The Savage Sword of Conan, #55

Published: August 1980

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The Savage Sword of Conan #55

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When Dead Men Walk!
1 page sword and sorcery
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Story 1 1 page sword and sorcery
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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.

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frontispiece

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Story 2 1 page
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Story 3 1 page

"Conan was born on a battlefield, during a fight between his tribe and a horde of raiding Vanir."

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Includes a map of The Hyborian Age of Conan.

Black Lotus and Yellow Death
Story 4 32 pages sword and sorcery

"The sandstorm is a howling, blinding, fearsome horror..."

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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.

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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.

Story 5 1 page

"Stop dragon your feet about subscribing to Savage Sword!"

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Includes a subscription form for black and white Marvel magazines.

Havoc in Hyboria
Story 6 7 pages

"We thought that, after a dozen or so articles, it was high time we introducted Jim Neal..."

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"A Study of Warfare in Conan's World". Two illustrations by Hoberg and two by Day.

The New Kids in Town: A Portfolio
Story 7 1 page sword and sorcery

"Actually, the above is a mildly misleading name for the following five-page portolio."

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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.

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The New Kids in Town: A Portfolio
Story 8 1 page sword and sorcery
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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.

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The New Kids in Town: A Portfolio
Story 9 1 page sword and sorcery
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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.

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The New Kids in Town: A Portfolio
Story 10 1 page
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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.

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The New Kids in Town: A Portfolio
Story 11 1 page sword and sorcery
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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.

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Story 12 1 page sword and sorcery

"King Kull, mighty man-legend of pre-cataclysmic times..."

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Introduction to following story.

Wizard and Warrior
Story 13 10 pages sword and sorcery

"In the royal Palace of Valusa, three men look down with grim seriousness at a gameboard..."

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Brule tells Kull the story of his first tribal war, where he killed Aa-Thak the wizard and won his scars.

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Adapted from the short story "Wizard and Warrior" by Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter.

Story 14 2 pages
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Letters from: John Schuch, John Robbins, Dennis Mallonee, and Shirley McClure.