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Issue: The Savage Sword of Conan #23
Publication Date: October 1977
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Issues: #23 of 235 Issues (486 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/03/1977
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860292910
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #146, August 1977.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan; Red Sonja
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAlmanaque Conan, O Bárbaro #3 published March 1984
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #31 [Newsstand] published November 1989
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSavage Sword of Conan #2 published February 2008
as Savage Sword of Conan #23 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Conan; Red Sonja
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Table of Contents

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
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Conan has become a prominent crewman of the Zingaran buccaneer ship Wastrel...
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes a map of The Hyborian Age of Conan.
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[The Pool of the Black One, Chapter 2] Torrent of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Black Giants (villain; death); Conan; Sancha
First Line: From his vantage point atop one of the ledges of a time-lost city...
Synopsis: Conan and a crew of Zingaran freebooters battle the Black Giants.
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In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #48 [Newsstand] published March 1991
as Torrent of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSavage Sword of Conan #2 published February 2008
as Torrent of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story "The Pool of the Black Ones" by Robert E. Howard.
Continued from last issue. This story is continued in The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #67.
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Stygia, Serpent of the South

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Conan
First Line: Of the major nations of the known world in Conan's day...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Striking of the Gong

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Death (introduction)
First Line: Somewhere in the hot red darkness there begins a throbbing...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #21 [unnamed variant] published January 1989
as The Striking of the Gong [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan #2/1991 published February 1991
as Slaget på Gongongen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story "The Striking of the Gong" by Robert E Howard.
Stan Lee had Marie Severin redraw all Kull faces (source Alter Ego #145 pages 35 and 64).
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A New Song of Sonja

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Red Sonja
First Line: Over the past twelvemonth, Red Sonja...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Conan; Red Sonja
First Line: Quit Harping! Of course we're going to subscribe to Savage Sword!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Subscription ad for various Marvel black and white magazines.
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Red Sonja at the Mall

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Red Sonja (photograph of Wendy Pini); Red Sonja (photograph of Linda Behrle); Frank Thorne (photograph); Dave Cocrum (photograph); Bob Pinaha (photograph); Chris Padovano (photograph); Rudy Nebres (photograph); Ernie Chan (photograph); Pablo Marcos (photograph); Red Sonja
First Line: When the plundering hordes of Yezdigerd...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Red Sonja

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Red Sonja
First Line: All the world's a gore-rimmed sea...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Wizards of the Black Sun

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Red Sonja; Djali (a goat; introduction); Sachette (introduction)
First Line: Clouds of dust foam up from the winding trail...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #25 [Newsstand] published May 1989
as Wizards of the Black Sun [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Conan
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes cover to The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #24.
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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: Letters from Ricardo DiCecco, Carol M. Bensick, Richard Farley, and Mark Ryan.

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