The Savage Sword Of Conan TP (2025)

"In the mid 1970s following the colossal success of Conan the Barbarian, Roy Thomas helped expand the universe of Conan to showcase further stories and the talents of some of the comics industry's best with the equally popular Savage Sword of Conan magazine. Now, for the first time in over thirty years, these primal tales, featuring Robert E. Howard's most popular character, are available in this, the first in a series of massive trade paperbacks, collecting all Savage Sword Conan stories beginning with issue one. Included in this volume are tales by Roy Thomas, featuring the breathtaking art of such legends as Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Alfredo Alcala, Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom, Pablo Marcos, Walter Simonson, and more. But that's not all. Also included in this tome are Conan's few appearances in the title Savage Tales-for the complete Conan collection! Reprinting Savage Sword of Conan for the first time since its original publication. This is the first volume in the series."

"In the mid 1970s a comics magazine was published containing some of the most exciting epic fantasy tales the world has ever known-The Savage Sword of Conan. Based off of the work of renowned author Robert E. Howard, each issue offered multiple thrilling tales of the legendary barbarian. The magazine was also a showcase of comics talent, headed up by Conan aficionado Roy Thomas. Now for the first time ever, these stories are being collected in a series of omnibus-style books, with over five hundred pages of classic sword and sorcery-for the complete Conan collector! Included in this volume are tales featuring the stunning art of such comics luminaries as Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Alfredo Alcala, Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom, Pablo Marcos, Walter Simonson, and many more."

CONAN RETURNS, UNLEASHED, UNBRIDLED AND UNCENSORED! Comprising the very best comic industry talent, including legend Roy Thomas and fan favorite Roberto de la Torre, a myriad of writers and artists create a spectacular array of beautifully illustrated Black and White comic strips and pin-ups, as well as poems, short stories and essays. Collects issues #7-9 of the stunning new Savage Sword of Conan magazine.

"Editing and charting Conan's course in the influential Savage Sword of Conan magazine, Roy Thomas led a phenomenal assemblage of talented illustrators boldly through the end of the seventies and into the eighties, unfettered by page counts and the limiting thumb of the Comics Code. Thomas scripted the continuing adventures of Conan, drawing from Robert E. Howard's original tales-along with other Conan adventures-and working with such esteemed artists as John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Ernie Colon, Klaus Janson, and the amazing Gil Kane! The Savage Sword of Conan brought the world thrilling adaptations of 'Sons of the White Wolf,' 'The Legions of the Dead,' and 'The Treasure of Tranicos.' The real treasure in this massive tome, however, is the sprawling, ambitious adaptation of the Conan the Buccaneer novel by the powerhouse team of Roy Thomas, John Buscema, and Tony DeZuniga! This volume is sure to deliver brutal barbarian violence as well as horrific, chilling surprises. * This volume collects Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian issues 37 to 48."

"This volume contains some of the most ambitious adaptations of Conan material to date, reprinting the epic battle that leads to Conan becoming the king of Aquilonia in 'Conan the Liberator,' the sword-and-sorcery classic 'Sword of Skelos,' and the exhilarating 'Conan and the Sorcerer.' Collecting selections from The Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian issues 49 through 60, this volume also includes the frontispieces and pinups from each issue, drawn by such amazing talent as Ernie Chan, Carl Potts, and Neal Adams! As a special bonus, you'll find a companion piece to Savage Sword Volume 1's 'A Witch Shall Be Born' story-that hasn't seen print since its original publication in 1980! o For the first time ever, these classic, uncensored tales are being collected in a series of omnibus-style books, with over 500 pages of sword-and-sorcery adventure in each volume-for the complete Conan collector!"

"With writers Roy Thomas, Michael Fleisher, and Bruce Jones contributing to The Savage Sword of Conan in the early 1980s, the action-filled comics magazine continued its long, successful run exploring the lush and dangerous world of Conan's Hyboria. This volume reprints most of the black-and-white Conan tales from 1981, with the artistic talents of John Buscema, Gil Kane, Ernie Chan, Ernie Colon, Alfredo Alcala, and others adding to the uncensored excitement! The Savage Sword creative teams presented in this latest tome deliver timeless adventures featuring Robert E. Howard's beloved barbarian. Collects Savage Sword of Conan #61-#71."

"In The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 7, Conan faces brigands; magicians; gigantic mutated creatures; nameless, hideous demons; and a tenacious new foe-the disfigured, metal-clad Captain Sharaq. Some of Conan's most unusual and exciting adventures are reprinted here, including 'The Colossus of Shem,' 'Demons of the Firelight-Parts One and Two,' 'The Cave Dwellers,' and others. These vicious tales are scripted by Michael Fleisher, Chris Claremont, and Bruce Jones, and drawn by some of The Savage Sword's finest artistic contributors, like John Buscema, Ernie Chan, Alfredo Alcala, Val Mayerik, and Joe Chiodo! o The Dark Horse Savage Sword of Conan reprint series has proven to be giant sized, with over 90,000 copies sold! o This volume, which collects The Savage Sword of Conan #72 to #84, also includes Conan covers, frontispieces, and pinups from each issue! o For the first time, these classic stories are being collected in a series of omnibus-style books, with over five hundred pages of sword-and-sorcery adventure in each volume-for the complete Conan collector! "

"The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 8 features some of the most anxiously awaited Conan stories from the Savage Sword era, including the two-part 'Daughter of the God King' story. The skilled Conan mainstay Michael Fleisher writes all of the Savage Sword of Conan feature stories in this volume, while exciting newcomers to the world of Conan-Alan Zelenetz, Jim Owsley, and Jim Neal-pen the backup stories! The art chores are handled by some of the finest artists to ever draw Crom's favored Cimmerian! o This volume, which collects The Savage Sword of Conan #85-#93, also includes Conan covers, frontispieces, and pinups from each issue! "

