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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

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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.

Publisher’s description

This issue contains the following stories: A Night in Messantia! (based on "The Dragon of Kao Tsu")Raiders of the Pictish IslesPinups by Ernie Chan, Sandu Florea, Patrick Archibald, Bob Petrecca, Mike DeCarlo and Jackson Guice.

Reprinted in

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