Savage Tales (I) (1971-1975)

Series is named "Savage Tales" in the imprint, but the title on the covers is "Conan the Barbarian starring in Savage Tales" for #1, "Savage Tales featuring Conan the Barbarian" for #2-5 and "Savage Tales featuring Ka-Zar Lord of the Hidden Jungle" for #6-11.

1	1971/05	Mature Content	$0.50
	BkCr:	AsoEd-Roy Thomas   Ed-Stan Lee   ArtDir-Stan Lee   Prod-Bill Everett, Marie Severin   ProdMan-John Verpoorten
	Front cover	John Buscema	1
	Ti:	The frost giant's daughter	12
	Cr:	W-Roy Thomas   P/L-Barry Windsor-Smith   I/F-Barry Windsor-Smith   L-Art Simek   C-[N.A.]   Base-Robert Ervin Howard
	Rm:	"The Frost Giant's Daughter" (Robert Ervin Howard)
	Ch:	Conan (HyborT)
	Rp:	Reprinted in ...
	Ti:	The fury of the Femizons	10
	Cr:	W-Stan Lee   P/L-John Romita Sr.   I/F-John Romita Sr.   L-Samuel Rosen, Art Simek   C-[N.A.]
	Ch:	Femizons (I)
	Rp:	Reprinted in ...
	Ti:	The origin of the Man-Thing!	11
	Cr:	W-Gerald F. Conway, Roy Thomas   P/L-Gray Morrow   I/F-Gray Morrow   L-Samuel Rosen, Art Simek   C-[N.A.]   Ed-Stan Lee
	Ch:	Man-Thing (Theodore Sallis)
	Rp:	Reprinted in ...
	Ti:	Joshua's burden	?
	Cr:	W-Sergius O'Shaughnessy   P/L-Gene Colan   I/F-Thomas Palmer   L-Samuel Rosen, Art Simek   C-[N.A.]
	Ch:	Black Brother (Joshua)
	Rp:	Reprinted in ...
	Ti:	The night of the looter!	?
	Cr:	W-Stan Lee   P/L-John Buscema   I/F-John Buscema   L-Art Simek   C-[N.A.]
	Ch:	Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder)
	Rp:	Reprinted in ...
	Feature(s)	Type Title Credits Pgs. Text with art/photos The story behind the scenes Roy Thomas 1
2	1973/10	Not Rated	$0.75
	BkCr:	AsoEd-Marv Wolfman   Ed-Roy Thomas   Prod-Sol Brodsky   Staff-Tony Isabella, Gerry Conway, Don McGregor, Murry Friedman   Technical Advisor-Glenn Lord, Lin Carter
	Front cover	John Buscema	1
	Ti:	Red Nails 1/3	21
	Cr:	W-Roy Thomas   P/L-Barry Windsor-Smith   I/F-Barry Windsor-Smith   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.A.]   Base-Robert Ervin Howard
	Rm:	Adapted from the story "Red Nails" by Robert Erwin Howard
	Ch:	Conan (HyborT)
	Rp:	Reprinted in ...
	Ti:	Dark tomorrow	11
	Cr:	W-Gerald F. Conway   P/L-Gray Morrow   I/F-Gray Morrow   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.A.]
	Rp:	Reprinted in ...
	Ti:	Cimmeria	5
	Cr:	W-Robert Ervin Howard   P/L-Barry Windsor-Smith   I/F-Tim A. Conrad   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.A.]
	Rm:	(Not really a story but a visualized poetic monologue)
	Rp:	Reprinted in ...
	Ti:	The Crusader	5
	Cr:	W-Stan Lee   P/L-Joe Maneely   I/F-Joe Maneely   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.A.]
	Ch:	Crusader (VI) (GoldAge)
	Rp:	Reprint from The Black Knight (I) #1
	W#:	F-907
	Ti:	The skull of silence!	7
	Cr:	W-Roy Thomas   P/L-Berni Wrightson   I/F-Berni Wrightson   L-Samuel Rosen   C-[N.A.]   Base-Robert Ervin Howard
	Rm:	Adapted from a story by Robert Ervin Howard
	Ch:	King Kull (Kull) (HyborT)
	Rp:	Reprint from Creatures on the Loose #10, Reprinted in ...
