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Issue: The Savage Sword of Conan #2
Publication Date: October 1974
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Issues: #2 of 235 Issues (319 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Company, Inc
On Sale Date: 1974
Volume: 1
Pages: 84
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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Black Colossus

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSavage Sword of Conan #1 published March 1975
as Savage Sword of Conan [Illustration on Dustjacket]
In Content Item: FlagConan #4/1985 published January 1985
as Svart koloss [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagConan #3/1985 published March 1985
as Omslag [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #10 [Direct Edition] published February 1988
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEspada Selvagem de Conan em Cores #12 published July 1991
as O Vale da Morte Eterna [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSavage Sword of Conan #1 published December 2007
as Savage Sword of Conan #2 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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pin-up: frontispiece

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagConan #4/1985 published January 1985
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #38 [Newsstand] published May 1990
as Pinups from the past [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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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
First Line: Conan re-enters mercenary service in the western nations...
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Excerpt from The Nemedian Chronicles, photograph and introduction.
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Black Colossus [Part I]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Shevatas
First Line: Only the Age-old silence broods over the mysterious ruins of Kuthchemes...
Synopsis: Shevatas the Thief breaks into a long-deserted temple and finds a large amount of treasure.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Treasury Edition #15 [Regular] published January 1977
as Black Colossus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDie Sprechblase #17 published December 1978
as Schwarzer Koloss [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagA Espada Selvagem de Conan #3 published October 1984
as A libertação de Thugra Khotan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan #4/1985 published January 1985
as Svart koloss [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #12 [Direct Edition] published April 1988
as Black Colossus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSavage Sword of Conan #1 published December 2007
as Black Colossus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRobert E. Howard's Savage Sword #9 published September 2014
as Black Colossus [Part I] [Story on Interior Page(s)]color
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[Black Colossus] Part II Hordes of the Veiled One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan; Princess Yasmela; Natohk the Veiled One; Vateeza; General Malthom; Count Thespides; Taurus
First Line: Minstrels sing the beauty of the princess Yasmela...
Synopsis: Princess Yasmela places Conan in charge of her army and they ride south to meet the army of Natohk.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Treasury Edition #15 [Regular] published January 1977
as Black Colossus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDie Sprechblase #17 published December 1978
as Teil II, Die Horden des Verschleierten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDie Sprechblase #18 published February 1979
as Teil II, Die Horden des Verschleierten (2) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagA Espada Selvagem de Conan #3 published October 1984
as A libertação de Thugra Khotan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan #4/1985 published January 1985
as Svart koloss [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #12 [Direct Edition] published April 1988
as Black Colossus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSavage Sword of Conan #1 published December 2007
as Black Colossus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRobert E. Howard's Savage Sword #9 published September 2014
as [Black Colossus] Part II: Hordes of the Veiled One [Story on Interior Page(s)]color
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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[Black Colossus] Part III Chariot of the Man-Demon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan; Princess Yasmela; Natohk the Veiled One [Thugra Khotan]; Fahim; Shevatas the Thief; General Malthom; Count Thespides; Katuman
First Line: Since Conan's birth on a Cimmerin battlefield, death has been ever a constant companion.
Synopsis: Conan and his army defeat Natohk, but when Natohk takes the princess, Conan is forced to follow Natohk's demonic chariot and destroy the sorcerer.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Treasury Edition #15 [Regular] published January 1977
as Black Colossus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDie Sprechblase #18 published February 1979
as Teil III, Der Streitwagen des Dämons [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagA Espada Selvagem de Conan #3 published October 1984
as A libertação de Thugra Khotan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan #4/1985 published January 1985
as Svart koloss [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #12 [Direct Edition] published April 1988
as Black Colossus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSavage Sword of Conan #1 published December 2007
as Black Colossus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRobert E. Howard's Savage Sword #9 published September 2014
as [Black Colossus] Part III: Chariot of the Man-Demon [Story on Interior Page(s)]color
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
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Chapter 1 Kingdoms of the Dawn

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
First Line: Any history of sword-and-sorcery fiction is inevitably tempted to begin with Robert E. Howard...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The article contains 4 spot illustrations each signed by the artists. The Weiss illustrations is inked by Milgrom.
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[Blackmark] Chapter II

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Blackmark; Marnie; Zeph
First Line: By the time Blakmark was five...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlackmark #S5871 published January 1971
was Chapter II [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Adapted from Blackmark by Gil Kane (Bantam Books paperback, 1971) and scripted by Archie Goodwin from outlines supplied by Gil Kane. This reprint does not credit Goodwin for his contribution.
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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
First Line: Of that epoch known by the Nemedian chroniclers as the Pre-Cataclysmic age...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Introduction to The Beast from the Abyss.
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The Beast from the Abyss

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Kull; Brule; Grogar; Monartho; Taligaro; Baron Ergon; Zareta
First Line: So-- you approve of customs here in Kamula, eh, milord?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagConan Annual #3 published January 1977
as The Beast from the Abyss [Story on Interior Page(s)]originally printed in black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Savage Sword of Conan #15 published January 1979
as The Beast From The Abyss [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #34 [Newsstand] published January 1990
as The Beast from the Abyss [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story "Black Abyss" by Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter. Crusty Bunkers credits confirmed in the letters page of Savage Sword of Conan #4.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Conan
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Contains inker credits for the Diverse Hands job in Savage Tales #4 (Neal Adams, Pablo Marcos, Vince Colletta, Frank McLaughlin) and Conan the Barbarian #12 (Gil Kane, Tom Palmer, Berni Wrightson).

Letters from Ralph Macchio, Matthew O'Bannon, Tom Steinke, David Logan, George Zivic, and Calvin Cox.

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