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Savage Tales (1971 Magazine) comic books

  • Issue #1
    Savage Tales (1971 Magazine) 1
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4329699001
    • 1/2" Spine split from top.
    • Water damage.
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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3918121001
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    Issue #1. May 1971. Conan stars in "The Frost Giant's Daughter" (script by Roy Thomas, art by Barry Windsor-Smith). Adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard. Later reprinted in color (with one additional new splash page) in "Conan the Barbarian" #16. First appearance of Man-Thing in "Man-Thing" (script by Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway, art by Gray Morrow). Story continues in "Astonishing Tales" #12. Other stories include "The Fury of the Femizons" (script by Stan Lee, art by John Romita Sr.; story continues in "Fantastic Four" #151); "Black Brother" (script by Denny O'Neil as "Sergius O'Shaughnessy", pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Tom Palmer); and "The Night of the Looter" (script by Lee, art by John Buscema). Painted cover by Buscema. Note: First appearance of Man-Thing. 8.25" x 11". 68 pages. Black and white. Mature. Cover price $0.50.

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    $525 Savage Tales #1 CGC 7.0 1st Man-Thing Conan Marvel Comics 1971
    $650 1971 Marvel Comics Savage Tales #1 CGC 6.5 Generation's Collection
    $700 Savage Tales 1 Conan Barry Smith 1971 First Man Thing CBCS 7.0
    $900 SAVAGE TALES #1 CGC 8.0 1st Man-Thing! Conan, Marvel Comics 1971

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  • Issue #2
    Savage Tales (1971 Magazine) 2
    • 1" Cumulative spine split.
    • Paper: White
    • Label #4280624001
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    Conan stars in "Red Nails" (script by Roy Thomas, art by Barry Windsor-Smith); adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard. Story continued in Savage Tales 3. Conan also stars in "Cimmeria," a Howard poem illustrated by Windsor-Smith (5 pages). King Kull stars in "The Skull of Silence" (script by Thomas, art by Berni Wrightson; adapted from the story by Howard; reprinted from Creatures on the Loose 10, plus the original unused cover by Wrightson). Also in thie issue: "Dark Tomorrow" (script by Gerry Conway, art by Gray Morrow) and a reprint, "The Crusader" (script by Stan Lee, art by Joe Maneely; from The Black Knight 1 in May 1955). Text feature, "A Probable Outline of Conan's Career" by P. Schuyler Miller and John D. Clark. Illustrations by Windsor-Smith, Al Williamson, and Frank Brunner. John Buscema cover painting. Cover price $0.75.

  • Issue #3
    Savage Tales (1971 Magazine) 3

    Conan stars in "The Lurker From the Catacombs" (Script by Roy Thomas, art by Barry Windsor-Smith), the conclusion of the "Red Nails" story from the previous issue adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard. Also in this issue: "Fury of the Femizons" by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. reprinted from Savage Tales 1) and "The Crimson Bell" (text story starring Arquel of Argos by Ray Capella; illustrations by Al Williamson and Frank Brunner). 2-page Red Sonja pin-up by Esteban Maroto; Talon pin-up by Jim Steranko (with a one-page text feature). Pablo Marcos cover painting. Cover price $0.75.

  • Issue #4
    Savage Tales (1971 Magazine) 4

    Conan stars in "Night of the Dark God" (script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Gil Kane and Neal Adams, inks by Adams, Pablo Marcos, Frank McLaughlin, and Vince Colletta). Adapted from the non-Conan story "The Dark Man" by Robert E. Howard. Reprints: "The Crusader" (script by Stan lee, art by Joe Maneely; from The Black Knight 2 in July 1955) and "The Dweller in the Dark" (script by Thomas, art by Barry Windsor-Smith; from Conan the Barbarian 12). This last story was originally intended for Savage Tales 2 before the magazine's (first) cancellation. The art was altered for its appearance in Conan 12 in order to pass the Comics Code. The story here in Savage Tales 4 is the original, unaltered version. (The muddy reprint in Conan Saga 5 is from the altered version.) Neal Adams cover painting. Cover price $0.75.

