The Savage Sword of Conan #59

(December 1980)

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

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Keith Pollard (credited) (signed as pollard)

Inks

Keith Pollard (credited) (signed as pollard)

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan

Synopsis

Conan in mid-air from a leap over a group of fighting warriors holding a bloody sword in his right hand an equally bloody two-headed ax over his head in his left hand.

Reprints

• in La Aventura de Conan: Antología 15 Años (Planeta DeAgostini, 1997 series) (Noviembre 1997)
• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Mike Vosburg

Inks

Alfredo Alcala

Letters

typeset

Characters

Conan; Zosara

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4

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

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

Script

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This story represents a one-time departure from our established policy.

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4

The City of Skulls (Table of Contents: 4)

Conan / comic story / 33 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

Mike Vosburg (credited)

Inks

Alfredo Alcala (credited)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Prologue: For fifteen days, the Turanian escort has jogged across plains...

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan; Juma (introduction); Zosara (introduction); Tashudang; Gorthangpo (introduction, death); Rimpoche (introduction, death); Tanzong Tengri (introduction, death); Yama (introduction); Jalung Thongpa (introduction; death); Khan Kujula

Synopsis

While escorting Princess Zosara to her wedding with Kujula, the Turanians are attacked. Only Zosara, Conan and Juma survive the attack, and they are taken as prisoners to Shamballah. Conan and Juma are sentenced to be galley slaves there but escape. They rescue Zosara and escort her the rest of the way to Khan Kujula.

Reprints

• in Conan der Barbar (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1982 series) #3 (1984)
• in La Espada Salvaje de Conan el Bárbaro (Novedades, 1988 series) #95 (January 27, 1992)
• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #64 (July 1992)
• in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #7/1997 ([juni] 1997)
• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4, #4, #4

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the short story "The City of Skulls" by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter.

The Kozaks Ride (Table of Contents: 5)

Conan / text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Blosser (credited)

Pencils

Tony DeZuniga (signed as adz) (illustrations); Gene Day (signed as Gene Day) (illustrations)

Inks

Tony DeZuniga (signed as adz) (illustrations); Gene Day (signed as Gene Day) (illustrations)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Hyborian Age was a time of militancy and fierce nationalism.

Genre

sword and sorcery

Synopsis

A history of the Hyborian-Age horsemen of the steppes.

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4

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

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

Script

L. Sprague de Camp

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The revolution (to put Conan on the Aquilonian throne...

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4

Indexer Notes

Includes a map of The Hyborian Age of Conan.

Wolves Beyond the Border (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

Ernie Chan (credited)

Inks

Ernie Chan (credited)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited)

Job Number

RT 394

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The chronicle of Gault, son of Hagar...

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Gault; Hakon; Dirk; Teyanoga; Valerian; Kwarda (unnamed)

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4

Indexer Notes

Adapted from short story "Wolves Beyond the Border" by Robert E Howard and L. Sprague de Camp.
Continued in The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #76.

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

Swords and Scrolls / letters page / 1.4 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited as R. T.)

Pencils

John Buscema (illustration)

Inks

Ricardo Villamonte (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4

Indexer Notes

Letters from Lawrence Watt-Evans, John Shelton, and Joachim Schobernak.

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

Conan / comic story / 0.6 page (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited) (signed as Roy Thomas)

Pencils

Alfredo Alcala (credited) (signed as Alfredo Alcala)

Inks

Alfredo Alcala (credited) (signed as Alfredo Alcala)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wait here, Yamato!

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan; Yamato; Tora

Reprints

• in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4
• from Conan the Barbarian daily (The Register and Tribune Syndicate) 1980-07-15
• from Conan the Barbarian daily (The Register and Tribune Syndicate) 1980-07-16