	Feature(s)	Type Title Credits Pgs. Frontispiece Conan with an axe standing on a ledge Pablo Marcos 1 Text with art/photos A quote from the Nemedian Chronicles, an fantasy art piece and a quote from "A Probable Outline of Conan's Career" (by Miller and Clark) instroducing the story "Red Nails". ? 1 Text with art/photos The Hyborian rage (Editorial, illustrated by AW) Roy Thomas, Al Williamson 2 Text with art/photos Robert E. Howard: Lone Star Fictioneer (art by FB and GB) Glenn Lord, Roy Thomas, Frank Brunner, George Barr 5 Text with art/photos A Probable Outline of Conan's Career (art by LM) P. Schuyler Miller, John D. Clark Ph.D., Leo Marguiles 6 Pin-up/Poster Unused cover for Tower of Shadows 10 (which became Creatures on the Loose #10 instead) containing the story "The skull of silence!". Berni Wrightson 1
3	1974/02	Not Rated	$0.75
	BkCr:	AsoEd-Marv Wolfman   Ed-Roy Thomas   Prod-Murray Friedman, John Verpoorten   Staff-Tony Isabella, Don McGregor, Gerry Conway, Carla Joseph   Technical Advisor-Glenn Lord, Lin Carter
	Front cover	Pablo Marcos, John Romita Sr.	1
	Ti:	Red Nails 2/3: The lurker from the catacombs	25
	Cr:	W-Roy Thomas   P/L-Barry Windsor-Smith   I/F-Barry Windsor-Smith   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.A.]   Base-Robert Ervin Howard
	Rm:	Adapted from the story "Red Nails" by Robert Erwin Howard
	Ch:	Conan (HyborT)
	Rp:	Reprinted in ...
	Ti:	The fury of the Femizons	10
	Cr:	W-Stan Lee   P/L-John Romita Sr.   I/F-John Romita Sr.   L-Samuel Rosen, Art Simek   C-[N.A.]
	Ch:	Femizons (I)
	Rp:	Reprint from Savage Tales (I) #1
	Ti:	Red Nails 3/3: He comes from the dark	12
	Cr:	W-Roy Thomas   P/L-Barry Windsor-Smith   I/F-Barry Windsor-Smith   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.A.]   Base-Robert Ervin Howard
	Rm:	Adapted from the story "Red Nails" by Robert Erwin Howard
	Ch:	Conan (HyborT)
	Rp:	Reprinted in ...
	Feature(s)	Type Title Credits Pgs. Text with art/photos A quote from the Nemedian Chronicles and a map of the Hyborean Age (ca. 10000 B.C.) introducing the story "Red Nails". ? 1 Text with art/photos An age undreamed of (editorial with a pin up by BWS) Roy Thomas, Barry Windsor-Smith 1 Pin-up/Poster Red Sonja She-Devil of the Turanian steppes (with some text by RT) Roy Thomas, Esteban Maroto 2 Text story with art/photos The crimson bell Ray Capella, Al Williamson, Frank Brunner 7 Text with art/photos The Artists of Conan: Red nails in the sunset! Roy Thomas, Leo Marguiles 3½ Text with art/photos The once and future Talon (including a one-page pin-up) Jim Steranko 2½ Text with art/photos A probable outline of Roy Thomas' career (with a photo of Thomas) ? 1 Text with art/photos An informal history of Barry the Barbarian (info an Barry Smith with a photo of him) ? 1 Pin-up/Poster Conan fending off flame arrows, protecting a woman lying in the grass (Dedicated to Robert E. Howard) Barry Windsor-Smith 1
4	1974/05	Not Rated	$0.75
	BkCr:	EdIntAsi-Gerald F. Conway, Tony Isabella, Carla Joseph-Conway, Donald F. McGregor, Doug Moench   AsoEd-Marv Wolfman   Ed-Roy Thomas   ArtDir-John Romita Sr.   TechCon-Lin Carter, Glenn Lord   Dsgn-Marcia Gloster   Prod-Murray Friedman, John Verpoorten
	Front cover	Neal Adams	1
	Ti:	Night of the dark god	21
	Cr:	W-Roy Thomas   P/L-Neal Adams, Gil Kane   I/F-Neal Adams, Vincent Colletta, Pablo Marcos (Tones), Frank McLaughlin   L-Bell Sossour   C-[N.A.]   Base-Robert Ervin Howard
	Rm:	Adapted from "The Dark Man" by Robert Erwin Howard
	Ch:	Conan (HyborT)
	Rp:	Reprinted in ...
