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Issue: Savage Sword of Conan #4
Publication Date: September 2008
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Issues: #4 of 22 Issues
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Publisher: FlagDark Horse
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Indicia Publisher: Dark Horse Books
On Sale Date: 2008
Volume: 4
Pages: 548
ISBN: 9781595821492
UPC/EAN: 978159582149251995
Price: $19.95 USD
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Content Items: 57 (12 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Collects Conan stories originally published in The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #37-#48 (February 1979 - January 1980). Marvel's original error in dating issue #37, "1978," is repeated in two places within this volume.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black-and-white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected editions
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The Haunter of the Oasis

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Character(s): Conan; Lady Alondra
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Synopsis: Conan on horse with axe over his head.
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Sons of the White Wolf

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Character(s): Conan; Lady Alondra (introduction); Mahal (death); Ahmed (death); Hauran (death); Musa; Zangi (death); Hassan (death); Oshmaan (introduction; villain; death); Bektal Tor (introduction; villain; death)
First Line: Mahal of Aghrapur commander of the Turanian outpost of Ashraf is awakened before dawn...
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Valley of the Vampires

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Character(s): Conan; Roxana
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Synopsis: Conan, standing atop a rocky mound with a woman sitting at his feet, holding a sword up to fight off a winged reptile.
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The Road of the Eagles

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Character(s): Conan; Red Brotherhood [Ivanos; Hermio]; Roxana (death); General Artaban (death); Vinashko (death); Dayuki (death); Kurush Khan (death); Prince Teyaspa (death); Gleg (death); Uzbek (death)
First Line: The loser of the sea fight wallows in the crimson wash...
Synopsis: Conan and his pirates chase after the Turanian general Artaban, who has killed their wounded comrades in cold blood. Artaban saves the slave girl Roxana from Hyrkanian reavers, and she quickly talks him into saving Prince Teyaspa of Turan, who is being held prisoner in the castle of Gleg the Zaporoskan. Meanwhile, Conan befriends Vinashko, a former Yuetshi chief who shows Conan a secret passage to Gleg's castle, where Conan finds and kills Artaban. In despair, Roxana kills Teyaspa and then herself. Chased by demons, Conan escapes only to find that the pirates have abandoned him.
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Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story "The Road of Eagles" by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp.
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Legions of the Dead

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Character(s): Conan; Rann Njalsdatter
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Synopsis: Conan on a galloping horse, holding up an object in his left hand.
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Legions of the Dead

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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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Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story "Legions of the Dead"" by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter.
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A Dream of Blood

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Synopsis: Conan with sword in had facing a lizard creature coming from a woman's body.
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A Dream of Blood

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Character(s): Conan; Chabela (introduction); Gomani; Zeltran; Riego; Captain Kapellez; Sabral; Ninus; Cratos; Sigurd (introduction); Zarono (villain, introduction); Villagro (villain, introduction); Menkara (villain, introduction)
First Line: It is two hours before midnight when Princess Chabela awakes.
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Disclose Notes: Adapted from the novel Conan the Buccaneer by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter.
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Slave of the Amazon Queen

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Synopsis: Conan, holding an axe in both hands, standing with his right foot on the throat of a large, dead reptile at the edge of some water.
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The Quest for the Cobra Crown

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Character(s): Conan; Zeltran; Chabela; Sigurd; Juma; Bwatu; Mbonani (villain, introduction); Zuru (villain, introduction); Shaka; Nzinga (villain, introduction); Tuta (villain, introduction); Menkara (villain); Zarono (villain); Thoth-Amon (villain)
First Line: The scene aboard the Petrel, proud ship of the Zingaran buccaneer Black Zarono, ia a grim one...
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Disclose Notes: Adapted from the novel Conan the Buccaneer by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter.
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The Devil Trees of Gamburu

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Synopsis: Conan, girl, skull and lion with helmet.
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The Devil-Tree of Gamburu

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Character(s): Conan; Chabela; Sigurd; Juma; Nzinga (villain); Thoth-Amon (villain)
First Line: Conan is helpless in the city of the Amazons--drugged by his queen and lover, the jealous Nzinga.
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Disclose Notes: Adapted from the novel Conan the Buccaneer by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter.
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King Thoth-Amon

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Synopsis: Conan, standing on a rock mound with a dead man at his feet, holding a halberd with two hand over his head, the head of the dead man on the spike, while several warriors look down on him from two ledges and with a large bird flying across the sun, overhead.
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King Thoth-Amon

