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Issue: The Savage Sword of Conan #1
Publication Date: August 1974
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Issues: #1 of 235 Issues (486 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/18/1974
Volume: 1
Pages: 84
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 31 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #107, June 1974.
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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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times from Content Items in other Issues.
1 Content Item from another Issue reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagBlackmark #S5871 published January 1971 was [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Original Artwork
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagConan #3/1985 published January 1985
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagConan #2/1985 published February 1985
as Den djävulska ringen! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #12 [Direct Edition] published April 1988
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagA Espada Selvagem de Conan #46 published September 1988
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSavage Sword of Conan #1 published December 2007
as Savage Sword of Conan #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #2 published January 2012
as The Savage Sword of Conan #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagConan #3/1985 published January 1985
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: from Heritage Portfolio 1973
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Table of contents and indicia.
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
First Line: Know, O prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities…
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Excerpt from The Nemedian Chronicles, photograph and introduction.
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Curse of the Undead-Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Berthilda; Costranno; Rikko
Synopsis: Conan encounters the warrior woman Red Sonja once again, and together they put an end to the undead sorcerer Costranno.
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In Content Item: FlagConan the Barbarian #78 [30¢ Cover Price] published September 1977
as Curse of the Undead-Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]A new page 14 is replacing the original double page 14 and 15 - so story is 1 page shorter than original
In Content Item: FlagAlmanaque Conan, O Bárbaro #3 published March 1984
as A maldição do morto-vivo [Story on Interior Page(s)]color
In Content Item: FlagConan #3/1985 published January 1985
as Den døde manns forbannelse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #11 [Direct Edition] published March 1988
as Curse of the Undead-Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSavage Sword of Conan #1 published December 2007
as Curse of the Undead-Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: Freely adapted from the short story "Mistress of Death" by Robert E. Howard. This is Conan's and Red Sonja's second meeting.
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Missed Any Monsters Lately?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel Magazine Group
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Subscription offer for Marvel monster titles.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A Hyperborean Oath

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: There really isn't all that much I can say about The Savage Sword of Conan #1, is there?
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
First Line: When the plundering hordes of Yezdigerd, scourge of Hyrkania, hammered at the doors of thrice-doomed Makkalet…
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The Song of Red Sonja from Tarantella, photograph, and introduction.
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Red Sonja

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Amir; Lurhan; King Ghannif (dies); Trolus; Lucrezia
First Line: After the last rust-colored glow of sunset, no one may enter or leave the teeming city-state called Pah-Dishah.
Synopsis: When Red Sonja returns with a tiara she was sent for by King Ghannif, she learns her "reward" is to be made a part of his harem.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Feature #1 published November 1975
as Red Sonja [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Savage Sword of Conan #83 [Direct Edition] published December 1982
as Red Sonja [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan #3/1985 published January 1985
as Røde Sonja [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #31 [Newsstand] published November 1989
as Red Sonja [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Adventures of Red Sonja #1 [Cover A by Gil Kane] published July 2005
as Red Sonja [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagQueen Sonja #1 [Standard Cover by Lucio Parrillo] published October 2009
as Red Sonja [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRed Sonja #60 [Cover A] published December 2011
as Red Sonja [Story on Interior Page(s)]Story colored for this edition.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: This story takes place immediately before the first story in this issue (her second meeting with Conan).
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: The greatest movie series of them all…
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Planet of the Apes (Marvel, 1974 series) #1 (August 1974). Near full-size black and white cover reproduction.
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Red Sonja

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Conan's Women Warriors

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Salome; Yasmina
First Line: Among the most vivid of colorful of all the characters in the saga of Conan are those ladies...
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Reprint Notes: from Comixscene
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Includes illustrations: Salome by Steve Gan (signature dated 1974), Yasmina and Bêlit by Hugh Rankin and Red Sonya of Rogatine by Roy G. Krenkel.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Blackmark
First Line: In 1971 Bantam Books published what was destined to be the most ambitious attempt...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Illustration from the book with the addition of a small, introductory block of text.
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[Blackmark] Preface

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Amarix; Marnie; Zeph the Tinker; Balzamo; Blackmark
First Line: Old Earth is dead, devastated by the nuclear holocausts.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlackmark #S5871 published January 1971
was Preface [Story on Interior Page(s)]Story re-oriented to fit magazine size. Hence the difference in page count.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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A Non-Paid Commercial That Will Drive You Crazy

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Crazy
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Photo-story promotional advertisement for Crazy magazine.
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An Atlantean In Aquilonia

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (introduction)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Kull of Atlantis. Kull of Valusia. King Kull!
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Reprint Notes: from Kull Portfolio
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Includes two illustrations of King Kull by John Severin (signed) and pencil sketches of Kull, Enaros, Baron Kaanuub of Komahar and of Ridondo the Minstrel by Ross Andru.
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
First Line: Aesgaard! Vanaheim! In Norse myth, two lands where twin races of warring gods make their mist-shrouded home.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Drawn image of Conan on a photograph background, introduction for The Frost Giant's Daughter.
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The Frost Giant's Daughter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
First Line: The clangor of the swords has died away...
Synopsis: Setting: Snowy battlefield. Conan chases Atali across the snow, slays her two frost giant brothers, and catches her. Her father, Ymir then takes her from Conan.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDie Sprechblase #17 published December 1978
as The Frost Giant's Daughter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagConan the Barbarian #16 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1972
was The Frost Giant's Daughter [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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 #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 #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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Novelty Ads

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (thumbnail product illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (thumbnail product illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Page 75.
Novelty products. First ad: Magic Brain Calculator.
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Monsters of the Movies

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Monsters of the Movies
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Page 75.
House ad for Monsters of the Movies (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (August 1974). Black and white thumbnail cover reproduction.
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Beyond Hell… Beyond Fear… Beyond the Terror That Lurks in Man's Mind

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 76.
House ad for Dracula Lives (Marvel, 1973 series). Half-page illustration of Dracula.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Warning! You won't want to be alone when you look at these full color reproductions from the Night Gallery Television series.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 77.
Full-color lithographed art reproductions for $2.00 each. B&W thumbnail illustrations.
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Missed Any Marvel Masterpieces Lately?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (cover thumbnails); ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (cover thumbnails); ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel Monster Group
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Page 78.
Back issue ad for Marvel monster titles. Black and white cover thumbnails; photograph of Frankenstein's monster.
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Next Issue: Black Colossus

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 80.
Planned contents for issue #2. Black and white illustrations of Conan and King Kull.
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Monster Size Monsters

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Barney the skeleton
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Page 81.
Ad for 7-foot tall polyethylene monsters with glow-in-the-dark eyes for $1.00 each, from Honor House Products.
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FDR Sat Here

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Page 81.
Advises you to try to stop thinking of disabled people as ‘handicapped’. Wheelchair photo.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Invite your friends over for a haunting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.17
Disclose Notes: Page 81.
Ad for a 7" 33⅓ rpm LP of haunted house sound effects for $1.00.
Also a small thumbnail ad for an "eerie skull flashlight" for $1.25 from Interverse.
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Very Special People

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photos)
Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 82.
Ad for Frederick Drimmer's book "Very Special People" about people who were born with challenging abnormalities, $5.95 each.
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Kung Fu & Karate

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Toyotaro Miyazaki (photo)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
Ad for "complete audiovisual home study course in dynamic kung fu & karate", $4.98 from Demaru, Inc.
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Have You Seen This Coupon Before?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.
Ad for training courses.

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