The Savage Sword of Conan, #57
Published: October 1980
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Issue Contents:
Death among the Dunes
Characters
- Conan
- Isparana
Credits
- Pencils: Nestor Redondo
- Inks: Nestor Redondo
- Colors: Nestor Redondo
Story Notes
Signature possibly mostly hidden by barcode.
Storyline
Conan standing, with a two-headed ax held in both hands held to his right, and preparing to strike a large serpent that has its mouth open wide and tongue out. There is also a girl behind Conan and a skull and a few bones at his feet.
Characters
- Conan
Credits
- Pencils: Rudy Nebres
- Inks: Rudy Nebres
Table of Contents
"In the adventure chronicled as Conan the Sorcerer, the young Cimmerian--fresh from his earliest adventures..."
Story Notes
Includes a map of The Hyborian Age of Conan.
The Eye of Erlik
"Southward on the desert ride a man and a woman."
Storyline
Conan decides to accompany Isparana to Zamboula in order to deliver the taslisman known as the Eye of Erlik to its rightful owner, Akter Khan. On the road, they are attacked by the Yogites and saved by the Shanki, a desert people whose princess Derketari has been killed under mysterious circumstances. Conan hands over the talisman to Akter Khan, but the khan tries to kill him and imprisons Isparana. Conan joins forces with the nobleman Balad, who has claims to the throne.
Characters
- Conan
- Isparana
- Akhimen Khan
- Aqbi
- Hajimen
- Zulfi
- Balad
- Jhabiz
- Mitralia (death)
- Valtaj
- Chia
- Zafra
- Akter Khan
Credits
- Script: Roy Thomas
- Pencils: John Buscema
- Inks:
- Letters: Joe Rosen
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.
Storyline
Conan standing, with sword in right hand, with his mouth wide-open as if screaming, with the heads and upper bodies of three humanoid creatures behind him and a woman's head at his feet.
Characters
- Conan
Credits
- Pencils: Franc Reyes
- Inks: Franc Reyes
Surgeons and Sears Life - Death and Medicine in the Hyborian Age.
"By the time Conan the Cimmerian became king of Aquilonia, his body was covered with scars."
Credits
- Script: Mwalimu Bahati Njema
- Pencils: Val Mayerik
- Inks: Val Mayerik
Story Notes
Pages 59, 60, 62, 63.
Storyline
Conan standing, with knife in his right hand as if to stab and left arm raised, in a cave looking down at a dead serpent that has the upper part of its body severed.
Characters
- Conan
Credits
- Pencils: Franc Reyes
- Inks: Franc Reyes
Credits
- Script:
Story Notes
Letters from Scott Gilbreath, Don Garvin, Dale R. Olsen, Kevin C. McConnell, and Chuck Cunningham.