomon Kane / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited) (adaptation); Robert E. Howard (credited) (original story)

Pencils

David Wenzel (credited)

Inks

David Wenzel (credited)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Prologue, 1591: It was a proud fleet which, under the command of Lord Thomas Howard, set sail from England...

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Solomon Kane; Sir Richard Grenville (death)

Synopsis

Sir Richard returns to help Kane overcome a band of slavers.

Reprints

• in Conan (Arédit-Artima, 1980 series) #3 - La sorcière de Khauran (2ème trimestre 1981)
• in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #5/1991 ([mai] 1991)
• in The Saga of Solomon Kane (Dark Horse, 2009 series) (July 2009)
• in Solomon Kane: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the poem "The Return of Sir Richard Grenville" by Robert E. Howard.

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Next issue: Conan battles the dreaded Devil-Tress of Gamburu...

Characters

Conan

Indexer Notes

House ad for The Savage Sword of Conan #42 (Marvel, 1974 series).

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Need some fresh paper to line the bottom of your pterodactyl cage?

Characters

Conan

Indexer Notes

Subscription form for black and white Marvel magazines.

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

John Buscema

Inks

Tony DeZuniga

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #3 (2019)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Kyle Gray, Vernon M. Clark, Joe Molloy, and Mary C. Erikson.