The Savage Sword of Conan #11 The Abode Of The Damned

Issue Description

In this issue:

The Abode of the Damned adapted from the Robert E. Howard story "The Country of the Knife" by Roy Thomas, John Buscema and Yong Montano

~Conan's greatest, most amazing desert adventure! Disguised as Shirkuh the Zamorian, he invades a wasteland Fortress of Thieves - to find himself face to face with Beings from Beyond!~

El Borak and the Barbarians an article by Fred Blosser

The Scribes of Hyboria an artice on Howard fanzines by Fred Blosser

Conan and the Tower of Vinyl a review of a vinyl recording of a radio produced reading of two Conan tales with sound effects by Ed Summer

Frontispiece pin-up by Boris Vallejo

The Savage Sword of Conan

Publisher

Marvel

Volume Description

The Savage Sword of Conan was a black and white magazine sized comic anthology which was published by Marvel Comics imprint Curtis Magazines beginning in 1974. As a magazine it was exempt from the Comics Code Authority. This made it attractive to many creators and over it's long publication run it attracted many now legendary comics creators.

Savage Sword featured properties related to the writer Robert E. Howard such as Conan, Kull, Solomon Kane and the Roy Thomas/Robert E. Howard amalgamation Red Sonja keeping these characters fresh and introducing them to new generations of readers. It also showcased many of Howard's lesser known characters and poetry.

Savage Sword also featured the creations of some of it's writers and artists such as Gil Kane's Blackmark and John Buscema's Bront.

Also contained within it's pages were articles on background elements of the Hyborian World, book reviews of Howard properties and fanzines, articles on Historical Reenactment Societies as well as what must be some of the earliest forms of cosplay complete with photos.

Perhaps the greatest contribution of the Savage Sword of Conan was as a feature for artists both established and up-and-coming. Full page pin-ups were featured in nearly every issue and the cover art is truly amazing.

A spin off magazine titled Conan the Savage ran for 10 issues and followed the same format.

Also the series has been reprinted (in varying order) in the magazine Conan Saga.

Savage Sword of Conan has recently been reprinted by Dark Horse Comics into nice digest sized collections.

There has also been a reprint series of Savage Sword of Conan in the United Kingdom.

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