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Issue: Savage Tales #2
Publication Date: October 1973
 
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 06/26/1973
Volume: 1
Pages: 76
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $75.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Interior Page
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
Splash Page
Black and white image of inks over pencils

Interior Page
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
Splash page
 

Interior Page
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
Table of Contents
 

Interior Page
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Promotional Advertisement
 
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The City That Time Forgot

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
fantasy
Conan
Reprinting
FlagConan Saga #14 published June 1988
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagThe Chronicles of Conan #4 published May 2004
as The Song of Red Sonja and Other Stories [Illustration on Cover, Front]a detail from "Red Nails" p1
FlagSavage Sword of Conan #1 published December 2007
as Savage Tales #2 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives #2 published May 2010
as Savage Tales #2 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #2 published January 2012
as Savage Tales #2 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
Conan
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Reprise  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (photograph)
? (photograph)
typeset
Subject Matter
fantasy
Hearing that wars are in the offing along the borders of Stygia...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Introduction page to Red Nails.
Red Nails

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (pages 10-14); ? (pages 15-21)
Subject Matter
fantasy
Valeria (introduction); Conan; Chicmec; Techotl
At a small pool, the woman reins in her weary steed...
Conan and Valeria enter a mysterious walled city. After they become separated, Valeria discovers that the city is indeed inhabited.
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Treasury Edition #4 [Regular Edition] published June 1975
as Red Nails [Story on Interior Page(s)]color
FlagRobert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian #1 published January 1983
as Red Nails [Story on Interior Page(s)]color
FlagConan Hors Série #1 published September 1983
as Les clous rouges [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagA Espada Selvagem de Conan #2 published August 1984
as A cidadela dos condenados [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagConan Saga #9 [Direct Edition] published January 1988
as Red Nails (part 1 of 3) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagConan #2/1990 published October 1990
as Røde nagler [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Chronicles of Conan #4 published May 2004
as Red Nails [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSavage Sword of Conan #1 published December 2007
as Red Nails [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives #2 published May 2010
as Red Nails [Part One] [Story on Interior Page(s)]Color added from original printing
 
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Adapted from Robert E. Howard's story. Per "Still Waiting For The Absolute Barry-Windsor Smith Conan Volumes" in Spectrum Super Special #3 [2005], Smith subsequently re-inked [including the 2 pages Marcos inked at the end of chapter one] the entire story, added additional details to splash page and elsewhere, and colored the story for its reprint in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #4.
The Hyborian Rage

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Now, as we were saying before we were so rudely interrupted...!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Roy Thomas discusses the return of Savage Tales.
Robert E. Howard: Lone Star Fictioneer

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (photograph)
? (photograph)
typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Robert E. Howard
Conan; Robert E. Howard (photograph); Truett Vinson (photograph); Tevis Clyde Smith (photograph)
Robert Ervin Howard was born January 22, 1906, at Peaster, Texas...
Extract from "The Last Celt" by Glenn Lord.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
Dark Tomorrow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Karl Linders; Christine; Damian Linders; Prometheus
Time... All the time in the world.
Reprinting
FlagSavage Tales Featuring Ka-zar #12 published January 1975
as Dark Tomorrow [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
11
Cimmeria

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
fantasy
I remember.
Reprinting
FlagThe Savage Sword of Conan #24 published November 1977
as Cimmeria [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagRobert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian #1 published January 1983
as Cimmeria [Story on Interior Page(s)]color
FlagConan Hors Série #1 published September 1983
as Cimmérie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagA Espada Selvagem de Conan #2 published August 1984
as Cimmeria [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagConan Saga #4 [Direct Edition] published August 1987
as Cimmeria [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagConan Saga #33 [Newsstand] published December 1989
as Cimmeria [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagConan #1/1991 published January 1991
as Jeg husker [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives #2 published May 2010
as Cimmeria [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
Adapted from Robert E. Howard's poem. Smith's art is reproduced from the pencil stage.
The Crusader!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
The Crusader [El Alemain]; Sir John O'Dare (death); Gerlaine; Tenga Khan (introduction, death)
At dawn of the seventh day, the battered ship grounded on eastern shores...
Reprinting
FlagBlack Knight #1 published May 1955
was Origin of the Crusader, Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
A Probable Outline of Conan's Career

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
fantasy, non-fiction
Conan
A brief note from Ye Editor:...
Reprinting
FlagThe Savage Sword of Conan #16 published December 1976
as A Probable Outline of Conan's Career [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
FlagConan Classic #6 published November 1994
as Devil Wings and Angel Eyes [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]illustration only
 
Miscellaneous
6
Tower of Shadows #10 - alternate cover

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
King Kull
Reprinting
FlagConan Classic #8 published January 1995
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Alternate unused cover for Tower of Shadows #10.
The Skull of Silence!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
Kull; Ka-Nu; Kuthulos
In the time before the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities...
Reprinting
FlagCreatures on the Loose #10 published March 1971
was The Skull of Silence! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Original presentation was in color.
Next Issue

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
fantasy
Conan
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1

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