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The Savage Sword of Conan #197

Marvel · Series began 1974 · May 1992

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Dates

Cover date: May 1992
Pages: 68

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #197 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Newsstand edition (original)$2.25 cover

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
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Direct edition$2.25 cover

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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Australian edition3.40 AUD cover

Australian

Printed cover price 3.40 AUD.

Barcode 07148602929808
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Creators

pencils: Ovi Hondru, John Buscema, Ernie Chan, E. R. Cruz, Sandu Florea, Mike DeCarlo, Butch Guiceinks: Ovi Hondru, Ernie Chan, E. R. Cruz, Sandu Florea, Bob Petrecca, Mike DeCarlo, Butch Guicecolors: Ovi Hondruscript: Roy Thomasletters: Jack Morelli, Jean Simek

Stories

A Night in Messantia! · Valeria of the Red Brotherhood · 45 pages
Conan and Valeria take Lady Morganis to someone who can send word to her husband to arrange a ransom. Intrigue ensues.
Raiders of the Pictish Isles · 10 pages
Young Kull leads a raid on the island of Tathel, home of Nial, Over-King of the savage Pict Warriors.

Reprinted in

The Savage Sword of Kull (2010), Kull the Savage: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (2021)