Set Description:
A collection of The Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian issues 1 to 10, all 9.8 with pure White Pages (no OW-W or worse). - And a few bonus mags I could not help buying like issues 14 (Neal Adams story), 24 (Tower of the Elephant remake) and 39 (my personal favorite cover). Issue 15 contained the last Boris Vallejo cover, thus I may one day expand this set to include issues 11 to 15.
It took many years to find these 10 mags, and in the year 2015 I finally succeeded.
Maybe "The Ferocious Fifteen" is indeed a better name for this set, lol.
I consider these mags among the most impressive Conan books, and spanning more than 2 decades (from August 1974 to July 1995) this series amazingly continued for 235 issues. These magazines may be the most scarce Conan books of all, since these large and heavy magazines were much more prone to damage than normal sized comic books. So many of the 9.8 mags in my collection were incredibly hard to find, and I consider myself fortunate to have them in my possession.
Exept for #13 all mags are highest graded. #13 is the 2nd highest graded with just one mag in 9.8. For #13 there are just 4 graded mags, 1 in 9.8 and 3 in 9.4, so for now I'm happy for a 9.4 :-)
Some of these magazines in high grade are so rare that quoting Mr. Indiana Jones seems to be in order:
"This should be in a museum!"
What better way is there to display rare mags than using scans on Collectors Society - without exposing the mags to light, oxygen or changes to humidity or temperature?
I do feel some responsibility to share such rare mags with others - this is not just a hobby, but small projects trying to preserve comic book history.
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Savage Sword of Conan 1 |
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Savage Sword of Conan 1 Universal |
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CGC |
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0191282001
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Owner Comments
Maybe it was silly of me to upgrade to this mag, since I already own a near-perfect copy in CGC 9.6 grade, but the cover centering and orientation of this 9.8 mag is so close to absolute perfection that I gave in and bought this amazing mag.
In detail, in this mag Conan and Red Sonja star in "Curse of the Undead-Man." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Pablo Marcos. Adapted from the story "Mistress of Death" by Robert E. Howard and Gerald Page; continued in part from Conan the Barbarian 42.
Also in this issue:
1. "Red Sonja" (3rd appearance, script by Thomas, art by Esteban Maroto, Neal Adams, and Ernie Chan (as "Ernie Chua").
2. "Blackmark," script and art by Gil Kane (reprinting chapter 1 from the Bantam Books paperback).
3. A Conan reprint from Savage Tales 1 (plus the additional splash page from Conan the Barbarian 16), "The Frost Giant's Daughter," script by Thomas, art by Barry Windsor-Smith (adapted from the Howard story).
4. "Conan's Women Warriors," an article by Fred Blosser illustrated by Esteban Maroto, Steve Gan, Hugh Rankin (original Weird Tales art), and Roy Krenkel.
5. "An Atlantean in Aquilonia," a Kull article by Glenn Lord illustrated by John Severin and Ross Andru.
6. Alfredo Alcala pin-up.
Maroto frontispiece. Boris Vallejo cover. Cover price $1.00.
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Savage Sword of Conan 2 |
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Savage Sword of Conan 2 Signature |
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CGC |
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0195554006
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Owner Comments
An extremely beautiful mag with signatures by both Roy Thomas and Neal Adams, and with pure white pages - it simply does not get any better! According to Census January 1 2015, there were 8 mags in 9.8, but only one of these were part of the Signature Series. In July 2018 there were 18 mags in 9.8 - 3 belonging to the Signature Series.
In detail, in this mag Conan stars in "Black Colossus." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Alfredo Alcala. Adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard.
Also in this issue:
1, "Blackmark," script and art by Gil Kane (reprinting chapter 2 from the Bantam Books paperback).
2, A King Kull/Brule story, "The Beast From the Abyss," script by Steve Englehart, pencils by Howard Chaykin, inks by the Crusty Bunkers (Neal Adams, Russ Heath, and others, probably including Dick Giordano, Ralph Reese, and Alan Weiss).
3. "Chronicles of the Sword," an article by Lin Carter with illustrations by Alan Weiss, Al Milgrom, and Joe Staton.
4. Letter to the editor from comic writer Ralph Macchio. (Letters page illustrations include Gil Kane/Adams and Barry Windsor-Smith reprinted panels).
Mike Zeck frontispiece. Neal Adams cover. Cover price $1.00.
