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Issue: The Savage Sword of Conan #78
Publication Date: July 1982
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Issues: #78 of 235 Issues (319 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 05/04/1982
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860292907
Price: $1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Louise Jones
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #11.
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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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Earl Norem (signed)(painting)
Inker(s): Earl Norem (signed)(painting)
Colorist(s): Earl Norem (signed)(painting)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Conan
Character(s): Conan
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In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #61 [Direct Edition] published April 1992
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Pablo Marcos (signed)
Inker(s): Pablo Marcos (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Conan
Character(s): Conan
Synopsis: Conan, girl and hairy monster.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Demons of the Firelight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Michael Fleisher
Penciller(s): John Buscema
Inker(s): Ernie Chan
Letterer(s): Joe Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Conan
Character(s): 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.
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In Content Item: FlagConan #5/1993 published January 1993
as Demoner i eldskenet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 25
Disclose Notes: Continued from The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #71.
Continued in next issue.
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The Day of the Sword

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas; Doug Moench
Penciller(s): Howard Chaykin; Dick Giordano
Inker(s): Terry Austin
Letterer(s): Janice Chiang
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Red Sonja
Character(s): 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.
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In Content Item: FlagConan #1/1984 published January 1984
as Sverdets dag [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Red Sonja origin retold from KULL AND THE BARBARIANS #3.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Swords and Scrolls
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Pages: 2
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The Making of the Conan Movie. Barbarian SPFX. Sorcery, Hollywood Style!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Anthony Kraft
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 5.7
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Island of Pirates' Doom: Part V

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Penciller(s): John Buscema
Inker(s): Danny Bulanadi
Letterer(s): Rick Parker
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): The Hyborian Age
Character(s): Gowar (Villain); Tobak (Villain); Katur (Villain)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #58 [Newsstand] published January 1992
as Island of Pirates' Doom (part 5 of 6) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRobert E. Howard's Savage Sword #7 published January 2014
as Island of Pirates' Doom, Part 5 [Story on Interior Page(s)]color
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Pages: 11

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