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Issue: The Savage Sword of Conan #39
Publication Date: April 1979
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Issues: #39 of 235 Issues (486 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 01/30/1979
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860292904
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On sale date from the Comic Reader #165.
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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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Legions of the Dead

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan; Rann Njalsdatter
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In Issue: FlagConan #10 published October 1983
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #20 [Newsstand] published December 1988
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagConan #1/1993 published January 1993
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Frontispiece

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan
Synopsis: Conan on a galloping horse, holding up an object in his left hand.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pencil sketch.
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Conan
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Reprise  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
First Line: In his youth, Conan of Cimmeria first journeys northward...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Map of Hyboria and introduction.
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Legions of the Dead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan; Njal; Old Gorm; Rann Njalsdatter; Vammatar; Egil
First Line: Somewhere along the disputed border between Aesgaard and Hyperborea...
Synopsis: Young Conan has joined a band of Aesir, led by Jarl Njal, who have ventured into Hyperborea in order to free Njal's kidnapped daughter Rann. A scouting party is captured and tortured to death by the Hyperborean Witch-men in the Haloga fort. Conan sneaks into the fort and frees Rann, but Queen Vammatar sends the legion of the undead after them. Rann escapes while Conan is enslaved.
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In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #40 [Newsstand] published July 1990
as Legions of the Dead [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMagnum #8/1992 published July 1992
as De dødes hær [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan #3/1995 published ?
as De dödas legioner [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story "Legions of the Dead"" by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter.

Joe Rosen lettering credit from "Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus" (Marvel, 2019 series) #3).
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Conan, the Comics-page Conqueror

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: List of newspapers that carry Marvel's "Conan the Barbarian" newspaper strip.
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Conan

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan
Synopsis: Conan, standing and fighting a group of warriors, holding his sword up and behind him, ready to strike, while in the background, a woman is on a horse on one page and a skull is on the other page.
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Pages: 2
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Solomon Kane

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Solomon Kane
Synopsis: Solomon Kane, standing sideways, with a sword in his left hand and a pistol in his right and a dark haired woman's head in the background.
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Pages: 1
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King Kull of Valusia

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: King Kull, sitting on a throne, holding a sword in his left hand, point, and his left foot on a horned skull while a standing woman leans against the throne on his right.
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Red Sonja - She-Devil with a Sword

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Red Sonja
Synopsis: Red Sonja, standing with left leg lifted while setting on a higher piece of ground, holding a sword and shield while looking up and to her right, with a horned horse in the background.
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Pages: 1
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Conan, the Cimmerian

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Conan
Synopsis: Conan, standing, facing away, with his sword held behind him, preparing to attack a giant reptile while a woman lays at his feet.
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Pages: 1
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A Gazetteer of the Hyborian World of Conan, Part 7

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): A Gazetteer of the Hyborian World of Conan
First Line: In various recent issues of Savage Sword...
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Information from Qirlata to Cave of the Sword.
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The Legend of Solomon Kane

Reprise  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (adaptation)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Solomon Kane
First Line: Learning that a young girl named Marylin has been sold in slavery...
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Pages: 1
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Moon of Skulls: Part Three

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Solomon Kane; Nakari; Marylin Taferal
Synopsis: Kane escapes from Nakari's dungeon.
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In Issue: FlagThe Saga of Solomon Kane #[nn] published July 2009
In Content Item: FlagConan #8/1985 published January 1985
as Ondskapens måne del 3 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #44 [Direct Edition] published November 1990
as Moon of Skulls (part 3 of 4) [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 1
In Content Item: FlagConan Saga #45 [Direct Edition] published December 1990
as Moon of Skulls (part 4 of 4) [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 2
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story "The Moon of Skulls" by Robert E. Howard.
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Moon of Skulls, Chapter 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Solomon Kane; Nakari (death); Marylin Taferal
First Line: A full moon slowly lifts behind the mountaintop city of Negari...
Synopsis: Kane destroys the skull of Nakura causing the warriors to panic. He frees Marylin and escapes as an earthquake shatters the city.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story "The Moon of Skulls" by Robert E. Howard.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: The National Convention for Comic Book Fans, Dealers, & Pros.
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Conan; Star-Lord [Peter Quill]
First Line: Journey from the barbaric past of Conan to the far-flung future of Star-Lord...
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Subscription form for black and white Marvel magazines.
Includes covers for The Savage Sword of Conan #39 (Marvel, 1974 series) and Marvel Preview #15 (Marvel, 1975 series).
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#4 The Secret of the Stolen City!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Special Barbarian Bulletin
Character(s): Conan
First Line: That's right--the fourth action-packed adventure of our sword-wielding Cimmerian begins Monday, February 11, 1979...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for the new newspaper strip storyline, beginning February 11, 1979, by Roy Thomas and Ernie Chan.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Conan; Red Sonja
First Line: Dig the hard-fighting fantasy heroes of Robert E. Howard?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Conan the Barbarian, Red Sonja, and The Savage Sword of Conan.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Conan
First Line: Next issue: beginning Marvel's epic adaptaion of Conan the Buccaneer.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes a subscription form for black and white Marvel magazines.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2

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