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The Savage Sword of Conan #39

Marvel · Series began 1974 · April 1979

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Dates

Cover date: April 1979
On sale: January 30, 1979
Pages: 68

Editions and covers

Original edition

Barcode 0714860292904
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Creators

pencils: Earl Norem, Tony DeZuniga, Sal Buscema, Rudy Nebres, Nicastre, David Wenzel, Joe Jusko, Ernie Chaninks: Earl Norem, Tony DeZuniga, Rudy Nebres, David Wenzel, Joe Jusko, Ernie Chancolors: Earl Noremscript: P. Schuyler Miller, John D. Clark, Jim Neal, Roy Thomas, Lee N. Falconer, Fred Blosser, Don Glut, Robert E. Howardletters: Joe Rosen

Stories

Legions of the Dead · 22 pages
Young Conan has joined a band of Aesir, led by Jarl Njal, who have ventured into Hyperborea in order to free Njal's kidnapped daughter Rann. A scouting party is captured and tortured to death by the Hyperborean Witch-men in the Haloga fort. Conan sneaks into the fort and frees Rann, but Queen Vammatar sends the legion of the undead after them. Rann escapes while Conan is enslaved.
A Gazetteer of the Hyborian World of Conan, Part 7 · A Gazetteer of the Hyborian World of Conan · 4 pages
Moon of Skulls: Part Three · 7 pages
Kane escapes from Nakari's dungeon.
Moon of Skulls, Chapter 4 · 12 pages
Kane destroys the skull of Nakura causing the warriors to panic. He frees Marylin and escapes as an earthquake shatters the city.

Reprinted in

Conan Saga (1987), Solomon Kane: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (2020), Savage Sword of Conan (2007), The Saga of Solomon Kane (2009), Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (2019), The Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Comics Omnibus (2024)