	Ti:	The Crusader	5
	Cr:	W-Stan Lee   P/L-Joe Maneely   I/F-Joe Maneely   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.A.]
	Ch:	Crusader (VI) (GoldAge)
	Rp:	Reprint from The Black Knight (I) #2
	W#:	G-62
	Ti:	The dweller in the dark	16
	Cr:	W-Roy Thomas   P/L-Barry Windsor-Smith   I/F-Barry Windsor-Smith   L-Samuel Rosen   C-[N.A.]   Ed-Stan Lee
	Ch:	Conan (HyborT)
	Rp:	Reprint from Conan the Barbarian (I) #12, Reprinted in ...
	Feature(s)	Type Title Credits Pgs. Pin-up/Poster Conan with shield and sword, a skeleton in armor behind him (inside front and back cover) ? 2 Frontispiece Conan with an axe Neal Adams 1 Text story with art/photos Photo from a movie, a quote from the Nemedian Chronicles and text introducing the story "Night of the dark god". ? 1 Text with art/photos Star-Crossed Swords: A very personal word from Roy Thomas Roy Thomas, Al Williamson 2 Text with art/photos Jason and his Electric Argonauts (foreword by RT, with photos from adventure movies) Eric Stevenson, Roy Thomas 6 Text with art/photos A photo from a knight movie with text introducing the story "The Crusader". ? 1 Text with art/photos The hour of the gnome (art by BWS, a map of the Hyborean Age) Roy Thomas, Barry Windsor-Smith 4 Text with art/photos A photo from an adventure movie with a quote from "A Probable Outline of Conan's Career" by Miller and Clark and a text introducing the story "The dweller in the dark". ? 1
5	1974/07	Not Rated	$0.75
	Front cover	Neal Adams	1
	Ti:	The secret of Skull River!	20
	Cr:	W-Roy Thomas   P/L-James Starlin   I/F-Allen Milgrom   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.A.]   Base-John Jakes
	Rm:	Freely adapted from a plot by John Jakes
	Ch:	Conan (HyborT)
	Rp:	Reprinted in ...
	Ti:	Spell of the dragon!	8
	Cr:	W-John Jakes, Val Mayerik   P/L-Val Mayerik   I/F-Dan Adkins, Joe Sinnott   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.A.]
	Ch:	Brak the Barbarian (PreHist)
	Rp:	Reprint from Chamber of Chills #2
	Ti:	The legend of the Lizard Men!	16
	Cr:	W-Stan Lee   P/L-John Buscema   I/F-John Buscema   L-Art Simek   C-[N.A.]
	Ch:	Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder)
	Rp:	Reprint from Astonishing Tales (I) #9, Reprinted in ...
	Feature(s)	Type Title Credits Pgs. Frontispiece ? Steve Gan ?
6	1974/09	Explicit Content	$0.75
	BkCr:	EdIntAsi-Christopher Claremont, David Anthony Kraft, Donald F. McGregor   ConsEd-Tony Isabella, Marv Wolfman   E-i-C-Roy Thomas   ArtDir-John Romita Sr.   Dsgn-Marcia Gloster   Prod-Len Grow   Contributing Editor-Gerry Conway, Doug Moench   Director of Circulation-John Ryan   Editor Emeritus-Robert Byrd
	Front cover	Neal Adams	1
	Ti:	The damnation plague	16
	Cr:	W-Gerald F. Conway   P/L-John Buscema   I/F-Tony DeZuniga   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.A.]
