The Savage Sword of Conan #78

(July 1982)

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

Conan / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Pablo Marcos (signed)

Inks

Pablo Marcos (signed)

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan

Synopsis

Conan, girl and hairy monster.

Demons of the Firelight! (Table of Contents: 2)

Conan / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Fleisher

Pencils

John Buscema

Inks

Ernie Chan

Letters

Joe Rosen

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan; King Maklos (first appearance; villain); Gabrelle Pok (first appearance; villain); Trelinka (first appearance; villain)

Synopsis

Conan is a mercenary in the employ of King Maklos of Turbin-D'Qhat. The king sees Conan as a potential threat and makes a failed attempt at killing Conan and the other mercenaries. They flee and start a rebellion against the king. Meanwhile, Gabrelle Pok, the alchemist, plots to gain half of the kingdom. In his cellar, he has reanimated a super-strong monster made from body parts. He has also hired the dancer Trelinka to seduce Conan and drug him so that his men will think that he has gone insane and leave him.

Reprints

• in Conan (Semic, 1990 series) #5/1993 (1993)
• in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #6/2000 ([mai] 2000)
• in Les Chroniques de Conan (Panini France, 2008 series) #1982 (II) (février 2014)

Keywords

Corinthia; R'Hbarr P'Hmenn; Turbin-D'Qhat; zombie

Indexer Notes

Continued from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #71.
Continued in next issue.

The Day of the Sword (Table of Contents: 3)

Red Sonja / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas; Doug Moench

Pencils

Howard Chaykin; Dick Giordano

Inks

Terry Austin

Letters

Janice Chiang

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Red Sonja (origin retold); Bayard (first appearance; dies); Vartok (first appearance; dies); Ivor (Sonja's father; in flashback; dies); Sonja's brothers (in flashback; die); Sonja's mother (in flashback; dies); Horvak (first appearance; dies); "The Nameless One" (dies); nameless goddess

Synopsis

When Sonja was a young girl, her entire family was killed by a band of mercenaries. Their nameless leader then raped her and left her to die. Sonja was given the power and will to survive and avenge her family by a goddess that appeared before her. Five years later, she finds the nameless leader, but by then he has been tortured by robbers and left in a catatonic state. Sonja leaves him at the mercy of the wolves and is finally able to go on with her life.

Reprints

• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #1/1984 ([oktober] 1984)
• in Conan (Semic, 1984 series) #1/1984 (uke 43 1984)
which is reprinted
• in Pocketserien (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1995 series) #10 - Røde Sonja ([juni] 1997)
• in Conan album (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1992 series) #59 - Sverdløs i Zamboula ([mars] 2010)
• in La Espada Salvaje de Conan el Bárbaro (Novedades, 1988 series) #31 (August 14, 1989)

Keywords

Darkwood; Hyrkania; Nemedia; origin

Indexer Notes

Red Sonja origin retold from KULL AND THE BARBARIANS #3.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

The Making of the Conan Movie. Barbarian SPFX. Sorcery, Hollywood Style! (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 5.7 pages (report information)

Script

David Anthony Kraft

Pencils

? (photo)

Inks

? (photo)

Letters

typeset

Island of Pirates' Doom: Part V (Table of Contents: 6)

The Hyborian Age / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

John Buscema

Inks

Danny Bulanadi

Letters

Rick Parker

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Gowar (Villain); Tobak (Villain); Katur (Villain)

Reprints

• in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #58 (January 1992)
• in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #1/2003 (2003) [pages 1-4], #2/2003 ([januar] 2003) [pages 5-11]
• in Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #7 (January 2014) [color]