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Savage Sword of Conan 3 |
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Savage Sword of Conan 3 Universal |
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CGC |
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0001329008
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Owner Comments
A beautiful mag with near-perfect cover centering and orientation, and pure white pages. When I bought the mag in 2010 there were only 6 9.8 mags and none better, three years later this has not changed, but in July 2018 there were 15 mags.
In the mag Conan stars in "At the Mountains of the Moon-God." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Pablo Marcos. Conan also stars in "Demons of the Summit." Script by Thomas, art by Tony DeZuniga. Adapted from the story by Bjorn Nyberg.
Blackmark stars in "The Testing of Blackmark." Script and art by Gil Kane (art assist by Neal Adams); reprints chapter 3 of the Bantam Books paperback.
Kull stars in "Kull of Atlantis." Text by Robert E. Howard (from the story "Exile of Atlantis"), art by Barry Windsor-Smith.
Article about Kull, "The First Barbarian," by Lin Carter with illustrations by John Severin.
Letter to the editor from writer Harlan Ellison.
Alfredo Alcala frontispiece. Michael Kaluta cover. Cover price $1.00.
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Savage Sword of Conan 4 |
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Savage Sword of Conan 4 Universal |
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CGC |
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1031238004
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Owner Comments
One of the best covers - in my opinion. Conan is often pictured fighting some kind of monster in order to save a beautiful and very attractive woman - and I guess many men would indeed appreciate to be the victorious hero in such a scenario ;-)
In July 2018 there were 11 of these CGC 9.8 mags, but not all have pure white pages like this mag.
Contents of this mag:
1. Conan stars in "Iron Shadows in the Moon." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Alfredo Alcala. Adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard.
2. Blackmark stars in "Blackmark Triumphant." Script and art by Gil Kane (art assist by Neal Adams), reprints chapter 4 of the Bantam Books paperback.
3. 3-page Conan portfolio by Rich Corben (plus a fourth on the frontispiece).
4. Letter to the editor from artist Ken Meyer, Jr.
Boris Vallejo cover. Cover price $1.00.
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Savage Sword of Conan 5 |
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Savage Sword of Conan 5 Modern |
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CGC |
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0501152001
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Owner Comments
One of my favorite covers, and it is a great mag with pure white pages and perfect cover centering.
In this mag Conan stars in "A Witch Shall Be Born." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by the Tribe (Tony DeZuniga and others). Adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard.
Furthermore there's a 5-page Conan portfolio by Robert Kline. And there's an article by Robert Yaple: "Kingdoms and Caravans: A Look At Trade Routes in the Hyborian Age".
Jeff Jones frontispiece.
Finally there's a letter to the editor from writer Bob (Robert) Weinberg. The letters page also contains a photo of "Red Sonja."
Boris Vallejo cover. Cover price $1.00.
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Savage Sword of Conan 6 |
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Savage Sword of Conan 6 Modern |
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CGC |
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0907696002
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Owner Comments
My second copy of this mag at 9.8 - but this mag has pure white pages and great centering, and it really makes all the difference! ;-)
Contents of this mag include:
1. Conan stars in "The Sleeper Beneath the Sands." Script by Roy Thomas, art by Sonny Trinidad. This is a sequel to last issue's "A Witch Shall Be Born."
2. "People of the Dark." Script by Thomas, art by Alex Nino. Adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard. "Gods of the Hyborian Age" (part 1) article by Robert L. Yaple with illustrations by Nino and Duffy Vohland (?).
3. "Can Anything Good Come Out of Cimmeria?" article by Lin Carter with a full-page illustration by Nino.
Don Newton frontispiece. Frank Magsino/Alex Nino cover. Cover price $1.00.
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Savage Sword of Conan 7 |
| Item: |
Savage Sword of Conan 7 Universal |
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CGC |
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1029886001
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Owner Comments
Actually this is my second copy of this mag, since I also own a copy in CGC 9.6 WP. This mag has previously only been owned by the collector behind the Suscha News pedigree collection, he described the collection in these words:
"I didn’t start out as a “comic collector.” Born in 1949 and growing up in Sheboygan, Wis., in the 1950s and ’60s, I was the kind of fastidious child who always used the kickstand on his bike and dusted off his model cars and planes every Thursday afternoon without fail. Because I treated my few possessions well – and had no brothers or sisters to help destroy them – I tended to accumulate things, including comic books.
