Savage Tales
#2
(October 1973)
Marvel,
1971 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 76
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1973-06-26
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Monster Group
- Editing
- Roy Thomas (editor); Marv Wolfman (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from house ad in Chamber of Chills #6
The City That Time Forgot
Conan / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Buscema (painting)
- Inks
- John Buscema (painting)
- Colors
- John Buscema (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
-
in Svärdet (Sällsamma sagor om det blodiga svärdet med Conan) (Red Clown, 1974 series) #1/1974 -
in The Comic Reader (TCR Publications, 1971 series) #97 (May 1973) [black & white copy. Cover text removed] - in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #14 [Newsstand] (June 1988)
- in The Chronicles of Conan (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #4 - The Song of Red Sonja and Other Stories (2004) [a detail from "Red Nails" p1] which is reprinted
- in Savage Sword of Conan (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #1 (December 2007)
- in The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #2 (May 2010)
- in Marvel Firsts: The 1970s (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 (2012)
-
in Collection the Savage Sword of Conan (Hachette, 2017 series) #1 (octobre 2017) - in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
-
in Marvel Omnibus. La Espada Salvaje de Conan: La Etapa Marvel Original (Panini España, 2019 series) #0 - Relatos Salvajes (Julio 2019), #0 - Relatos Salvajes (Julio 2019) [Blanco y Negro]
-
[no title indexed]
table of contents / 1 page
- Script
- Roy Thomas ?
- Pencils
- Pablo Marcos (signed as Pablo Marcos)
- Inks
- Pablo Marcos (signed as Pablo Marcos)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
- in Collection the Savage Sword of Conan (Hachette, 2017 series) #1 (octobre 2017)
- in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
- in Marvel Omnibus. La Espada Salvaje de Conan: La Etapa Marvel Original (Panini España, 2019 series) #0 - Relatos Salvajes (Julio 2019)
-
[no title indexed]
Conan / recap / 1 page
- Script
- Roy Thomas ?
- Pencils
- ? (photograph)
- Inks
- ? (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hearing that wars are in the offing along the borders of Stygia...
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Introduction page to Red Nails.
Red Nails
Conan / comic story / 21 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Barry Windsor-Smith
- Inks
- Barry Windsor-Smith; Pablo Marcos (page 20-21)
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino (pages 2-9; 15-21); Barry Windsor-Smith (splash); ? (pages 10-14)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At a small pool, the woman reins in her weary steed...
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Valeria (introduction); Conan; Chicmec; Techotl
- Synopsis
- Conan and Valeria enter a mysterious walled city. After they become separated, Valeria discovers that the city is indeed inhabited.
- Reprints
-
in Action (Verein Action, 1975 series) #1 - in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #4 ([June] 1975) [color] which is reprinted
- in Titans (Editions Lug, 1976 series) #3 (10 juillet 1976) [page 1 partially]
- in Conan le Barbare (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1976 series) #[1] - Les clous rouges (octobre 1976)
- in Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1983 series) #1 (1983) [color] which is reprinted
- in Conan Hors Série (Arédit-Artima, 1983 series) #1 - Les clous rouges (septembre 1983)
- in Conan el bárbaro especial (Planeta DeAgostini, 1986 series) #[3] - Navidad (diciembre 1987)
- in Conan el bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #22 (noviembre 1998)
-
in A Espada Selvagem de Conan (Editora Abril, 1984 series) #2 ([agosto de 1984]) -
in Conan der Barbar (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1982 series) #5 (1986) - in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #9 (January 1988)
-
in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #2/1990 ([oktober] 1990) which is reprinted - in Conan Maxi (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2002 series) #3 - Frostgudens datter ([juli] 2003) [bearbeidet oversettelse] which is reprinted
- in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #1/2008 ([januar] 2008)
- in Conan Maxipocket (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2011 series) #3 - Frostgudens datter ([august] 2012)
- in The Chronicles of Conan (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #4 - The Song of Red Sonja and Other Stories (2004)
- in Savage Sword of Conan (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #1 (December 2007)
- in The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #2 (May 2010) [Color added from original printing]
- in Conan el Bárbaro. Edición 35 Aniversario (Planeta DeAgostini, 2017 series) (Marzo 2017)
- in Collection the Savage Sword of Conan (Hachette, 2017 series) #1 (octobre 2017)
- in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
- in Marvel Omnibus. La Espada Salvaje de Conan: La Etapa Marvel Original (Panini España, 2019 series) #0 - Relatos Salvajes (Julio 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Adapted from Robert E. Howard's story. Per "Still Waiting For The Absolute Barry-Windsor Smith Conan Volumes" in Spectrum Super Special #3 [2005], Smith subsequently re-inked [including the 2 pages Marcos inked at the end of chapter one] the entire story, added additional details to splash page and elsewhere, and colored the story for its reprint in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #4.
The Hyborian Rage
text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Al Williamson (illustrations)
- Inks
- Al Williamson (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now, as we were saying before we were so rudely interrupted...!
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Roy Thomas discusses the return of Savage Tales.
