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Issue: The Savage Sword of Conan #56
Publication Date: September 1980
 
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860292909
Price: $1.25 USD
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Content Items: 12 (1 story, 1 cover)
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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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The Sword of Skelos

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
fantasy
Conan; Zafra
Reprinting
FlagConan #3/1984 published December 1984
as Skelos svärd! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagConan #1/1985 published January 1985
as Skelos sverd! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagConan Saga #57 [Direct Edition] published December 1991
as The Scarlet Citadel! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
Conan
Reprinting
FlagConan #1/1985 published January 1985
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
frontispiece
Table of Contents/Credits

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

Reprise  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (illustration)
? (illustration)
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
The Sword of Skelos

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
fantasy
Conan; Zafra (villain; introduction); Akter Khan (villain; introduction); Chia the Tigress (villain; introduction); Khassek (dies); Derketari (dies); Arsil; Isparana; Sarid (dies)
In Shadizar, Conan is approached by Khassek of Iranistan, who is searching for the talisman known as the Eye or Erlik for his king. On their way to Iranistan to deliver the talisman, they encounter the beautiful but dangerous Isparana, who has Khassek killed and seduces Conan. Meanwhile, Zafra the sorceror bestows a gift upon Akter Khan of Zamboula – an enchanted sword that the khan uses to kill one of his wives, a young woman from the Shanki people.
Reprinting
FlagConan #1/1985 published January 1985
as Skelos-sverdet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagConan Saga #61 [Direct Edition] published April 1992
as The Sword of Skelos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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43
RT 355
Adapted from the novel The Sword of Skelos by Andrew J. Offutt. Continued next issue.
To Kush and Beyond: The Black Kingdoms of the Hyborian Age

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
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Miscellaneous
7
Seven illustrations.
The DeZuniga Conan

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
Conan
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Miscellaneous
1
RT 406
The DeZuniga Conan

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
Conan
Conan and girl in torture chamber.
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Miscellaneous
1
RT 346
The DeZuniga Conan

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
Red Sonja
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Miscellaneous
1
RT 303
The DeZuniga Conan

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
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Miscellaneous
1
RT 405
The DeZuniga Conan

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
Conan
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Miscellaneous
1
RT 344
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (photograph)
? (photograph)
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Letters from L. Sprague de Camp, John Ellis, and Mark Ryan.

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