The Savage Sword of Conan, #55
Published: August 1980
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Issue Contents:
When Dead Men Walk!
Characters
- Conan (mainstream Universe)
- Isparana (mainstream Universe)
- Hisarr Zul (mainstream Universe)
Credits
- Pencils: Earl Norem
- Inks: Earl Norem
- Colors: Earl Norem
Storyline
Conan crouching with sword held in two hand, with a woman on her knees in front of him, being attacked from the side by a flying creature with long arms with clawed hands.
Characters
- Conan (mainstream Universe)
Credits
- Pencils: Rudy Nebres
- Inks: Rudy Nebres
Story Notes
frontispiece
Table of Contents
"Conan was born on a battlefield, during a fight between his tribe and a horde of raiding Vanir."
Story Notes
Includes a map of The Hyborian Age of Conan.
Black Lotus and Yellow Death
"The sandstorm is a howling, blinding, fearsome horror..."
Storyline
Conan confronts Isparana in an oasis and switches the talisman known as the Eye of Erlik for a replica. Conan and Isparana are then captured by slavers, but soon freed by Arsil, the Turanian soldier. Conan returns to Arenjun and turns over the talisman to Hisarr Zul, who tries to kill him, but fails.
Characters
- Conan (mainstream Universe)
- Isparana (mainstream Universe)
- Arsil of Samara (mainstream Universe)
- Hisarr Zul (mainstream Universe) [Death]
Credits
- Script: Roy Thomas
- Pencils: John Buscema
- Inks: Roger Gibson
- Letters: Joe Rosen
Story Notes
Adapted from the novel Conan and the Sorcerer by Andrew J. Offutt. Continued from last issue. Joe Rosen credit from Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel 2019 series) #4.
Havoc in Hyboria
"We thought that, after a dozen or so articles, it was high time we introducted Jim Neal..."
Credits
- Script: Mwalimu Bahati Njema
- Pencils: Rick Hoberg
- Pencils: Gene Day
- Inks: Rick Hoberg
- Inks: Gene Day
Story Notes
"A Study of Warfare in Conan's World". Two illustrations by Hoberg and two by Day.
The New Kids in Town: A Portfolio
"Actually, the above is a mildly misleading name for the following five-page portolio."
Storyline
Conan standing on a rocky edge holding a bloody ax in his right hand and a bloody sword in his left as he looks down at a dead warrior in armor, with a shield and broken sword on the ground below him.
Characters
- Conan (mainstream Universe)
The New Kids in Town: A Portfolio
Storyline
In the middle of a bar fight, Conan is standing on a table, hitting one fighter with the flagon in his right hand while stabbing another fighter in the chest with the sword in his left hand while Sonja is swing her sword with her right hand while her left hand is at her breast hold on her chain-mail top.
Credits
- Pencils: Will Meugniot
- Inks: Will Meugniot
The New Kids in Town: A Portfolio
Storyline
Conan standing, facing forward, with sword held in his left hand and his right foot on the head of a large serpent. Behind Conan, a large circle, showing the rest of the serpent's body and a stonehenge, with small drawings of four naked women in the corners, three of them with swords.
Characters
- Conan (mainstream Universe)
Credits
- Pencils: Peter Ledger
- Inks: Peter Ledger
The New Kids in Town: A Portfolio
Storyline
Conan, standing, facing forward, with a sword in his right hand while his left hand is pointing an ax straight at a figure with only its glowing hands being shown in the foreground. Behind Conan, one woman is strapped to an altar by her wrists, while another woman is standing to the left, right hand held to her mouth in fright and holding a dagger in her left. Behind the altar is a wizard and a winged demon.
Characters
- Conan (mainstream Universe)
Credits
- Pencils: Steve Swenston
- Inks: Steve Swenston
The New Kids in Town: A Portfolio
Storyline
Conan, with a woman lying at his feet, fighting three men: one he has slashed in the chest with the sword in his right hand, another has been cut in the face with the dagger in his right hand, and the third is leaping in the air, sword held in both hands, preparing to strike. A small open chest is in the foreground.
Characters
- Conan (mainstream Universe)
Credits
- Pencils: Katarzyna Szach-Bolaczek
- Inks: Katarzyna Szach-Bolaczek
"King Kull, mighty man-legend of pre-cataclysmic times..."
Characters
- Brule, the Spear-Slayer (mainstream Universe)
- King Kull (mainstream Universe)
Credits
- Script: Roy Thomas
- Pencils: Alfredo Alcala
- Inks: Alfredo Alcala
Story Notes
Introduction to following story.
Wizard and Warrior
"In the royal Palace of Valusa, three men look down with grim seriousness at a gameboard..."
Storyline
Brule tells Kull the story of his first tribal war, where he killed Aa-Thak the wizard and won his scars.
Characters
- Aa-Thak (mainstream Universe)
- Brule, the Spear-Slayer (mainstream Universe)
- King Kull (mainstream Universe)
- Ronaro (mainstream Universe)
- Brule's father (introduction
- flashback)
Credits
- Script: Roy Thomas
- Pencils: Alfredo Alcala
- Inks: Alfredo Alcala
- Script: Robert E. Howard
- Script: Lin Carter
Story Notes
Adapted from the short story "Wizard and Warrior" by Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter.