The Savage Sword of Conan #44

(September 1979)

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

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Tony DeZuniga (credited, signed)

Inks

Tony DeZuniga (credited, signed)

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan

Synopsis

Conan standing on a pile of debris with bloody sword in hand, a woman lying at his feet, with several flying creatures and a large skull in the background.

Reprints

• 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)

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Sal Buscema

Inks

Tony DeZuniga

Letters

typeset

Characters

Conan

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

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Eventually, Conan leaves the Zuagirs, whom he joined after his strange crucifixion,..

Reprints

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

The Star of Khorala (Table of Contents: 4)

Conan / comic story / 43 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

Sal Buscema (credited)

Inks

Tony DeZuniga (credited)

Letters

Joe Rosen (see notes)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Wanton River stretches lazily between the kingdoms of Koth and Ophir...

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan; Queen Marala; Captain Garus; Hostas; Rima; Doctor Khafrates; Torgrio; Junia; King Moranthes; Bulak; Barras; Rigello (villain, introduction, death); Naferari (flashback); Junghir Khan (flashback); Totrasmek (flashback)

Synopsis

Conan comes to Ophir looking to sell the Star of Khorala to Queen Marala, but Captain Garus tells him that the king has imprisoned the queen in a tower. Conan and Garus frees her, but are then pursued by the king's cousin Rigello and his men. They make their last stand in a ruin, but ultimately, they are saved by the ghost soldiers who served Marala's ancestor.

Reprints

• in Het bloedige zwaard van Conan de barbaar (Oberon, 1979 series) #7 - De ster van Khorala (1981)
• in Conan (Arédit-Artima, 1980 series) #10 - L'étoile de Khorala (octobre 1983) [colorisé [colorized]]
• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #11/1985 ([november] 1985)
• in La Espada Salvaje de Conan el Bárbaro (Novedades, 1988 series) #96 (February 10, 1992)
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #60 (March 1992)
• in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #8/1999 ([juli] 1999)
• 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)

Keywords

Ophir

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the short story "The Star of Khorala" by Björn Nyberg and L. Sprague de Camp.

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

Queen Marala becomes Countess Albiona by Giant-Size Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #3

Notes on Hyborian Heraldry and Cartography (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Lee N. Falconer (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Special introductory note: With this issue's article on coat-of-arms...

Reprints

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

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

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

Conan the Conquistador (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Douglas Menville (credited)

Pencils

Salvador H. Lavalle

Inks

Salvador H. Lavalle

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The knowledge that Marvel's Conan the Barbarian was technically not the first comicbook adaptation...

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Article about Mexican comic series "La Reina de la Costa Negra" which was based on Robert E. Howard's Conan tales. Lots of art examples.

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

The Bullpen's Barbarians / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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

Inks

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

Letters

typeset

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan

Synopsis

Conan, holding a club while standing astride a dead primitive man while five others attack his back.

Reprints

• in La Espada Salvaje de Conan el Bárbaro (Novedades, 1988 series) #96 (February 10, 1992)
• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #3 (2019)

Indexer Notes

includes a brief introduction.

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

The Bullpen's Barbarians / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Marshall Rogers (credited) (signed as Marshall)

Inks

Marshall Rogers (credited) (signed as Marshall)

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan

Synopsis

Conan, standing over a dead winged humanoid, holding up an unconscious girl with his left hand, while swinging a sword over his head to score a bloody hit on another winged humanoid flying over his head.

Reprints

• in La Espada Salvaje de Conan el Bárbaro (Novedades, 1988 series) #96 (February 10, 1992)
• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #3 (2019)

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

The Bullpen's Barbarians / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Joe Jusko (credited) (signed as JJ)

Inks

Joe Jusko (credited) (signed as JJ)

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Red Sonja, in a jungle, sitting on the back of a dead reptile, with her sword pointing down between her legs and the point on the reptile's back leg, and a small baby reptile at the bottom, right corner.

Reprints

• in La Espada Salvaje de Conan el Bárbaro (Novedades, 1988 series) #96 (February 10, 1992)

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

The Bullpen's Barbarians / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Will Meugniot (credited, signed)

Inks

Will Meugniot (credited, signed)

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Red Sonja

Synopsis

Red Sonja, standing with left hand on hip and right hand holding her sword point down while leaning on it, surrounded by various other depictions of her including three of only her head at the top, and four full figures: one pointing up with left hand while holding a sword in her right; one with sword in right hand while leaning on a spear, butt-down, in her left; one standing and starting to draw her sword; one kneeling with her back to the viewer and holding a dagger in her right hand.

Reprints

• in La Espada Salvaje de Conan el Bárbaro (Novedades, 1988 series) #96 (February 10, 1992)

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

The Bullpen's Barbarians / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Tony DeZuniga (credited) (signed as adz)

Inks

Tony DeZuniga (credited) (signed as adz)

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan

Synopsis

Conan, with his back to the viewer, standing with one foot on the nose of a dead monster that has large tusks pointing up, holding a sword in his left hand while holding up a bloody object to the moon.

Reprints

• in La Espada Salvaje de Conan el Bárbaro (Novedades, 1988 series) #96 (February 10, 1992)
• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #3 (2019), #3 (2019)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

?

Pencils

John Buscema

Inks

Tony DeZuniga

Letters

typeset

Characters

Conan; Chabela

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jerry Edwards, Ed Baumgartner, Patrick Hamou, Dale Armelin, Jennie Lee, and Mike Bates.