The Savage Sword of Conan, #73 Newsstand

Published: February 1982

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The Savage Sword of Conan #73

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Issue Contents:
1 page sword and sorcery
Characters
Credits
Story 1 1 page sword and sorcery
Storyline

Conan, girl holds sword over her head + cyclops monster.

Characters
Credits
Contents
Story 2 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Table of contents with publisher credits and indicia.

Story 3 1 page

"Know, o prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis..."

Story Notes

Recap adapted from "A Probable Outline of Conan's Career" by P. Schuyler Miller and Dr. John D. Clark.

The Changeling Quest!
Story 4 47 pages sword and sorcery

"Fight on, sea wolves! Fight on till the last damned drop of Corsair blood's been shed."

Characters
  • Conan (mainstream Universe)
  • 2 fishermen (antagonist)
  • Zingara's King (antagonist)
  • satrap Phor Thok (antagonist)
  • barachian corsairs (supporting)
  • Warz Bel Doqh (appearance of the changeling alien, villain, introduction, death)
  • Warz Bel Doqh (cameo, death)
  • Zarag (antagonist, death)
  • 4 Stygian thieves, accomplices of Zarag (antagonist, death)
  • Renardo (antagonist, death)
  • Purani (supporting)
  • Gaulag (cameo)
  • a troop of Zingarian soldiers (antagonist, death)
  • a company of Zingarian soldiers (antagonist)
  • a horde of ghouls (villains)
  • a horde of cannibals (villains)
Story Notes

Joe Rosen and Janice Chiang are credited as Letterers on the Contents page under publisher and issue credits.

Story 5 2 pages
Credits
Ten Fantastic Products
Story 6 1 page
Island of Pirates Doom
Story 7 10 pages sword and sorcery

"My name is Metallus and I write here in my native Argos of what befell me upon the..."

Characters
  • Metallus (Intro)
  • Agir (Villain
  • Intro
  • Death)
  • Gowar (Villain
  • Intro)
Story Notes

Joe Rosen and Janice Chiang are credited as Letterers on the Contents page under publisher and issue credits. Valeria continued from SAVAGE TALES #3. Continued in next issue.

Marvel Team-Up Portfolio Set Two

Featuring S. Q. Productions Inc.

Story 8 1 page
Story Notes

Interior back cover.

This is the Most Popular "Alternative" Comic Ever Created!
Story 9 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Back cover advertisement for the Elfquest catalog of comics.