"Conan has his hands full in this set of era-defining stories by Michael Fleisher, John Buscema, Ernie Chan, Pablo Marcos, and other familiar talents! In these pages, the Cimmerian faces a demigod who wields the awesome powers of the leopard, three deadly dwarves, a siren with an army of undead pirates, and the return of the Devourer of Souls! Plus, fan-favorite stories 'The Blood Ruby of Death,' in which a priceless gem turns even the staunchest allies into enemies, and 'When a God Lives,' where the theft of a seemingly harmless statue unleashes the ancient, arcane energies of a god whose only goal is to destroy Conan! o Over 500 jam-packed pages of adventure, betrayal, and revenge! o This volume collects The Savage Sword of Conan #94 to #101, complete with covers, frontispieces, backup stories, and pinups from each issue! "

"Conan may be the most dangerous man alive, but that means nothing to foes that are already deceased! The walled City of Life is under siege by an army of the dead and Conan is trapped inside! But how do you kill an enemy who has already died? This volume also sees the rebirth of the deadly swordsman Bor'aqh Sharaq, the return of the extradimensional Devourer of Souls, and an unlikely alliance between Conan and his brutal mirror image, King Konar! "

"After many journeys trading his feared sword arm for gold, Conan returns to the land of his birth, Cimmeria, only to find his family murdered and his sister enslaved by a ruthless rival clan. While the mighty slayer cannot bring back the dead, he can still mete out a terrible vengeance, but can even a warrior as skilled and merciless as Conan take on an entire clan whose treacherous hands hold a blade to his sister's throat? "

"'I side with myself.' The fierce reputation of the barbarian warrior Conan grows throughout the lands of Hyboria, with kings and conquerors alike willing to pay a fortune for the fearsome Cimmerian's broadsword. But when warring factions are both willing to secure Conan's services, they discover that they can buy a mercenary's blade but never his allegiance. Collects Marvel's Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian # 121-#130."

"As the barbarian mercenary Conan roams the lands of Hyboria, selling his sword to the highest bidder, the siren lure of wine, women, and treasure is often more dangerous than any armed adversary. While Conan's skills are more than a match for any warrior, avarice is an enemy against which a blade is of little use! Collects Marvel's Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian #131-#140."

"'Give me a sword, I will give you a show.' Conan is sentenced to a Nemedian gladiator arena, where the barbarian gives the mob the blood they desire. But as his fame grows, so do his masters' jealousies-they seek to accomplish with treachery what they cannot achieve with steel! Collects Marvel's Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian #141-#150, never before collected and out of print for over a quarter century!"

"'Crom count the dead!' Conan's wanderings bring him to the desert kingdom of Stygia, whose mad queen seeks to perform a dark ritual that will bridge universes and draw an ancient, malefic god back into this world, and with it an eternity of death, horror, and chaos! Showcasing stories from Marvel's Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian #151-#160."

"Plagued by the apparition of a lost lover in torment, Conan returns to the Valley of Howling Shadows, a forbidding land of dark magic and suffocating madness. But the visions are the conjurings of a treacherous necromancer who needs Conan's aid to claim a treasure of ultimate sorcerous power! Collects Conan stories from Marvel's The Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian #161-#170. • Showcasing stories never before collected and out of print for over twenty years! • Over 500 pages, value priced. • Featuring stories by famed comics and screen scribe Gerry Conway."

"Vastly outnumbered, Conan and his mercenary army retreat to a walled city where safety is assured . . . as is starvation within the enemy's encircling stranglehold. But the city holds a horrifying secret that makes the slow death of privation or the agonizing death of the blade seem welcome! Collects Conan stories from Marvel's The Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian #171-#180. o Never before collected and out of print for over twenty years! o Over 500 pages, value priced! o Featuring famed comics and screen writer Gerry Conway."

"Taken prisoner in far-flung Zamora, Conan is discovered to resemble the land's demigod of legend, prophesied to return to champion Zamora in war. Conan is paid handsomely to lead 'his' people, but finds that battle against countless enemies is to be preferred to facing the wrath of an angry god! Collects Marvel's The Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian #181-#190. • Over 500 pages, value priced!"

"While Conan fights to survive in a hostile kingdom, far away a similar dire circumstance is faced by an adventurer whose fate will determine Conan's very existence. But this land is not of the Hyborian Age; it is 1920s Mexico, and the adventurer is writer Robert E. Howard! Collects stories from Marvel's The Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian #192-#201."

"Inheriting the captaincy of a Barachan pirate ship, Conan and his crew are captured and imprisoned in a Kushite dungeon, with no seeming avenue of escape. That is, until Conan makes a pact with a mysterious prisoner-Imhotep, the Ravager of Worlds, one of Conan's deadliest enemies! Collects Conan stories from Marvel's The Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian #202-#212."

"Traveling through Shadizar the Wicked, Conan saves the life of a beautiful noblewoman who promises to help the barbarian free his soul from a bewitched mirror. Plus: Conan meets Solomon Kane-and the reimagining by Eisner Hall of Famers Roy Thomas and John Buscema of Marvel's very first Conan story! Collecting Conan stories from Marvel's Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian #213-#222."

"Conan crosses paths with Valeria, a former pirate comrade as formidable as she is beautiful. When their mercenary band is fallen upon and captured by seemingly deathless Darfari warriors, there is only one way out for Conan and company-Conan must kill the moon! Final Savage Sword volume! Collects Conan stories from Marvel's The Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian #223-#235."