Savage Tales #18

Published
June 1980
Page count
100
Cover price
0.90 AUD
Colour
Black & white
Size
Magazine size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
Murray Comics (Red)
 
Murray Comics (Red)
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/1734381

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Untitled Cover, 1 page

"200 prizes to win! Details inside Super easy-to-win contest 200 great prizes."

Featuring

Genre
Sword and Sorcery

Credits

Art
Esteban Maroto, painter
Text
, typeset

Reprint history

Also printed
Serbia
Stripoteka (Marketprint, 1973 series) #717 (1987)
Untitled
Compare
Untitled [Esteban Maroto] (1979)

Notes

The original of this painting is signed in the bottom right corner. The signature is dated 1979.

Show/hide 1. New-Free! New-Free! New-Free 6 Collections 130 Items! (Seven Seas Stamps) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Seven Seas Stamps
Show/hide 2. Slave Maid of Satan! (Beowulf) Comic story, 18 pages

Featuring

Feature
Beowulf
Genre
Sword and Sorcery
Code
Z-262

Credits

Writing
Michael Uslan, scripter [credited]
Art
Ricardo Villamonte, line art [credited]
Text
, letterer
Editing
Denny O'Neil, original Editor
 
Allan Asherman, original Assistant Editor [credited]

Reprint history

First print
United States
Beowulf (DC, 1975 series) #2 (June-July 1975)
Slave Maid of Satan!
Show/hide 3. The Doom That Came to K'Dasha-Dheen (Claw the Unconquered) Comic story, 18 pages

Featuring

Feature
Claw the Unconquered
Genre
Sword and Sorcery
Code
J-3969

Credits

Writing
David Michelinie, scripter [credited]
Art
Ernie Chan, line art [credited]
Text
Ben Oda, letterer [attributed]
Editing
Joe Orlando, original Editor [credited]
 
Paul Levitz, original Assistant Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Claw the Unconquered (DC, 1975 series) #2 (July-August 1975)
The Doom That Came to K'Dasha-Dheen
Show/hide 4. Blood Brother (Kong the Untamed) Comic story, 18 pages

"Somewhere on a bleak and empty plain the man-child Kong goes his bitter way…"

Featuring

Feature
Kong the Untamed
Genre
Adventure
Code
J-3966
Characters
Kong; Gurat

Credits

Writing
Jack Oleck, scripter [credited]
Art
Alfredo Alcala, line art [credited]
Text
Alfredo Alcala, letterer
Editing
Joe Orlando, original Editor [credited]
 
Paul Levitz, original Assistant Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Kong the Untamed (DC, 1975 series) #2 (August-September 1975)
Blood Brother

Synopsis

Kong and Gurat become unlikely allies.

Show/hide 5. Super Easy-To-Win Contest Advertisement, 4 pages

"Enter the super Seven Seas stamp contest and win one of these 200 fabulous prizes"

Details

Printed
1980
More...
Super Easy-To-Win Contest

Notes

This advertisement was cover featured on the listed Murray Publishers comics in about June 1980.

Show/hide 6. The Vengeance of Horus Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Genre
Mythology
Code
K-889

Credits

Writing
Raymond Marais, scripter
Art
Ric Estrada, line art [signed]
Text
, letterer
Editing
Joe Kubert, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #165 (October-November 1972)
The Vengeance of Horus
Show/hide 7. Though This Be Madness… (Ironwolf) Comic story, 14 pages

Featuring

Feature
Ironwolf
Genre
Science fiction; sword and sorcery
Code
Z-193
Characters
Ironwolf

Credits

Writing
Howard Chaykin, plotter [credited]
 
Denny O'Neil, scripter [credited as Dennis O'Neil] (script)
Art
Howard Chaykin, line art [credited]
Text
, letterer
Editing
Denny O'Neil , original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Weird Worlds (DC, 1972 series) #9 (January-February 1974)
"Though This Be Madness..."
Show/hide 8. Unleash the Hounds of Hell (Hercules Unbound) Comic story, 18 pages

Featuring

Feature
Hercules Unbound
Genre
Science fiction
Code
J-4129
Characters
Ares; Cerebus; Jennifer Monroe (introduction); David Rigg

Credits

Writing
Gerry Conway, scripter [credited]
Art
José Luis García-López, penciller [credited as J.L. Garcia Lopez]
 
Wally Wood, inker [credited]
 
Al Sirois, backgrounds [attributed]
Text
Ben Oda, letterer
Editing
Joe Orlando, original Editor [credited]
 
Paul Levitz, original Assistant Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Hercules Unbound (DC, 1975 series) #2 (December 1975-January 1976)
Unleash the Hounds of Hell
Also printed
United States
Showcase Presents: The Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights (DC, 2016) (2014)
Unleash the Hounds of Hell
Show/hide 9. Untitled (The Time Journal) Comic story, 1 page

"In 210 B.C., China completed its "Great Wall," started as a defense against the marauding huns."

Featuring

Feature
The Time Journal
Genre
Non-fiction; history

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
George Kashdan, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Rip Hunter... Time Master (DC, 1961 series) #15 (July-August 1963)
Untitled
Show/hide 10. Look What I've Found in Peter Hasting's Lucky Dip Grab Bag! (Peter Hastings) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Peter Hastings
Show/hide 11. Free! A New and Colourful Stamp Collection from 77 Different Countries! (World Wide Stamps) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
World Wide Stamps
Show/hide 12. For You: An Instant Stamp Collection Free (Seven Seas Stamps) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Seven Seas Stamps

Notes

This comic was classified as unrestricted in Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney), Friday 13 June 1980 (#84).

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 1084

Entry created

  • 30/12/2003

Cover added

  • 24/03/2023

Index completed

  • 24/03/2023

Last updated

  • 24/03/2023