  • Issue #5
    Savage Tales (1971 Magazine) 5

    Conan stars in "The Secret of Skull River" (script by John Jakes and Roy Thomas, pencils by Jim Starlin, inks by Al Milgrom). Reprints: Brak the Barbarian stars in "Spell of the Dragon" (script by Dan Adkins and John Jakes; pencils by Adkins and Val Mayerik; inks by Joe Sinnott; from Chamber of Chills 2); and Ka-Zar stars in "The Legend of the Lizard Men" (art by John Buscema; from Astonishing Tales 9). Tony DeZuniga illustration. Neal Adams cover painting. Cover price $0.75.

  • Issue #6
    Savage Tales (1971 Magazine) 6

    Ka-Zar stars in "The Damnation Plague" (script by Gerry Conway, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Tony DeZuniga). Marok the Merciless stars in "Dragonseed" (script by Len Wein, art by Steve Gan). Text feature about Brak. Reprints: "The Night of the Looter" (script by Stan Lee, art by Buscema; from Savage Tales 1) and "Jann of the Jungle" (art by Al Williamson). Neal Adams cover painting. Cover price $0.75.

  • Issue #7
    Savage Tales (1971 Magazine) 7

    Ka-Zar stars in "Stalker in a Savage Land" (script by Gerry Conway, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Tony DeZuniga). Brak the Barbarian stars in "The Unspeakable Shrine" (script by John Jakes and Doug Moench, art by Steve Gan; adapted from the story by Jakes; continues in next issue). Ka-Zar stars in "The Dream Temple of Kandu Ra" (script by Gerry Conway, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Neal Adams and others as "The Crusty Bunkers"). Article by Lin Carter. Boris Vallejo cover painting. Cover price $0.75.

  • Issue #8
    Savage Tales (1971 Magazine) 8
    • Paper: White
    • Label #1482257001
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    Ka-Zar and Shanna star in "The Billion Year War" (script by Gerry Conway, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Tony DeZuniga). Brak the Barbarian stars in "The Unspeakable Shrine" (script by Doug Moench, art by Steve Gan; adapted from the story by John Jakes; continued from the previous issue). Text feature about Ka-Zar's pulp magazine stories. "Jann of the Jungle" reprint. Steve Fabian cover painting. Cover price $0.75.

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    $75 Savage Tales 8 CGC Graded 9.4 NM Marvel Comics 1975

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  • Issue #9
    Savage Tales (1971 Magazine) 9
    • Paper: White
    • Label #0700328006
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    Ka-Zar stars in "Dark Island of Doom" (script by Gerry Conway, art by Steve Gan). Shanna the She-Devil stars in "The Golden Blood-Beasts of Daka-Jur" (script by Gerry Conway and Carla Conway, art by The Tribe). Michael Kaluta cover painting (retouched by John Romita Sr.). Cover price $0.75.

  • Issue #10
    Savage Tales (1971 Magazine) 10

    Ka-Zar stars in "Requiem for a Haunted Man" (script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Russ Heath, inks by Neal Adams and others as "The Crusty Bunkers"). Shanna the She-Devil stars in "Blood Purge" (script by Carla Conway, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Vince Colletta). Text story, "The Running of Ladyhound" by John Jakes (with illustrations by Michael Whelan and Rick Bryant). Boris Vallejo cover painting. Cover price $0.75.

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    $245 SAVAGE TALES #10 - CGC 9.8 - WP NM/MT - KA-ZAR - SHANNA SHE DEVIL VALLEJO COVER

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  • Issue #11
    Savage Tales (1971 Magazine) 11

    Final issue of the series. Ka-Zar stars in "Marauder in a Cage of Time" (script by Doug Moench, pencils by Steve Gan, inks by Rico Rival). Also in this issue, a story of the Savage Land, "Intruder" (script by Archie Goodwin, art by Russ Heath). Michael Whelan cover painting. Cover price $0.75.

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    $10 Vintage 1975 Curtis No 11 Savage Tales KA-ZAR Comic Magazine Mavel Comic Group

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