Robert E. Howard: Lone Star Fictioneer
text article / 5 pages
- Script
- Glenn Lord; Roy Thomas (abridged by)
- Pencils
- Frank Brunner (signed) (illustrations); George Barr (illustration); ? (photograph)
- Inks
- Frank Brunner (signed) (illustrations); George Barr (illustration); ? (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Robert Ervin Howard was born January 22, 1906, at Peaster, Texas...
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Conan; Robert E. Howard (photograph); Truett Vinson (photograph); Tevis Clyde Smith (photograph)
- Synopsis
- Extract from "The Last Celt" by Glenn Lord.
- Reprints
Dark Tomorrow
comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Gerry Conway
- Pencils
- Gray Morrow (signed)
- Inks
- Gray Morrow (signed)
- Letters
- Gray Morrow
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Time... All the time in the world.
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Karl Linders; Christine; Damian Linders; Prometheus
- Reprints
- in Savage Tales Featuring Ka-zar (Marvel, 1971 series) #12 (Summer 1975)
-
in Savage Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #12 ([1976]) - in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
- in Marvel Omnibus. La Espada Salvaje de Conan: La Etapa Marvel Original (Panini España, 2019 series) #0 - Relatos Salvajes (Julio 2019)
-
Cimmeria
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Barry Windsor-Smith (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I remember.
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Reprints
- in Savage Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #11 ([June 1976] ?)
- in The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #24 (November 1977) which is reprinted
- in Comic Forum (Comicothek, 1979 series) #15 (September 1982)
- in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #2 (2019)
- in Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1983 series) #1 (1983) [color] which is reprinted
- in Conan Hors Série (Arédit-Artima, 1983 series) #1 - Les clous rouges (septembre 1983)
- in Conan el bárbaro especial (Planeta DeAgostini, 1986 series) #[3] - Navidad (diciembre 1987)
- in Conan el bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #22 (noviembre 1998)
- in A Espada Selvagem de Conan (Editora Abril, 1984 series) #2 ([agosto de 1984])
- in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #4 (August 1987), #33 (Mid December 1989)
- in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #1/1991 ([januar] 1991)
- in The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #2 (May 2010)
- in Collection the Savage Sword of Conan (Hachette, 2017 series) #1 (octobre 2017)
- in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
- in Marvel Omnibus. La Espada Salvaje de Conan: La Etapa Marvel Original (Panini España, 2019 series) #0 - Relatos Salvajes (Julio 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Adapted from Robert E. Howard's poem. Smith's art is reproduced from the pencil stage.
The Crusader!
The Crusader / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely
- Inks
- Joe Maneely
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At dawn of the seventh day, the battered ship grounded on eastern shores...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Crusader [El Alemain]; Sir John O'Dare (death); Gerlaine; Tenga Khan (introduction, death)
- Reprints
- from Black Knight (Marvel, 1955 series) #1 (May 1955)
- in Savage Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #11 ([June 1976] ?)
-
A Probable Outline of Conan's Career
Conan / text article / 6 pages
- Script
- P. Schuyler Miller; Roy Thomas (introduction); John D. Clark (Phd)
- Pencils
- Barry Windsor-Smith (illustration); Hugh Rankin (illustration); Jim Wilcox (signed as Jayem Wilcox) (illustration)
- Inks
- Barry Windsor-Smith (illustration); Hugh Rankin (illustration); Jim Wilcox (signed as Jayem Wilcox) (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A brief note from Ye Editor:...
- Genre
- non-fiction; sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
- in Savage Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #11 ([June 1976] ?)
- in The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #16 (December 1976) which is reprinted
- in Conan Classic (Marvel, 1994 series) #6 (November 1994) [illustration only] which is reprinted
- in Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
- in Marvel Omnibus. La Espada Salvaje de Conan: La Etapa Marvel Original (Panini España, 2019 series) #0 - Relatos Salvajes (Julio 2019)
-
[Tower of Shadows #10 - alternate cover]
Kull / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bernie Wrightson (signed as Wrightson)
- Inks
- Bernie Wrightson (signed as Wrightson)
- Letters
- Morrie Kuramoto
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- King Kull
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
- in Conan Classic (Marvel, 1994 series) #8 (January 1995)
- in Kull the Savage: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Alternate unused cover for Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #10.
The Skull of Silence!
Kull / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited) (adaptation); Robert E. Howard (credited) (original short story)
- Pencils
- Bernie Wrightson (credited as Berni Wrightson)
- Inks
- Bernie Wrightson (credited as Berni Wrightson)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the time before the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities...
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Ka-Nu (first appearance); King Borna (first appearance, flashback, corpse); King Kull (also in flashback); Kuthulos (first appearance); Raama; Silence
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
- from Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #10 (March 1971) [black and white]
- in Kull the Savage: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Original presentation was in color.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The City That Time Forgot
Conan -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
["Hearing that wars are in the offing along the borders of Stygia..."]
Conan -
3.
Red Nails
Conan -
4.
The Hyborian Rage
-
5.
Robert E. Howard: Lone Star Fictioneer
-
6.
Dark Tomorrow
-
7.
Cimmeria
-
8.
The Crusader!
The Crusader -
9.
A Probable Outline of Conan's Career
Conan -
10.
[Tower of Shadows #10 - alternate cover]
Kull -
11.
The Skull of Silence!
Kull -
12.
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