The Savage Sword of Conan, #45
Published: October 1979
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Issue Contents:
The Gem in the Tower
"Red Sonja Returns!"
Characters
- Conan
Credits
- Pencils: Nestor Redondo
- Inks: Nestor Redondo
- Colors: Nestor Redondo
Storyline
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.
Characters
- Conan
Credits
- Pencils: Ernie Chan
- Inks: Ernie Chan
Table of Contents
The Hyborean Age of Conan
"Know, o prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities..."
Story Notes
Includes a map of the Hyborian age of Conan.
The Gem in the Tower
"Heave to it, my hearties!"
Characters
- Conan
- Gonzago (death)
- Mena (death)
- Fabio
- Abimael
- Tono
- Borus
- Siptah (flashback)
- Siptah's demon (introduction
- death)
Credits
- Script: Roy Thomas
- Pencils: John Buscema
- Inks:
- Letters: Joe Rosen
Story Notes
Adapted from the short story "The Gem In the Tower" by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter. Joe Rosen credit from Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel 2019 series) #4.
Death From Above: Part II
"All night, under the Cimmerian's grim direction, the men fell trees and cut trunks apart to furnish logs..."
"Next Issue: Conan vs. the Picts!"
Characters
- Conan
Credits
- Pencils: Earl Norem
- Inks: Earl Norem
Chains and Fetters - a Study of Slavery in the Hyborian Age
"In the musical comedy "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," the slave Hysterium tells his Roman mistress..."
Characters
- Conan
Credits
- Script: Mwalimu Bahati Njema
- Pencils: John Buscema
- Inks: Kerry Gammill
- Pencils: Neal Adams
- Inks: Neal Adams
Story Notes
Neal Adams credit from the Introduction in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #4 by Roy Thomas.
A Conan Quiz
"So you think you're a Conan buff, do you?"
Characters
- Conan
Credits
- Script: Mwalimu Bahati Njema
The Weight of the World on Your Shoulders?
"Constantly depressed about missing occasional issues..."
Story Notes
Subscription mail order coupon featuring the Incredible Hulk holding the mail order coupon.
Master of Shadows
"The warrior woman stretches languidly..."
Characters
- Red Sonja
- Shadow Master (introduction
- death)
- House of Shadows cult (introduction
- death)
Credits
- Script: Christy Marx
- Pencils: John Buscema
- Inks:
Story Notes
Featuring Red Sonja...based on a heroine created by Robert E. Howard.
Vistas Yet Undreamed
Featuring Epic Illustrated
"That's Epic Illustrated...Marvel's new, full-color, adult fantasy monthly."
America's Foremost Fear Comic Becomes a Macabre Marvel Magazine
Story Notes
Promotional for the series by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan.
Characters
- Conan
Credits
- Pencils: John Buscema
- Inks: illustrations
Story Notes
Letters from Dave Summick, Jack Ockelmann, Kyle Gray, Bob Wheeler, Mark Luebker and Jack R. Patterson.
He May Be Trapped in a World He Never Made...But Howard's Fighting Back!
"The legend continues as Marvel's fighting-mad fowl takes on the weirdest gaggle of ill-bred baddies this side of the cosmic axis!!"
Back Issue Comic Books
Story Notes
Comic book mail order catalog listing. Interior back cover.
Have You Seen This Coupon Before?
"It has helped to start many men and women on the road to great accomplishment."
Story Notes
Back cover.