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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 (486 Printings)

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Variant: unnamed

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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: 12 (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:

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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 (12 total)

The Sorcerer 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, with a bloody dagger in his upraised right hand, clinging to the back the man-ape Thak.

Reprinting

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Pages: 1

Notes: The man-ape is Thak, the Red Priest's pet from "Rogues in the House" (confirmed by Roy Thomas in Introduction of Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4).

Table of Contents

Table of Contents on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Conan

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Pages: 1

[untitled]

Reprise on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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First Line: Conan was born on a battlefield, during a fight between his tribe and a horde of raiding Vanir.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Includes a map of The Hyborian Age of Conan.

The Sorcerer and the Soul

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

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

First Line: The Maul: A filth-strewn warren of low, greasy-dens...

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 Iranistand, along with 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)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 42

Job Number: RT 321

Notes: Adapted from the novel Conan and the Sorcerer by Andrew J. Offutt, continued next issue. This adventure takes place not long after "The Tower of the Elephant".
Joe Rosen credit from Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel 2019 series) #4.

The Hyborian Reporter

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Conan (photo of Roy Thomas); Red Sonja (photo of Danette Couto)

First Line: It was a Halloween party, right?

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Pages: 2.5

[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Character(s): Almuric

First Line: At long last--and well worth the wait! Robert E. Howard's Almuric.

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: House ad for Almuric starting in Epic Illustrated (Marvel, 1980 series) #2.

The Legend of Solomon Kane

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

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Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Solomon Kane

First Line: Born around 1530 and reared as an orthodox Puritan...

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Pages: 1

Wings in the Night

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: fantasy

Character(s): Solomon Kane; cannibal (introduction; death); bat-men (introduction)

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

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

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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]

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Conan

First Line: Take a barbarian to lunch!

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.66

Job Number: RT #311

Notes: Includes a subscription form for black and white Marvel magazines.

[untitled]

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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First Line: Are you a comics fan...?

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Pages: 0.34

Notes: Subscription ad for The Comics Journal.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 2

Notes: Letters from Barbara Taylor, Scott Gilbreath, Adrian Colston, and Leighton Ku.
Illustration from the splash page of Conan Annual (Marvel, 1973 series) #5.