[…]
By 1970, I was married and in my own place, although the comics remained in my parents’ house, relocated to the basement. After a few close calls with relatives rifling through the collection for poolside reading and even a threat to burn it all, I bought dozens of boxes and moved everything to a duplex I was renting. Over the next 20 years, I would move nine times, and the comics were always the heaviest, most delicate and time-consuming items in my household.
Although comic books were only 15 to 25 cents each at the time, buying more than a hundred a month represented a big chunk of my tiny, $3-per-hour paycheck. The books were mainly purchased at newsstands and drug stores.
[…]
In 1978, I moved to Tucson, Arizona, and two years later was in a new home with a special feature – a large, fireproof, walk-in vault big enough to accommodate the comic book collection, which by now took up a 6-foot-wide by 5-foot-long by 6-foot-high stack. Property crimes, particularly home burglaries, are a major problem in southern Arizona, and the vault seemed a necessity to protect my comics, guns, cameras and other valuables. The arid conditions of Arizona were a godsend for storing comics.
It was now the early ‘80s. My wife at the time often tried to pressure me to sell the collection. In those days before blockbuster movie franchises based on comic books and the Internet, the books were worth a tiny fraction of what they bring today. Had I caved in and sold then, I literally would have realized just enough money to buy a used pickup truck, which would have gone to the scrap yard years ago.
Over the years, I kept track of the collection with a big piece of graph paper, about five feet long by three feet wide. This pencil-and-paper record somehow disappeared over the years, so in 1998 I cataloged everything in an Excel spreadsheet and repackaged each comic book in a poly bag with a backing board. I put the bagged and backed comics back into the 1976 boxes.
Two years later, we moved to the woods of North Idaho, far from the desert of southern Arizona. The climate here is relatively dry and crime is very low, but I missed my big secure vault. The comics were kept on industrial shelving in a large room in the lower level of the house, where I kept humidity in the mid-40 percent range with a dehumidifier. The collection was “hidden in plain sight” by turning the contents labels of each box toward the wall, and placing fake “Professor Owl Remedial Reading Workbook – Grade 5” labels on the visible side. I figured no burglar would be interested in stealing a half-ton of identical teaching aids.
When I reached 60 years old, I seriously began to consider selling the collection. I didn’t want to end up the guy with the most comic books in the graveyard".
Read the full story here: http://www.cgccomics.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?IDArticle=1809&Suscha-News-Collection?
Contents of the mag include:
1. Conan stars in "The Citadel at the End of Time" Written by Roy Thomas. Pencils by John Buscema. Inks by Alfredo Alcala.
2. "The Hyborian Age Chapter 1: The Pre-Cataclysmic Age" Written by Thomas. Art by Walt Simonson. King Kull cameo. Adapted from the essay by Robert E. Howard.
3. "Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die." Poem by Howard. Art by Barry Windsor-Smith.
4. "The Gods Of The Hyborian Age Part 2: Crom and Mitra: Gods to Swear By" Article by Robert L. Yaple with illustrations by Mike Vosburg and Buscema/Alcala. Details about the gods of Conan's world.
5. "Chronicles Of The Sword Part 4: The King is Dead" Article by Lin Carter with a full-page illustration by Gray Morrow. An informal history of sword and sorcery fiction.
Vicente Alcazar frontispiece. Boris Vallejo cover. Cover price $1.00.
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Savage Sword of Conan 8 |
| Item: |
Savage Sword of Conan 8 Modern |
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CGC |
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0907696006
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Owner Comments
A nearly perfect book - July 2018 there are only 4 copies rated at 9.8 and none better, and since this copy has pure White Pages, this is one of the finest copies in existence.
Furthermore, this is a very tough issue, due to the volatile spine. This non square-bound issue was experimental for Marvel at the time and may have saved the Publisher money by "saddle-stitching" (stapling), instead of using a "perfect-bind" (glued on cover), but wasn't very accommodating to collectors, as these early saddle-stitched covers tended to split very easily, especially if read. So this explains why this book is extremely hard to find in ultra high grade.
The mag's contents:
1. Conan stars in "The Forever Phial." Script by Roy Thomas, art by Tim Conrad.
2. "Death-Song of Conan the Cimmerian." Poem by Lin Carter (adapted by Thomas), art by Jess Jodloman.
3. Conan stars in "Corsairs Against Stygia." Script by Thomas, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Yong Montano. Adapted from the Robert E. Howard novel "The Hour of the Dragon." Continued from Giant-Size Conan the Barbarian 4. The story concludes in SSOC 10.
