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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

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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.

Publisher’s description

Ymir, watch over him! The Cimmerian Barbarian cuts a swath through the Legions of the Dead!

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)