	Ch:	Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder)
	Rp:	Reprinted in ...
	Ti:	Fangs of the black orchid!	5
	Cr:	W-[N.G.]   P/L-Al Williamson   I/F-Ralph Mayo   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.A.]
	Rm:	Partial reprint
	Ch:	Jann
	Rp:	Reprint from Jann of the Jungle #16
	Ti:	Dragonseed	9
	Cr:	W-Len Wein   P/L-Steve Gan   I/F-Steve Gan   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.A.]
	Ch:	Main: Marok the Mercilesss
	Rp:	Reprinted in ...
	Ti:	The night of the looter!	15
	Cr:	W-Stan Lee   P/L-John Buscema   I/F-John Buscema   L-Art Simek   C-[N.A.]
	Ch:	Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder)
	Rp:	Reprint from Savage Tales (I) #1, Reprinted in ...
	Feature(s)	Type Title Credits Pgs. Frontispiece Ka-Zar fighting a Tyrannosaurus Rex, defending a woman an a man ? 1 Other art Photo from a monster movie (two fighting dinosaurs) with text introducing the story "The damnation plague". ? 1 Text Special eleventh-hour announcement (on the last page of the main story) ? ⅓ Text with art/photos Walk the Savage Land (editorial, picture of Ka-Zar and Zabu by GK) Roy Thomas, Gil Kane 1 Text with art/photos The sword and the road: The Saga of Brak the Barbarian (includes a full-page pin-up of Brak fighting a dragon, defending a bound woman by RN; includes a map of Brak's World) Fred Blosser, Rudy D. Nebres 5 Text with art/photos Jan -- with one 'N': A review of Otis Adelbert Kline's jungle hero, Jan of the Jungle (art by DK) Fred Blosser, David Anthony Kraft 1 Text with art/photos Photo from an old fantasy movie (Neptune and the Argonauts?) with text introducing the story "Dragonseed". ? 1
7	1974/11	Explicit Content	$0.75
	BkCr:	EdIntAsi-Christopher Claremont, David Anthony Kraft, Donald F. McGregor   Ed-Gerald F. Conway   ConsEd-Tony Isabella, Marv Wolfman   E-i-C-Roy Thomas   ArtDir-John Romita Sr.   Dsgn-Barbara Altman, Marcia Gloster   Prod-Len Grow   Director of Circulation-John Ryan   Editor Emeritus-Robert Byrd
	Front cover	Boris Vallejo	1
	Ti:	Stalker in a Savage Land	17
	Cr:	W-Gerald F. Conway   P/L-John Buscema   I/F-Tony DeZuniga   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.A.]
	Rm:	The first two and a half pages are reprints from the first chapter of the story last issue.
	Ch:	Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder)
	Rp:	Reprinted in ...
	Ti:	The Unspeakable Shrine 1/2	10
	Cr:	W-John Jakes, Doug Moench   P/L-Steve Gan   I/F-Steve Gan   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.A.]
	Rm:	There is one additional page with the recap/intro.
	Ch:	Brak the Barbarian (PreHist)
	Ti:	The dream temple of Kandu Ra	16
	Cr:	W-Gerald F. Conway   P/L-John Buscema   I/F-Crusty Bunkers   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.A.]
	Ch:	Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder)
	Rp:	Reprinted in ...
	Feature(s)	Type Title Credits Pgs. Frontispiece Ka-Zar fighting lion-men, defending a woman Alfredo P. Alcala 2 Text with art/photos Photo from a monster movie (T-Rex attacking another dinosaur) with text introducing the story "Stalker in a Savage Land". ? 1 Text with art/photos Creating a fantasy hero: Jandar of Callisto Lin Carter 4 Text with art/photos Photo from a monster movie (three dinosaurs fighting) with text introducing the story "The dream temple of Kandu Ra". ? 1 Text with art/photos A few word from the editorial "We" (art: a picture of Ka-Zar) Gerald F. Conway 1
8	1975/01
	Front cover	Steve Fabian	1
	Ti:	The billion-year war	?
