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Issue: The Savage Sword of Conan #1
Publication Date: August 1974
 
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Volume: 1
Pages: 84
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UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
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Content Items: 31 (4 stories, 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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Title Pages Job Number Notes
[untitled]
Illustration on Cover, Front
1    
[untitled]
Illustration on Interior Page(s)
1   Inside front cover.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents on Interior Page(s)
1   Table of contents and indicia.
[untitled]
Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)
1   Excerpt from The Nemedian Chronicles, photograph and introduction.
Curse of the Undead-Man
Story on Interior Page(s)
18   Freely adapted from the short story "Mistress of Death" by Robert E. Howard. This is Conan's and Red Sonja's second meeting.
Missed Any Monsters Lately?
Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)
1   Subscription offer for Marvel monster titles.
[untitled]
Illustration on Interior Page(s)
1    
A Hyperborean Oath
Text Article on Interior Page(s)
1    
[untitled]
Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)
1   The Song of Red Sonja from Tarantella, photograph, and introduction.
Red Sonja
Story on Interior Page(s)
10   This story takes place immediately before the first story in this issue (her second meeting with Conan).
[untitled]
Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)
1   House ad for Planet of the Apes (Marvel, 1974 series) #1 (August 1974). Near full-size black and white cover reproduction.
Red Sonja
Illustration on Interior Page(s)
1    
Conan's Women Warriors
Text Article on Interior Page(s)
3   Includes illustrations: Salome by Steve Gan (signature dated 1974), Yasmina and Bêlit by Hugh Rankin and Red Sonya of Rogatine by Roy G. Krenkel.
[untitled]
Illustration on Interior Page(s)
2   Illustration from the book with the addition of a small, introductory block of text.
[Blackmark] Preface
Story on Interior Page(s)
13    
A Non-Paid Commercial That Will Drive You Crazy
Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)
1   Photo-story promotional advertisement for Crazy magazine.
An Atlantean In Aquilonia
Text Article on Interior Page(s)
4   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.
[untitled]
Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)
1   Drawn image of Conan on a photograph background, introduction for The Frost Giant's Daughter.
The Frost Giant's Daughter
Story on Interior Page(s)
12   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).
Novelty Ads
Advertisement on Interior Page(s)
0.5   Page 75.
Novelty products. First ad: Magic Brain Calculator.
Monsters of the Movies
Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)
0.5   Page 75.
House ad for Monsters of the Movies (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (August 1974). Black and white thumbnail cover reproduction.
Beyond Hell… Beyond Fear… Beyond the Terror That Lurks in Man's Mind
Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)
1   Page 76.
House ad for Dracula Lives (Marvel, 1973 series). Half-page illustration of Dracula.
[untitled]
Advertisement on Interior Page(s)
1   Page 77.
Full-color lithographed art reproductions for $2.00 each. B&W thumbnail illustrations.
Missed Any Marvel Masterpieces Lately?
Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)
2   Page 78.
Back issue ad for Marvel monster titles. Black and white cover thumbnails; photograph of Frankenstein's monster.
Next Issue: Black Colossus
Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)
1   Page 80.
Planned contents for issue #2. Black and white illustrations of Conan and King Kull.
Monster Size Monsters
Advertisement on Interior Page(s)
0.5   Page 81.
Ad for 7-foot tall polyethylene monsters with glow-in-the-dark eyes for $1.00 each.
FDR Sat Here
Public Service Announcement on Interior Page(s)
0.33   Page 81.
Advises you to try to stop thinking of disabled people as ‘handicapped’. Wheelchair photo.
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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)
0.17   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.
Very Special People
Advertisement on Interior Page(s)
1   Page 82.
Ad for Frederick Drimmer's book "Very Special People" about people who were born with challenging abnormalities, $5.95 each.
Kung Fu & Karate
Advertisement on Interior Page(s)
1   Inside back cover.
Ad for "complete audiovisual home study course in dynamic kung fu & karate", $4.98.
Have You Seen This Coupon Before?
Advertisement on Interior Page(s)
1   Back cover.
Ad for training courses..

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