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Character(s): Conan; Zeltran; Chabela; Sigurd; Juma; Sabral; King Ferdrugo; Villagro (villain, death); Zarono (villain); Menkara (villain, death); Thoth-Amon (villain)
First Line: Captain Conan! Is that you??
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Disclose Notes: Adapted from L. Sprague de Camp's and Lin Carter's novel, Conan the Buccaneer (Lancer Books, 1971). Continued from last issue.
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Swords of the Living Dead

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Synopsis: Conan standing on a pile of debris with bloody sword in hand, a woman lying at his feet, with several flying creatures and a large skull in the background.
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The Star of Khorala

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Character(s): Conan; Queen Marala; Captain Garus; Hostas; Rima; Doctor Khafrates; Torgrio; Junia; King Moranthes; Bulak; Barras; Rigello (villain, introduction, death); Naferari (flashback); Junghir Khan (flashback); Totrasmek (flashback)
First Line: The Wanton River stretches lazily between the kingdoms of Koth and Ophir...
Synopsis: Conan comes to Ophir looking to sell the Star of Khorala to Queen Marala, but Captain Garus tells him that the king has imprisoned the queen in a tower. Conan and Garus frees her, but are then pursued by the king's cousin Rigello and his men. They make their last stand in a ruin, but ultimately, they are saved by the ghost soldiers who served Marala's ancestor.
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Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story "The Star of Khorala" by Björn Nyberg and L. Sprague de Camp.

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The Gem in the Tower

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Synopsis: Conan standing on a rock with sword held over his head with two hands following a bloody arc from one of the attacking warriors he just sliced.
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The Gem in the Tower

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Character(s): Conan; Gonzago (death); Mena (death); Fabio; Abimael; Tono; Borus; Siptah (flashback); Siptah's demon (introduction; death)
First Line: Heave to it, my hearties!
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Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story "The Gem In the Tower" by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter.
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Moon of Blood

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Synopsis: Conan in water cave.
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Moon of Blood

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Character(s): Conan; Flavius (introduction); Arno (death); Laodamas; Glyco; Hermius; Edric; Lucian; Sagayetha (introduction; death)
First Line: The forest is strangely silent.
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Job Number: RT 313
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story "Moon of Blood" by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter.
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The Treasure of Tranicos

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Synopsis: Conan standing with his back to the viewer holding a warrior over his head at the edge of a cliff with a bound woman sitting in the foreground behind him.
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The Treasure of Tranicos

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Character(s): Conan; Belesa; Tina; Valenso (introduction); Galbro (introduction); Zarono; Strombanni (introduction); Galacus (death); Thoth-Amon; Demon of the Caves (introduction); Picts
First Line: One moment the glade lies empty.
Synopsis: Fleeing from the Picts, Conan comes across a cave filled with treasures – and a terrible demon! Nearby, Zingarian nobleman Valenso has settled with his family up north to escape his past. Rival pirate captains, Strombanni and Zarono, land on the shores of Valensos domain, seeking the lost treasure of Tranicos. Valenso is not interested, but when he learns that the Stygian magician Thoth-Amon has been sighted nearby, he panics and declares he will do anything to board a ship. They are joined by Conan, who now is the only one who knows the location of the treasure.
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Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story "The Treasure of Tranicos" by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp.
Continued next issue.
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Curse of the Night Demon

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Synopsis: Conan standing on a spire of rock, both arms raised holding a sword and shield, facing warriors while a kneeling woman tied to a post is behind him.
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A Wind Blows from Stygia

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Character(s): Conan; Belesa; Tina; Valenso (death); Zarono (death); Strombanni (death); Aquilonians [Prospero; Trocero; Dexitheus (introduction); Publius (introduction)]; Thoth-Amon; Galbro (death); Demon of the Caves (death); Picts
First Line: The Pictish wilderness...
Synopsis: Conan leads the rival pirate captains Strombanni and Zarono to the treasure of Tranicos, hoping that the guardian demon will kill them. Conan's plan fails, and they all form another uneasy alliance to battle the Picts and make it back to Valenso's fort. The fort is eventually overrun by the Picts and Valenso atones for his transgressions against Thoth-Amon when he is killed by a demon. Conan saves Valenso's niece and her servant girl and is rescued by a delegation of Aquilonian noblemen who ask him to help overthrow their mad king. The ever ambitious Conan agrees.
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Job Number: RT 149
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story "The Treasure of Tranicos" by Robert E Howard and L. Sprague de Camp.
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