The Savage Sword of Conan #18 The Battle Of The Towers
Cover Date: April, 1977
In this issue: The Battle of the Towers the third part of the adaptation of Robert E. Howard's People of the Black Circle by Roy Thomas, John Buscema and Alfredo Alcala ~To reach the looming tower of the Black Seers, Conan must first pass the magical tow ...
Issue Description
In this issue:
The Battle of the Towers the third part of the adaptation of Robert E. Howard's People of the Black Circle by Roy Thomas, John Buscema and Alfredo Alcala
~To reach the looming tower of the Black Seers, Conan must first pass the magical tower of their sorcerous acolytes - or die in the trying!~
Fred Blosser's review of Robert Weinberg's The Annotated Guide to Robert E. Howard's Sword and Sorcery
A review of Robert E. Howard's The Swords of Shaharazar by Fred Blosser with illustrations by Michael W. Kaluta
A Rattle of Bones a tale of Solomon Kane by Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin
A frontispiece pin-up by Tim Conrad
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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