	Cr:	W-Gerald F. Conway   P/L-John Buscema   I/F-Tony DeZuniga   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.A.]
	Ch:	Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder)
	Rp:	Reprinted in ...
	Ti:	The Unspeakable Shrine 2/2	?
	Cr:	W-John Jakes, Doug Moench   P/L-Steve Gan   I/F-Steve Gan   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.A.]
	Ch:	Brak the Barbarian (PreHist)
	Ti:	?	?
	Cr:	?
	Rm:	Reprint from Jann of the Jungle
	Feature(s)	Type Title Credits Pgs. ? Ka-Zar of the pulps! ? ?
9	1975/03	Mature Content	$0.75
	BkCr:	EdIntAsi-David Anthony Kraft, John David Warner   Ed-Gerald F. Conway   ConsEd-Donald F. McGregor, Len Wein   E-i-C-Marv Wolfman   ArtDir-John Romita Sr.   Dsgn-Barbara Altman, Marcia Gloster   Prod-Len Grow   Director of Circulation-John Ryan   Editor Emeritus-Roy Thomas
	Front cover	Michael William Kaluta	1
	Ti:	Dark island of doom / Beneath the palace of pain	35 (17-18)
	Cr:	W-Gerald F. Conway   P/L-Steve Gan   I/F-Steve Gan   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.A.]
	Ch:	Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder)
	Rp:	Reprinted in ...
	Ti:	The golden blood-beasts of Daka-Jur!	15
	Cr:	W-Gerald F. Conway, Carla Joseph-Conway   P/L-The Tribe   I/F-The Tribe   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.A.]
	Ch:	Shanna the She-Devil (Shanna O'Hara-Plunder)
	Feature(s)	Type Title Credits Pgs. Frontispiece Ka-Zar and Zabu fighting a dinaosaur holding a woman in its claws Michael J. Zeck 1 Text with art/photos Lo, this Savage Source! (art: picture of Shanna, Ka-Zar and Zabu) ? 1
10	1975/05
	Front cover	Boris Vallejo	1
	Ti:	Requiem for a haunted man	?
	Cr:	W-Gerald F. Conway   P/L-Russ Heath   I/F-Crusty Bunkers   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.A.]
	Ch:	Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder)
	Rp:	Reprinted in ...
	Ti:	Blood purge!	?
	Cr:	W-Carla Joseph-Conway   P/L-Ross Andru   I/F-Vincent Colletta   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.A.]
	Ch:	Shanna the She-Devil (Shanna O'Hara-Plunder)
	Feature(s)	Type Title Credits Pgs. Frontispiece ? Rick J. Bryant ? ? The running of Ladyhound John Jakes, Rick J. Bryant, Michael Whelan ?
11	1975/07	Mature Content	$0.75
	BkCr:	AsoEd-John David Warner   Ed-Archie Goodwin   ConsEd-Len Wein   E-i-C-Marv Wolfman   Dsgn-Barbara Altman, Nora Maclin   Prod-Len Grow   Editor Emeritus-Roy Thomas   Circulation-Tom Montemarano
	Front cover	Michael Whelan	1
	Ti:	Marauder in a cage of time	34
	Cr:	W-Doug Moench   P/L-Steve Gan   I/F-Rico Rival   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.A.]
	Ch:	Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder)
	Rp:	Reprinted in ...
	Ti:	Tales of the Savage Land: Intruder!	10
	Cr:	W-Archie Goodwin   P/L-Russ Heath   I/F-Russ Heath   L-[N.G.]   C-[N.A.]
	Feature(s)	Type Title Credits Pgs. Frontispiece Ka-Zar and Zabu posing before a mountain (and maybe the setting sun) Sandy Plunkett 1 Text with art/photos Factful features and fantastic frivolity formed and fermented from frugal-minded armadilloes! (art is from the story "Intruder") Russ Heath 1

Savage Tales Annual (Featuring Ka-Zar) (1975)