Savage Tales #1

Published
June 1972
Page count
52
Cover price
0.30 AUD
Colour
Black & white
Size
Magazine size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
None
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/1734364

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Untitled Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Horror-Suspense

Credits

Art
, penciller (photomontage)
Text
, typeset
Show/hide 1. Savage Tales Contents Table of contents, 1 page
Show/hide 2. The Night of the Looter! (Ka-Zar Lord of the Lost Jungle) Comic story, 15 pages

Featuring

Feature
Ka-Zar Lord of the Lost Jungle
Genre
Jungle

Credits

Writing
Stan Lee, scripter
Art
John Buscema, line art
Colours
, colourist (graytones)
Text
Sam Rosen, letterer
Editing
Marv Wolfman, Consulting Editor
 
Tony Isabella, Consulting Editor
 
Gerry Conway, Contributing Editor
 
Doug Moench, Contributing Editor
Management
Roy Thomas, Editor-in-Chief

Reprint history

Based on
United States
Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #1 (May 1971)
The Night of the Looter!
First print
United States
Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #6 (September 1974)
The Night of the Looter!
Also printed
Australia
Savage Tales Annual (KG Murray, 1978?) #16 ([1978?])
The Night of the Looter!
Show/hide 3. The Fury of the Femizons (Femizons) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature
Femizons
Genre
Science fiction

Credits

Writing
Stan Lee, scripter
Art
John Romita, line art
Editing
Roy Thomas, editor

Reprint history

Based on
United States
Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #1 (May 1971)
The Fury of the Femizons
First print
United States
Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #3 (February 1974)
The Fury of the Femizons
Show/hide 4. Untitled [The Frost Giant's Daughter] (Conan) Comic story, 11 pages

Featuring

Feature
Conan
Genre
Sword and Sorcery
Characters
Conan; Hymdul; Horsa; Niord; Gorm; Atali; Frost Giants

Credits

Writing
Robert E. Howard, original scripter (prose story)
 
Roy Thomas, adaptation
Art
Barry Windsor-Smith, line art
Text
Artie Simek, letterer
Editing
Marie Severin, editor
Management
John Verpoorten, Production Manager
 
Bill Everett, Production

Reprint history

First print
United States
Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #1 (May 1971)
The Frost Giant's Daughter
Also printed
United States
Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #16 (July 1972)
The Frost Giant's Daughter  (pp. 2-12; modified)

Synopsis

Conan chases Atali across the snow, slays her two frost giant brothers, and catches her. Her father, Ymir, then takes her from Conan.

Notes

Adapted from the short story "The Frost Giant's Daughter" by Robert E. Howard.

Show/hide 5. Untitled [The Origin of the Man-Thing] (Man-Thing) Comic story, 11 pages

Featuring

Feature
Man-Thing
Genre
Horror-Suspense

Credits

Writing
Roy Thomas, scripter
 
Gerry Conway, scripter
Art
Gray Morrow, line art
Text
Gray Morrow, letterer
Editing
Stan Lee, editor

Reprint history

Original
Savage Tales 1, May 1971
Show/hide 6. The Story Behind the Scenes Text story, 1 page

Featuring

Characters
Conan; Princess Lyra; Man-Thing [Ted Sallis]; Joshua; Kazar

Credits

Writing
Roy Thomas, author
Art
Barry Windsor-Smith, line art (illustration)
 
John Romita, line art (illustration)
 
Gray Morrow, line art (illustration)
 
John Buscema, line art (illustration)
Text
, typeset
Editing
Marie Severin, editor
Management
John Verpoorten, Production Manager
 
Bill Everett, Production

Reprint history

First print
United States
Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #1 (May 1971)
The Story Behind the Scenes

Notes

A feature on characters in this issue -- Ka-zar, Man-Thing, Conan and The Sisterhood.

Show/hide 7. How to Become a Werewolf Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Horror-Suspense
Show/hide 8. Phantasmagorical [Doomsday Number One] Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 2424

Entry created

  • 05/04/2005

Cover added

  • 28/11/2021

Last updated

  • 28/11/2021