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Issue: Savage Tales #5
Publication Date: July 1974
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Issues: #5 of 11 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 05/28/1974
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #106, May 1974.
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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:  
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reprinted 10 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagSavage Sword of Conan Omnibus #1 published April 2023
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan; Ka-zar; Zabu
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagUne Aventure de Ka-Zar #2 published January 1976
as L'île maudite [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #11 [Direct Edition] published March 1988
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSavage Sword of Conan #1 published December 2007
as Savage Tales #5 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagKa-Zar #6 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Contents page incorporates an illustration begun on the inside front cover.
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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
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Introduction page to "The Secret of Skull River".
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The Secret of Skull River!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, jungle
Character(s): Conan; Hanuman (giant); Naia; Thuribald; Sophos; Anaximander; Grandall (giant)
First Line: Someone savage this way comes!
Synopsis: Conan is hired by a village to stop the sorcerer that has poisoned their water supply.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagConan the Barbarian #64 [25¢ Cover Price] published July 1976
as The Secret of Skull River! [Story on Interior Page(s)]minus 1 page
In Content Item: FlagConan le Barbare #9 published July 1981
as Les poisons de Sophos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #10 [Direct Edition] published February 1988
as The Secret of Skull River! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagA Espada Selvagem de Conan #46 published September 1988
as O Segredo do Rio da Morte! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMagnum #4/1989 published March 1989
as Dødselvens hemmeligheter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSavage Sword of Conan #1 published December 2007
as The Secret of Skull River! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Adapted from a plot by John Jakes.
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Missed Any Monsters Lately?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dracula; Satana; Conan; Frankenstein
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo ad for subscribing to various Marvel magazines.
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Savage Tales is Dead! Long Live Savage Tales!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan
First Line: Caught you off-guard with that title, didn't I?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Editorial on the changes coming to Savage Tales.
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The Legacy of Greenberg, Part II of The Hour of the Gnome

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Artists of Conan
Character(s): Conan
First Line: In Savage Tales #4 we saw how a young entrepreneur named Martin Greenberg started...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Brak
First Line: Banished from his home to the north, the barbarian called Brak eagerly embarked...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Introduction page to Spell of the Dragon!
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Spell of the Dragon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Brak; Jonel; Valena
First Line: The villagers say you hate them, witch-woman.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagChamber of Chills #2 published January 1973
was Spell of the Dragon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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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: At the bottom of the world lies the frozen continent: Antarctica.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Introduction page to The Legend of the Lizard Men!
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The Legend of the Lizard Men!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Ka-zar; Iranda (villain, introduction, death); Lizard Men (introduction); Zabu; Lowani
First Line: Come, Zabu!
Synopsis: When Ka-Zar goes in search of missing women and men from a local village, he finds the woman, Iranda and the Lizard Men. She takes him to her castle where he sees one of the missing women. When he tries to rescue her, the Lizard Men attack him. He is barely able to escape but when he does, he takes Iranda's crown with him. With her crown gone, at moonrise her enchantment wears off and she becomes a Lizard being. After she dies, her enchantments fade and the Lizard Men turn back into the missing warriors from the village.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAstonishing Tales #9 [unnamed variant] published December 1971
was The Legend of the Lizard Men! [Story on Interior Page(s)]with altered dialogue
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: 633Z
Disclose Notes: This story takes place after the story in Savage Tales #1 and before the story in Astonishing Tales #8. Some of the dialogue was altered from the original story.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan; Red Sonja
First Line: Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House add for The Savage Sword of Conan #1.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Conan; Valeria
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from Glenn S. Holland, Robert Weinberg, J. Norton, J. Cerniglia, James Robertson, Richard Burgeois, and Fritz Leiber.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Savage Tales
Character(s): Ka-Zar; Zabu
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for next issue of Savage Tales #6 featuring Ka-Zar.

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