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Issue: The Savage Sword of Conan #8
Publication Date: October 1975
 
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/05/1975
Volume: 1
Pages: 76
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UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 CAD
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Content Items: 27 (6 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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Death-Song of Conan

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fantasy
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FlagConan #5/1985 published January 1985
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FlagConan #4/1985 published April 1985
as Omslag [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagConan Saga #26 [Newsstand] published June 1989
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagSavage Sword of Conan #1 published December 2007
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Frontispiece

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Conan
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FlagConan Saga #31 [Newsstand] published November 1989
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Interior front cover.
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Table of Contents

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Conan
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[untitled]

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Conan, after retaking the kingdom of Khauran in the name of Queen Taramis...
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Excerpt from The Nemedian Chronicles, map of the Hyborian Age, and excerpt from "A Probably Outline of Conan's Career" by Miller and Clark.

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The Forever Phial

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Ranephi; Hannibal
Ah, there he is: The great brawny barbarian fellow I noticed before.
Ranephi was given the gift of immortality by the elder gods, yet cursed to die by the hands of a barbarian. Wanting to die, Ranephi lures Conan into his castle to kill him.
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FlagDie Sprechblase #29 published July 1980
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FlagConan #5/1985 published January 1985
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FlagConan Saga #30 published October 1989
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FlagSavage Sword of Conan #1 published December 2007
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Dim Mak "The Death Touch"

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The World's Deadliest Fighting Secrets Can Be Yours
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The Gods Of The Hyborian Age Part III: The Elder Gods

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Hanuman; Pteor
At one time almost half the know world was dominated by Set, god of darkness.
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FlagA Espada Selvagem de Conan #1 published January 1984
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It's The Mighty Marvel Spectacular Summer Spectaculars...All Summer Long!

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Conan; Shang-Chi; Doc Savage
And, in the titanic torrent of typically terrific specials...
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Death Song of Conan the Cimmerian

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The road was long and the road was hard...
A poem that covers the life of Conan.
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FlagConan Saga #29 [Newsstand] published September 1989
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FlagConan #10/1993 published September 1993
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FlagSavage Sword of Conan #1 published December 2007
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Adapted from the poem "The Death Song of Conan the Cimmerian" by Lin Carter.
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Stop Dragon Your Tail...

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Conan
...and subscribe to The Savage Sword of Conan!
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Free Karate Jiu-Jitsu Course

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Given to every Charles Atlas pupil
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Sorcerer's Summit

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Dars-Khras; Luhra; Brodmore
Not every would-be hero of yore can be a Conan-- nor is every woman a Red Sonja!
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FlagConan Saga #26 [Newsstand] published June 1989
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Super Iron-On Transfers

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Here's our collection of the latest, top-selling iron-on transfer designs.
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The Hyborian Age, Chapter 2: The Rise of the Hyborians

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When the Great Cataclysm caused the destruction of Atlantis and Lemuria...
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FlagConan #8/1985 published January 1985
as Kapittel 1: Den før-kataklysmiske tidsalder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagConan Saga #51 [Newsstand] published June 1991
as Hyborian Age - chapter 2 (of 6): Rise of the Hyborians [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Robert E. Howard adaption.
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Conan the Conqueror

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fantasy
Conan
Continuing Marvel Comics' adaptation of the fabulous novel by Robert E. Howard
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Corsairs Against Stygia [Conan the Conquerer, Part 5]

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Demetrio; Ajonga; Yasunga; Laranga
Conan's first sensation of returning consciousnes is that of motion...
Conan awakens on a ship onto which he has been shanghaied. He quickly leads the galley slaves into a rebellion and takes control of the ship and heads south, chasing a Stygian galley.
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FlagConan Saga #24 [unnamed variant] published April 1989
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FlagSavage Sword of Conan #1 published December 2007
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Robert E. Howard's "The Hour Of The Dragon", continuing the adaptation of Howard's "Conan The Conqueror". Story includes a one page preamble entitled "The Story So Far" illustrated by someone other than Gil Kane.
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Put a Marvel On Your Chest!

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Captain America; Thor; Spider-Man; Hulk
Is your life drab?
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Very Very Special People

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The struggles, loves, and triumphs of human oddities.
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Shop by Mail

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Full page of non-novelty advertisements.
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Missed Any Marvel Masterpieces Lately?

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I'll Make You a Master of Karate

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Karate is the secret, Oriental art of self-defense that turns your hands, arms, legs into paralyzing weapons...
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It's Never Too Late to Join...FOOM!

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Three years in the making!
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[untitled]

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Our usual "special" introductory note...
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Letters from Sean Burns, K. J. Robbins, Dave Rutman, Ed O'Reilly, Steve Replogle, and Richard M. Martin Jr.
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Next Issue

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A little late – but well worth waiting of!
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Kung-Fu & Karate

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You'll be a master of self defense once you've completed our revolutionary new audiovisual home study course...
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I'll Guide You Step by Step Into Your Own Thriving Business

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While keeping your present job...
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Look Who's Smiling Now!

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Sometimes a man sets his ambitions high enough to make skeptics smile.
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Back cover.

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