Savage Tales #17
Murray Publishers Pty. Ltd.
Australia.
- Published
- December 1979
- Page count
- 100
- Cover price
- 0.80 AUD
- Colour
- Black & white
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- Branding
-
Murray Publishers
-
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/1734380
Credits
- Editing
- , editor
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Beowulf, Dragon Slayer)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Beowulf, Dragon Slayer
- Genre
- Sword and Sorcery
Credits
- Art
- Richard Rae, line art [signed]
- Colours
- Glenn Ford, colourist [signed as Ford]
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2"A distant past shrouded in the mist of time; when men lived savagely in the shadow of the all-mighty Wyrd, the god of fate, and in the terror of Satan, Dragon-Lord of the Underworld."
Featuring
- Feature
- Beowulf, Dragon Slayer
- Genre
- Sword and Sorcery
- Code
- Z-268
- Characters
- Beowulf; Nan-Zee; Wiglaf; Hondscio; Unferth; Grendel; The Shaper
Credits
- Writing
- Michael Uslan, scripter [credited]
- Art
- Ric Villamonte, line art [signed as Ricardo Villamonte]
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Denny O'Neil, editor [credited as Dennis O'Neil]
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3"With savagery and clashing weapons, outcast and friendless but for she who had given him life, begins the saga of…"
Featuring
- Feature
- Kong the Untamed
- Genre
- Sword and Sorcery
- Characters
- Attu (death); Trog; Kong the Untamed (intro); Karas (death)
Credits
- Writing
- Jack Oleck, scripter [credited]
- Art
- Alfredo Alcala, line art [credited]
- Text
- Alfredo Alcala, letterer
- Editing
- Joe Orlando, original Editor [credited]
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Synopsis
Attu and her new born son, Kong, are banished from the tribe by Trog. Attu is killed by the Beast-Men and Kong swears revenge.
4"World War Three plus four weeks: on a small island in the mediterranean, hundreds of miles from the mainland…"
Featuring
- Feature
- Hercules Unbound
- Genre
- Fantasy-Supernatural
- Code
- J-4065
- Characters
- Hercules; Kevin (introduction; a blind boy); Basil (Kevin's dog); Ares
Credits
- Writing
- Gerry Conway, scripter [credited]
- Art
- José Luis García-López, penciller [credited as Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez]
- Wally Wood, inker [credited]
- Al Sirois, backgrounds [attributed as A. L. Sirois]
- Text
- Ben Oda, letterer
- Editing
- Joe Orlando, original Editor [credited]
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- First print
-
Hercules Unbound (DC, 1975 series) #1 (October-November 1975) — Hercules Unbound!
- Also printed
-
Showcase Presents: The Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights (DC, 2016) (2014) — Hercules Unbound!
Synopsis
After WWIII, Hercules frees himself from the chains that have bound him for centuries to a rock in the middle of the ocean. He meets a blind boy, Kevin, and his dog Basil, who have fled the terrors of war. Hercules vows vengeance against his captor and brother, Ares, God of War, who is deeply involved with Earth's warring factions.
5"In the court of Erika Klein-Hernandez, head of Empire galaktika, there is anger and a ringing refusal--"
Featuring
- Feature
- Iron-Wolf
- Genre
- Science fiction; sword and sorcery
- Code
- Z-182
- Characters
- Iron-Wolf
Credits
- Writing
- Howard Chaykin, plotter [credited]
- Denny O'Neil, scripter [credited] (script)
- Art
- Howard Chaykin, line art [credited]
- Text
- Walt Simonson, letterer [credited as Simonson]
- Editing
- Denny O'Neil, original Editor [as Dennis O'Neil]
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Notes
This feature is the first episode of Iron Wolf.
6Featuring
- Genre
- War
- Code
- K-890
Credits
- Writing
- Raymond Marais, scripter [credited]
- Art
- Ric Estrada, line art [signed]
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Joe Kubert, original Editor
Reprint history
- First print
-
Our Fighting Forces (DC, 1954 series) #140 (November-December 1972) — Rise of the Olympians
Notes
A re-telling of Greek myth.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Claw
- Genre
- Sword and Sorcery
- Code
- J-3813
- Characters
- Claw the Unconquered (intro, origin); King Occulas (intro?, villain)
Credits
- Writing
- David Michelinie, scripter [credited]
- Art
- Ernie Chan, line art [credited as Ernie Chua]
- Text
- Ben Oda, letterer [attributed]
- Editing
- Joe Orlando, original Editor [credited]
- Paul Levitz, original Assistant Editor
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9"Super-Action Superman Comics now in full color! Look for the exciting Superman comics in full color! At any newsagent or bookstall"
Details
- Printed
- 1979?
- More...
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Indicia
Printed by Offset Alpine Printing Pty Ltd, cnr Wetherill and Derby Streets, Silverwater 2141. Published by Murray Publishers Pty Ltd, 142 Clarence Street, Sydney, 2000. Sequences in this issue copyright DC Comics Inc. Distributors: Gordon & Gotch (A/sia) Ltd, Melbourne; Murray Publishers Pty Ltd, Sydney.