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Issue: The Savage Sword of Conan #3
Publication Date: December 1974
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Issues: #3 of 235 Issues (319 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 1974
Volume: 1
Pages: 84
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: This issue is squarebound, not saddle-stitched.
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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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Demons of the Summit

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan; Shanya
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagConan #6/1985 published January 1985
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagConan #2/1997 published January 1997
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSavage Sword of Conan #1 published December 2007
as Savage Sword of Conan #3 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black-and-white reprint
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Frontispiece

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan
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In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #38 [Newsstand] published May 1990
as Pinups from the past [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: There is reveling this night in the court of Khoraja...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Excerpt from The Nemedian Chronicles, photograph and introduction to At the Mountain of the Moon-God.
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At the Mountain of the Moon-God [Chapter One]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan; Tevalos; Princess Yasmela; General Malthom; Vateesa; Prince Katuman; King Strabonus; Sergius of Khrosha; Commander Quzak; Captain Geballus; King Khossus
First Line: M-My Princess... My Princess. I...
Synopsis: Conan goes to rescue King Khossus who has been captured by Ophir.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagConan Annual #3 published January 1977
as At the Mountain of the Moon-God [Story on Interior Page(s)]color reprint
In Content Item: FlagConan #4/1985 published January 1985
as Ved månegudens fjell [Story on Interior Page(s)]2 pages removed
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #12 [Direct Edition] published April 1988
as At the Mountain of the Moon-God [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSavage Sword of Conan #1 published December 2007
as At the Mountain of the Moon-God [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Pages 1-2 have no dialogue.
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[At the Mountain of the Moon-God] Chapter Two: Where Dark Death Soars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan; Vateesa; King Khossus; Commander Quzak; Princess Yasmela; Prince Katuman
First Line: We'll see later if we can tell kings' bones from barbarians'!
Synopsis: While rescuing King Khossus, Conan must battle a pterosaur.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagConan #4/1985 published January 1985
as Ved månegudens fjell [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #12 [Direct Edition] published April 1988
as At the Mountain of the Moon-God [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSavage Sword of Conan #1 published December 2007
as At the Mountain of the Moon-God [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The First Barbarian (Part 2)

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Kull
First Line: The first genuine story of sword-and-sorcery which Robert E. Howard ever published was "The Shadow Kingdom,"...
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Part II of Lin Carter's 'Chronicles of the Sword' feature examines Robert E. Howard's creation of the sword-and-sorcery genre in the pages of "Weird Tales" pulp magazine in the 1920's and 30's, starting with the Atlantean outcast who became King Kull. Article is accompanied by two Kull illustrations by Severin.
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[Blackmark] Chapter III, The Testing of Blackmark

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): King Kargon; Blackmark; Queen Lyllith; Nephus; Balzamo
First Line: King Kargon felt the hot flush of rage spread through his body.
Synopsis: Blackmark spurns Lyllith's attentions and is slated for death in the arena facing the Flame Lizard. He is taken to a holding cell where Balzamo recognizes a mark Blackmark shared with his mother, indicating he has the power of Amarix. Balzamo and Blackmark are taken to the arena to face the Flame Lizard, but Blackmark kills the beast.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlackmark #S5871 published January 1971
was Chapter III [Story on Interior Page(s)]paperback page art reoriented to fit magazine page size
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: While the Band Plays On... Subscribe.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Marvel's black and white magazines.
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Kull of Atlantis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Kull; Am-ra; Khor-nah; Sareeta
First Line: We have been enemies to the Seven Empires since the dawn of time...
Synopsis: Sareeta, an Atlantean who married a Lemurian pirate, has been captured after being washed ashore when the pirate ship was broken. As Kull arrives, she is about to be burned for bringing shame to Atlantis. With her nodded assent, Kull hurls his dagger just under her heart, killing her instantly to spare her an agonizing death. Kull's tribesmen chase him with the intent of slaying him for violating their code of morals, but are unable to catch him.
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In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #51 [Newsstand] published June 1991
as Kull of Atlantis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: This is not a complete story. According to the splash page notes, Barry Smith and Roy Thomas were planning a paperback comic book dealing with the early days of Kull of Atlantis. The paperback never happened, but Smith did a number of finished drawings in preparation for the book. Some of those drawings are presented here with quotations from the story "Exile Of Atlantis" by Robert E. Howard.
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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: As a young man of 21 or so, Conan rides eastward to the powerful and opulent kingdom of Turan...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Photograph and introduction to Demons of the Summit.
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Demons of the Summit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan; Jamal; Shanya; Shangara
First Line: Why do we tarry here, Conan?
Synopsis: A king's emissary fails to heed Conan's warnings about Khozgari treachery, and only Conan and Jamal escape with their lives. During their escape, they encounter Shanya, the daughter of a Khozgari chief, and take her hostage. When they take a shortcut through the Misty Mountains, they are attacked by the Demons of the Summit. Jamal is killed and Shanya is taken to Shangara, leader of the summit people. He wants to use Shanya as a mate for himself and his son until Conan rescues her.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagConan the Barbarian #87 published June 1978
as Demons at the Summit [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagA Espada Selvagem de Conan #1 published January 1984
as Noite macabra [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #13 [Direct Edition] published May 1988
as Demons of the Summit [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSavage Sword of Conan #1 published December 2007
as Demons of the Summit [Story on Interior Page(s)]color reprint
In Content Item: FlagRobert E. Howard's Savage Sword #6 published November 2013
as Demons of the Summit [Story on Interior Page(s)]color
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Adaptation of the short story, "People of the Summit" by Björn Nyberg and L. Sprague de Camp.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from Craig Peters, Deb Hammer-Johnson, Bill Murray, Lisa Drazich, Luther C. Conant III, Jeff Brown, and Harlan Ellison.

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