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Issue: Savage Tales #2
Publication Date: October 1973
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Issues: #2 of 11 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Monster GroupView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 06/26/1973
Volume: 1
Pages: 76
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $75.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from house ad in Chamber of Chills #6
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black & white interior
Dimensions: magazine size
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was an ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In28
Disclose Reprinted From2
Disclose Images6
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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Interior Page
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Splash Page
Black and white image of inks over pencils
Interior Page
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Splash page
 
Interior Page
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Table of Contents
 
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Promotional Advertisement
 
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The City That Time Forgot

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #14 [Newsstand] published June 1988
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Chronicles of Conan #4 published May 2004
as The Song of Red Sonja and Other Stories [Illustration on Cover, Front]a detail from "Red Nails" p1
In Content Item: FlagSavage Sword of Conan #1 published December 2007
as Savage Tales #2 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives #2 published May 2010
as Savage Tales #2 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #2 published January 2012
as Savage Tales #2 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) 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
Character(s): Conan
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Reprise  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
First Line: Hearing that wars are in the offing along the borders of Stygia...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Introduction page to Red Nails.
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Red Nails

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ? (pages 10-14)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Valeria (introduction); Conan; Chicmec; Techotl
First Line: At a small pool, the woman reins in her weary steed...
Synopsis: Conan and Valeria enter a mysterious walled city. After they become separated, Valeria discovers that the city is indeed inhabited.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Treasury Edition #4 [Regular Edition] published June 1975
as Red Nails [Story on Interior Page(s)]color
In Content Item: FlagRobert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian #1 published January 1983
as Red Nails [Story on Interior Page(s)]color
In Content Item: FlagConan Hors Série #1 published September 1983
as Les clous rouges [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagA Espada Selvagem de Conan #2 published August 1984
as A cidadela dos condenados [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #9 [Direct Edition] published January 1988
as Red Nails (part 1 of 3) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan #2/1990 published October 1990
as Røde nagler [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Chronicles of Conan #4 published May 2004
as Red Nails [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSavage Sword of Conan #1 published December 2007
as Red Nails [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives #2 published May 2010
as Red Nails [Part One] [Story on Interior Page(s)]Color added from original printing
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 21
Disclose Notes: Adapted from Robert E. Howard's story. Per "Still Waiting For The Absolute Barry-Windsor Smith Conan Volumes" in Spectrum Super Special #3 [2005], Smith subsequently re-inked [including the 2 pages Marcos inked at the end of chapter one] the entire story, added additional details to splash page and elsewhere, and colored the story for its reprint in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #4.
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The Hyborian Rage

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Now, as we were saying before we were so rudely interrupted...!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Roy Thomas discusses the return of Savage Tales.
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Robert E. Howard: Lone Star Fictioneer

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Conan; Robert E. Howard (photograph); Truett Vinson (photograph); Tevis Clyde Smith (photograph)
First Line: Robert Ervin Howard was born January 22, 1906, at Peaster, Texas...
Synopsis: Extract from "The Last Celt" by Glenn Lord.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Dark Tomorrow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Karl Linders; Christine; Damian Linders; Prometheus
First Line: Time... All the time in the world.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSavage Tales Featuring Ka-zar #12 published January 1975
as Dark Tomorrow [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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Cimmeria

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
First Line: I remember.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Savage Sword of Conan #24 published November 1977
as Cimmeria [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRobert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian #1 published January 1983
as Cimmeria [Story on Interior Page(s)]color
In Content Item: FlagConan Hors Série #1 published September 1983
as Cimmérie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagA Espada Selvagem de Conan #2 published August 1984
as Cimmeria [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #4 [Direct Edition] published August 1987
as Cimmeria [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #33 [Newsstand] published December 1989
as Cimmeria [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan #1/1991 published January 1991
as Jeg husker [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives #2 published May 2010
as Cimmeria [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Adapted from Robert E. Howard's poem. Smith's art is reproduced from the pencil stage.
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The Crusader!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): The Crusader [El Alemain]; Sir John O'Dare (death); Gerlaine; Tenga Khan (introduction, death)
First Line: At dawn of the seventh day, the battered ship grounded on eastern shores...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlack Knight #1 published May 1955
was Origin of the Crusader, Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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A Probable Outline of Conan's Career

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, non-fiction
Character(s): Conan
First Line: A brief note from Ye Editor:...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Savage Sword of Conan #16 published December 1976
as A Probable Outline of Conan's Career [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan Classic #6 published November 1994
as Devil Wings and Angel Eyes [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]illustration only
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Tower of Shadows #10 - alternate cover

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagConan Classic #8 published January 1995
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Alternate unused cover for Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #10.
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The Skull of Silence!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Raama; Silence
First Line: In the time before the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCreatures on the Loose #10 published March 1971
was The Skull of Silence! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Original presentation was in color.
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Next Issue

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

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