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Issue: Savage Tales #1
Publication Date: May 1971
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Issues: #1 of 11 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 1971
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John Verpoorten (production manager); Marie Severin; Bill Everett (production)
Disclose Notes: Lettering by Sam Rosen and Art Simek.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black & white interior
Dimensions: magazine size
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was an ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, jungle, occult, science fiction
Character(s): Conan
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In Content Item: FlagSavage Sword of Conan #1 published December 2007
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #1 published January 2011
as Savage Tales #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Frost Giant's Daughter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan; Hymdul; Horsa; Niord; Gorm; Atali; Frost Giants
First Line: The clangor of the swords has died away...
Synopsis: Conan chases Atali across the snow, slays her two frost giant brothers, and catches her. Her father, Ymir, then takes her from Conan.
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In Content Item: FlagConan the Barbarian #16 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1972
as The Frost Giant's Daughter [Story on Interior Page(s)]pp. 2-12; modified
In Content Item: FlagL'Écho des Savanes Spécial U.S.A. #8 published January 1978
as La Fill du géant du gel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story "The Frost Giant's Daughter" by Robert E. Howard.

This story exists in several different versions. The original version was published in Savage Tales #1, 11 pages in black and white. The second version was published in Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #16 with an extra splash page, in total 12 pages in color (with some nudity covered up). The third version was published in Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #1, 12 pages in black and white (original black-and-white version plus the extra splash page with ink washes applied).
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The Fury of the Femizons

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Femizons [Princess Lyra; Queen Vega; Syrani] (introduction); Mogon; The Sisterhood (introduction)
First Line: Strike, my sister!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSavage Tales #3 published February 1974
as The Fury of the Femizons [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Superhero Women #[nn] published January 1977
as The Fury of the Femizons! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWarrior Women #[nn] published January 1982
as The Fury Of The Femizons [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Next appearance in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #151. Rosen letters per Haydn.
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The Story Behind the Scenes

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Conan; Princess Lyra; Man-Thing [Ted Sallis]; Joshua; Kazar
First Line: There isn't much left to say about Robert E. Howard.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A presentation of the characters.
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...Man-Thing!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Man-Thing [Ted Sallis] (introduction, origin); Ellen Brandt (introduction)
First Line: How long have you waited?
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagEssential Man-Thing #1 published January 2006
In Content Item: FlagMonsters Unleashed #3 published November 1973
as Man-Thing! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSavage Action #4 published February 1981
as The Origin of the Man-Thing [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBook of the Dead #1 published December 1993
as The Origin of the Man-Thing [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #1 published January 2011
as The Origin of the Man-Thing [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMan-Thing Omnibus #[nn] published October 2012
as ...Man-Thing! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagInfernal Man-Thing #3 published October 2012
as ...Man-Thing! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagInfernal Man-Thing #3 published October 2012
as ...Man-Thing! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Next appearance of Man-Thing in Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #12.
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Black Brother!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Joshua (introduction)
First Line: All right, girl--we have already paid your uncle...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Everett provided some alterations on character faces. Info per Nick Caputo. The next chapter, "The Return" was never completed or published. This is the only appearance of Black Brother.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Conan, Kull and Ka-Zar (Astonishing Tales).
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The Night of the Looter!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Ka-Zar; Zabu; Carla (introduction, villain, death); Ralph (introduction, villain); Swamp Men
First Line: Behold, this savage land-- this hidden world that time forgot!
Synopsis: Carla and Ralph come to the Savage Land with a Swamp Tank to steal Ka-Zar's vibranium, but when they force him to open the door to where it is stored, the vibranium destroys the tank. Carla is carried off and killed by the Swamp Men when Ralph is not able to save her because the gun he was using only had blanks due to Carla replacing the bullets with blanks in an effort to get Ralph killed.
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In Content Item: FlagAstonishing Tales #14 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1972
as The Night of the Looter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Minus 1 page:page 10, panels 3-8; page 11, panels 1-3 and some censoring of other panels. Dialogue alterations: page 7, panel 6; page 10, panels 1 and 2; page 11, panels 4 and 5. Redrawn panels: page 8, panel 3; page 11, panel; page 14, panel 7; page 15, panel 6.
In Content Item: FlagSavage Tales #6 published September 1974
as The Night of the Looter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan le Barbare #2 published July 1979
as La nuit du pillage [Story on Interior Page(s)]minus one page
In Content Item: FlagSavage Action #5 published March 1981
as The Night of the Looter! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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Pages: 1

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