The Savage Sword of Conan, #56

Published: September 1980

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The Savage Sword of Conan #56

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Issue Contents:
The Sword of Skelos
1 page sword and sorcery
Characters
  • Conan
  • Zafra
Story 1 1 page sword and sorcery
Storyline

Conan standing in front of a large rock, with a half-naked woman held on his left shoulder, cutting into the side of ax wielding savage, in front and below him, with his sword in his right hand, while two other savages, one holding a sword and the other a spear and shield, prepare to be next.

Characters
  • Conan
Credits
Story Notes

frontispiece

Table of Contents/Credits (1)
Story 2 1 page
Characters
  • Conan
Credits
Story 3 1 page

"After the episodes chronicled in the novel Conan and the Sorcerer, young Conan travels abroad once more..."

Story Notes

Includes a map of The Hyborian Age of Conan.

The Sword of Skelos
Story 4 43 pages sword and sorcery

"Somewhere southeast of Zamora..."

Storyline

In Shadizar, Conan is approached by Khassek of Iranistan, who is searching for the talisman known as the Eye of Erlik for his king. On their way to Iranistan to deliver the talisman, they encounter the beautiful but dangerous Isparana, who has Khassek killed and seduces Conan. Meanwhile, Zafra the sorcerer bestows a gift upon Akter Khan of Zamboula – an enchanted sword that the khan uses to kill one of his wives, a young woman from the Shanki people.

Characters
  • Conan
  • Isparana
  • Sarid (death)
  • Arsil
  • Khassek (death)
  • Derketari (death)
  • Yavus
  • Chia (introduction)
  • Hafar
  • Zafra (introduction)
  • Akter Khan (introduction)
Credits
Story Notes

Adapted from the novel The Sword of Skelos by Andrew J. Offutt. Continued next issue. Joe Rosen credit from Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel 2019 series) #4.

To Kush and Beyond: The Black Kingdoms of the Hyborian Age
Story 5 7 pages

"Although most of the action in the Conan Saga unfolded in the lands north of Stygia..."

Credits
Story Notes

Seven illustrations by John Buscema / Gene Day and Gene Day by himself.

The DeZuniga Conan
Story 6 1 page sword and sorcery

"Five fabulous offerings by Tony DeZuniga..."

Storyline

Conan wearing a winged helmet, a fur cape and holding a mace in his left hand while standing on a small rock mound above a dead boy and skeleton with a skull-looking rocky outcropping behind and to his left of him.

Characters
  • Conan
Credits
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
The DeZuniga Conan
Story 7 1 page sword and sorcery
Storyline

Conan, wielding two short-swords, being blocked by a robed figure in the background while another figure in a hooded cloak is focused on a woman chained and bound to a wooden structure with a hot bar being lowered to torture her.

Characters
  • Conan
Credits
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
The DeZuniga Conan
Story 8 1 page sword and sorcery
Storyline

Sonja, with sword in right hand and a shield on her left arm, standing on a dais with her left leg slightly lifted looking down at a long dead corpse with a spear in its back.

Characters
  • Red Sonja
Credits
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
The DeZuniga Conan
Story 9 1 page sword and sorcery
Storyline

Conan standing, with his arms bound behind him with a wooden rod and a collar and chain on his neck, with the end being held by two guards beside him, facing a standing woman, with a scepter raised in her left hand, who has a black panther behind her.

Characters
  • Conan
Credits
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
The DeZuniga Conan
Story 10 1 page sword and sorcery
Storyline

Conan, standing with his sword held out and back in his right hand, facing a dinosaur type reptile coming over the top of a rocky mound, while behind him is a woman bound hand and foot to stakes in the ground.

Characters
  • Conan
Credits
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
Story 11 2 pages
Characters
  • Conan [photo of Damon Liebowitz]
Story Notes

Letters from L. Sprague de Camp, John Ellis, Mark Ryan, and Bill Liebowitz.