Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	August 1974
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	1.00 USD
Pages	84
Editing	Roy Thomas; Marv Wolfman (consulting editor); Tony Isabella (consulting editor)

Cover Details

Characters	Conan; Red Sonja
Genre	sword and sorcery
Pencils	Boris Vallejo (painting, signed)
Inks	Boris Vallejo (painting, signed)
Colors	Boris Vallejo (painting, signed)
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #12 (April 1988)

1 page Conan illustration "untitled"

Characters	Conan
Genre	sword and sorcery
Pencils	Esteban Maroto (signed)
Inks	Esteban Maroto (signed)
Notes	Inside front cover.
Reprinted	from Heritage Portfolio 1973

1 page text article "Table of Contents"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Table of contents and indicia.

1 page text story "untitled"

Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Robert E. Howard; ?
Pencils	? (photograph)
Inks	? (photograph)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Excerpt from The Nemedian Chronicles, photograph and introduction.

18 page Conan story "Curse of the Undead-Man"

Characters	Berthilda; Conan; Costranno; Red Sonja
Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	John Buscema
Inks	Pablo Marcos
Notes	Freely adapted from the "Mistress of Death" story by Robert E. Howard.
Reprinted	in Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #78 (September 1977); in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #11 (March 1988)

1 page Conan illustration "untitled"

Characters	Conan
Genre	sword and sorcery
Pencils	Alfredo Alcala [as Alfred Alcala]
Inks	Alfredo Alcala [as Alfred Alcala]
Letters	typeset

1 page text article "A Hyperborean Oath"

Script	Roy Thomas
Letters	typeset

1 page Red Sonja text story "untitled"

Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Robert E. Howard
Pencils	? (photograph)
Inks	? (photograph)
Letters	typeset

10 page Red Sonja story "Red Sonja"

Characters	Amir; Conan; King Ghannif; Lucrezia; Lurhan; Red Sonja; Trolus
Synopsis	When Red Sonja returns with a tiara she was sent for by King Ghannif she learns her "reward" is to be made a part of his harem.
Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	Esteban Maroto
Inks	Neal Adams; Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]
Reprinted	in Marvel Feature (Marvel 1975 series) #1 (November 1975); in Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #83 (December 1982); in Adventures of Red Sonja, The (Dynamite Entertainment, 2005 series) #1; in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #31 (November 1989)

1 page Red Sonja illustration "Red Sonja"

Characters	Red Sonja
Genre	sword and sorcery
Pencils	Esteban Maroto (signed)
Inks	Esteban Maroto (signed)

3 page text article "Conan's Women Warriors"

Characters	Bêlit; Red Sonya of Rogatine; Salome; Yasmina (all in illos)
Script	Fred Blosser
Pencils	Steve Gan (signed); Hugh Rankin (signed); Roy G. Krenkel
Inks	Steve Gan (signed); Hugh Rankin (signed); Roy G. Krenkel
Letters	typeset
Notes	Includes illustrations: Salome by Steve Gan (signature dated 1974), Yasmina and Bêlit by Hugh Rankin and Red Sonya of Rogatine by Roy G. Krenkel.
Reprinted	from Comixscene

15 page Blackmark story "Blackmark"

Characters	Amarix; Marnie; Zeph the Tinker
Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	? (introductory text on page 1); Gil Kane; Archie Goodwin (uncredited, script)
Pencils	Gil Kane (signed)
Inks	Gil Kane (signed)
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	from Blackmark (Bantam Books, 1971 series) #S5871

1 page Crazy promo (ad from the publisher) "Non-Paid Commercial That Will Drive You Crazy"

Characters	Stan Lee
Genre	humor
Pencils	? (photographs)
Inks	? (photographs)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Photo-story promotional advertisement for Crazy magazine.

4 page Kull text article "An Atlantean In Aquilonia"

Characters	Baron Kaanuub; Ducalon; Enaros; King Kull; Ridondo the Mistrel (all in illustrations)
Script	? (introduction); Glenn Lord
Pencils	John Severin (signed); Ross Andru
Inks	John Severin (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Includes two illustrations of King Kull by John Severin (signed) and pencil sketches of Kull, Enaros, Baron Kaanuub of Komahar and of Ridondo the Minstrel by Ross Andru.
Reprinted	from Kull Portfolio

1 page Conan text story "untitled"

Characters	Conan
Genre	sword and sorcery
Letters	typeset

12 page Conan story "The Frost Giant's Daughter"

Characters	Atali; Conan; Frost Giants; Gorm; Horsa; Hymdul; Niord
Synopsis	Setting: Snowy battlefield. Conan chases Atali across the snow, slays her two frost giant brothers, and catches her. Her father, Ymir then takes her from Conan.
Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Robert E. Howard (original prose story); Roy Thomas
Pencils	Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]
Inks	Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]
Notes	Adapted from the "The Frost Giant's Daughter" by Robert E. Howard.
Reprinted	from Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #1 (May 1971) [as modified in Conan the Barbarian #16 (July 1972)]