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The Savage Sword of Conan, #48

Published: January 1980

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The Savage Sword of Conan #48

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Issue Contents:
Curse of the Night Demon
1 page sword and sorcery
Characters
  • Conan
Credits
Story 1 1 page sword and sorcery
Storyline

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.

Characters
  • Conan
Credits
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
Table of Contents/Credits
Story 2 1 page
Characters
  • Conan
Credits
Recap (1)
Story 3 1 page
Story Notes

Includes a map of the Hyborian age of Conan showing Aquilonia, Poitain, Argos, Ophir, and Zingara.

A Wind Blows from Stygia
Story 4 50 pages sword and sorcery

"The Pictish wilderness..."

Storyline

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.

Characters
  • 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
Credits
Story Notes

Adapted from the short story "The Treasure of Tranicos" by Robert E Howard and L. Sprague de Camp. Continued from last issue. Joe Rosen credit from Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel 2019 series) #4.

The Barbarian in Babylon
Story 5 9 pages

"Cross Plains is a blinking red light on Texas 279..."

Credits
Story Notes

Reprinted from New West Magazine for August 27, 1979.