Issue Details

Issue	#2
Published	October 1974
Cover Price	1.00 USD
Pages	84
Editing	Roy Thomas

Cover Details - "Black Colossus"

Characters	Conan
Genre	sword and sorcery
Pencils	Neal Adams (painting)
Inks	Neal Adams (painting)
Colors	Neal Adams (painting)
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #10

1 page Conan illustration "pin-up: frontispiece"

Characters	Conan
Genre	sword and sorcery
Pencils	Mike Zeck
Inks	Mike Zeck
Reprinted	in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #38

4 page Conan story "Black Colossus"

Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	John Buscema
Inks	Alfredo Alcala
Notes	Robert E. Howard adaption.
Reprinted	in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #15 (1977); in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #12

13 page Conan story "Part II Hordes Of The Veiled One"

Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	John Buscema
Inks	Alfredo Alcala
Notes	Robert E. Howard adaption.
Reprinted	in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #15 (1977); in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #12

19 page Conan story "Part III Chariot Of The Man-Demon"

Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	John Buscema
Inks	Alfredo Alcala
Notes	Robert E. Howard adaption.
Reprinted	in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #15 (1977); in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #12

4 page Chronicles of the Sword text article "Chapter 1 Kingdoms of the Dawn"

Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Lin Carter
Pencils	Al Milgrom (signed); Alan Weiss (signed); Joe Staton (signed)
Inks	Al Milgrom (signed); Joe Staton (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	The article contains 4 spot illustrations each signed by the artists. The Weiss illustrations is inked by Milgrom.

14 page Blackmark story "Blackmark Chapter II"

Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Gil Kane; Archie Goodwin (script; uncredited)
Pencils	Gil Kane [signed GK]
Inks	Gil Kane [signed GK]
Letters	typeset
Notes	Adapted from Blackmark by Gil Kane (Bantam Books paperback, 1971) and scripted by Archie Goodwin from outlines supplied by Gil kane. This reprint does not credit Goodwin for his contribution.
Reprinted	from Blackmark (Bantam Books, 1971 series) #S5871

10 page Kull story "The Beast from the Abyss"

Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Steve Englehart
Pencils	Howard Chaykin
Inks	Russ Heath [as The Crusty Bunkers]; Neal Adams [as The Crusty Bunkers]; Dick Giordano [as The Crusty Bunkers]; Alan Weiss [as The Crusty Bunkers]
Notes	Adapted from Black Abyss by Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter. Crusty Bunkers credits confirmed in the letters page of Savage Sword of Conan #4.
Reprinted	in Conan Annual (Marvel, 1973 series) #3 (1977); in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #34; in Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel UK, 1977 series) #15

2 page letters page " Swords and Scrolls"

Letters	typeset
Editing	Roy Thomas
Notes	Contains inker credtis for the Diverse Hands job in Savage Tales #4 (Neal Adams, Pablo Marcos, Vince Colletta, Frank McLaughlin) and Conan the Barbarian #12 (Gil Kane, Tom Palmer, Berni Wrightson).