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Issue: The Savage Sword of Conan #53

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Publication Date: June 1980

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Issues: #53 of 235 Issues (319 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 68

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0714860292906

Price: $1.25 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color cover; black and white interior

Dimensions: magazine

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Format Notes:

Reprinted In7

1 Content Item
- Wings in the Night [Story on Interior Page(s)]0

reprinted as/ in another Issue.

3 Content Items

reprinted 5 times as Content Items in other Issues.

Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:

Conan #2/1984 published November 1984 as Trollkarlens amulett [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Content Items (7 total)

The Sorceror Steals a Soul!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Conan; Hisarr Zul; Isparana

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Conan #2/1984 published January 1984
as Trollmannens amulett [Illustration on Cover, Front]

In Content Item: Flag

Conan Saga #72 [Direct Edition] published March 1993
as Conan Loses His Soul to a Sorcerer and His Heart to Isparana! [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

Illustration on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Conan; Thak

Synopsis: Conan fights gorilla-like being.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: The man-ape is most likely Thak, the Red Priest's pet from "Rogues in the House".

The Sorceror and the Soul

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Conan; Isparana (introduction); Kagul; Karamek; Hisarr Zul (introduction; villain); Zul's soulless servants; Ajhindar

Synopsis: Young Conan is plying his trade as a thief in Arenjun when he learns of a talisman known as the Eye of Erlik, in the possession of the wizard Hisarr Zul. As Conan breaks into the wizard's stronghold, he encounters unexpected rivals: Ajhindar, in the employ of the king of Iranistan, and Isparana and Karamek, working for the true owner of the talisman, the khan of Zamboula. Isparana escapes with the talisman while Conan is left to face the wrath of Hisarr Zul, who imprisons Conan's soul in a mirror and tasks him with retrieving the talisman.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Conan #2/1984 published January 1984
as Trollmannen og sjelen [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Conan Saga #72 [Direct Edition] published March 1993
as The Sorcerer and the Soul [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 42

Notes: Adapted from the novel Conan and the Sorceror by Andrew J. Offutt, continued next issue. This adventure takes place not long after "The Tower of the Elephant".

The Hyborian Reporter

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2.5

The Legend of Solomon Kane

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Solomon Kane

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Wings in the Night

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Solomon Kane; A cannibal (first appearance; death); the bat-men (first appearance)

First Line: Mystery spreads before the cold, light eyes of Solomon Kane.

Synopsis: Kane kills a cannibal and is captured by a bat-man.

Reprinting

In Issue:

The Saga of Solomon Kane #[nn] published July 2009

In Content Item: Flag

Conan #6/1991 published June 1991
as Vinger i natten [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 11

Notes: Adapted from the short story "Wings In the Night" by Robert E. Howard.
Continued next issue.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ? (illustration)

Inker(s): ? (illustration)

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2