Issue Details

Issue	#51
Published	April 1980
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	1.25 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Roy Thomas; Jim Shooter (consulting editor); Lynn Graeme (consulting editor); Mark Gruenwald (associate editor)
Notes	Cover title: The Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian.

Cover Details - "Satyrs' Blood"

Characters	Conan
Genre	sword and sorcery
Pencils	Earl Norem (painting, signed)
Inks	Earl Norem (painting, signed)
Colors	Earl Norem (painting, signed)
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #46 (January 1991)

1 page Conan illustration "untitled"

Characters	Conan
Genre	sword and sorcery
Pencils	Nestor Redondo (signed)
Inks	Nestor Redondo (signed)
Notes	Inside front cover. Signature dated 1979.

1 page text article "Table of Contents"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Table of contents and indicia.

1 page Conan text story "untitled"

Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Robert E. Howard; ? (recap)
Pencils	Ron Zalme (signed)
Inks	Ron Zalme (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Excerpt from The Nemedian Chronicles, map and recap.

56 page Conan story "Satyrs' Blood"

Characters	Alcina; Alonia; Conan (general); Hsiao; Numitor; Pallantides (soldier); Prospero (soldier); Thulandra Thuu (wizard); Trocero (soldier)
Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	John Buscema
Inks	Tony DeZuniga
Notes	Adapted from DeCamp and Carter's "Conan the Liberator". Continued in next issue.
Reprinted	in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #55 (October 1991)

2 page letters page "Swords and Scrolls"

Characters	Bêlit; Conan; Yanga (all in cover reprint)
Script	Roy Thomas (introduction); various
Pencils	? (cover reprint)
Inks	? (cover reprint)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters on The Savage Sword of Conan #47 and small reproduction of the cover of "La Reina de la Costa Negra" (Ediciones Joma) #33, from Mexico.