4. "Sorcerer's Summit." Script and art by Bruce Jones.
5. The Hyborian Age (part 2): "The Rise of the Hyborians." Script by Thomas, art by Walt Simonson. Adapted from the essay by Robert E. Howard.
6. "The Elder Gods." Article by Robert Yaple with a full-page illustration by Tim Conrad (?).
Tony DeZuniga frontispiece. Frank Brunner cover. Cover price $1.00.
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Savage Sword of Conan 9 |
| Item: |
Savage Sword of Conan 9 Universal |
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CGC |
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1029886005
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Owner Comments
One of the best covers ever - and currently it is very difficult to find this mag in high grade. In August 2017 only one copy of Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian #9 had been registered at 9.8, namely this mag. So until more are found, if ever, this is indeed one of my rarest mags (update: another #9 9.8 was found in May 2018, but - strangely enough *long dry cough* - I ended up buying that one too). Furthermore the mag has vivid and saturated colors, is part of the Suscha News Pedigree Collection and has pure White Pages - so this is simply an utterly amazing mag.
Contents of this mag:
1. Conan stars in "The Curse of the Cat-Goddess." Script by Roy Thomas, art by Pablo Marcos.
2. King Kull stars in "When a Tiger Returns to Atlantis." Script by Doug Moench, art by Sonny Trinidad. Story continued from Kull and the Barbarians 3. The Gods of the Hyborian Age (part 4): "Demi-Gods and Demons."
3. Article by Robert L. Yaple with illustrations by Pablo Marcos and J. Steinle.
4. 2-page Hyborian Age map by Tim Conrad.
5. 6-page Conan portfolio by Steve Fabian.
6. In "The Conjurer From Cross Plains," Fred Blosser reviews "The Miscast Barbarian" by L. Sprague de Camp. Art by Fabian and Roy Krenkel.
7. John Byrne illustration of Conan for the "Next Issue" ad page.
Conrad frontispiece. Boris Vallejo cover. Cover price $1.00.
The collector behind the Suscha News Pedigree Collection described his collection in these words:
"I didn’t start out as a “comic collector.” Born in 1949 and growing up in Sheboygan, Wis., in the 1950s and ’60s, I was the kind of fastidious child who always used the kickstand on his bike and dusted off his model cars and planes every Thursday afternoon without fail. Because I treated my few possessions well – and had no brothers or sisters to help destroy them – I tended to accumulate things, including comic books.
[…]
By 1970, I was married and in my own place, although the comics remained in my parents’ house, relocated to the basement. After a few close calls with relatives rifling through the collection for poolside reading and even a threat to burn it all, I bought dozens of boxes and moved everything to a duplex I was renting. Over the next 20 years, I would move nine times, and the comics were always the heaviest, most delicate and time-consuming items in my household.
Although comic books were only 15 to 25 cents each at the time, buying more than a hundred a month represented a big chunk of my tiny, $3-per-hour paycheck. The books were mainly purchased at newsstands and drug stores.
[…]
In 1978, I moved to Tucson, Arizona, and two years later was in a new home with a special feature – a large, fireproof, walk-in vault big enough to accommodate the comic book collection, which by now took up a 6-foot-wide by 5-foot-long by 6-foot-high stack. Property crimes, particularly home burglaries, are a major problem in southern Arizona, and the vault seemed a necessity to protect my comics, guns, cameras and other valuables. The arid conditions of Arizona were a godsend for storing comics.
It was now the early ‘80s. My wife at the time often tried to pressure me to sell the collection. In those days before blockbuster movie franchises based on comic books and the Internet, the books were worth a tiny fraction of what they bring today. Had I caved in and sold then, I literally would have realized just enough money to buy a used pickup truck, which would have gone to the scrap yard years ago.
Over the years, I kept track of the collection with a big piece of graph paper, about five feet long by three feet wide. This pencil-and-paper record somehow disappeared over the years, so in 1998 I cataloged everything in an Excel spreadsheet and repackaged each comic book in a poly bag with a backing board. I put the bagged and backed comics back into the 1976 boxes.
Two years later, we moved to the woods of North Idaho, far from the desert of southern Arizona. The climate here is relatively dry and crime is very low, but I missed my big secure vault. The comics were kept on industrial shelving in a large room in the lower level of the house, where I kept humidity in the mid-40 percent range with a dehumidifier. The collection was “hidden in plain sight” by turning the contents labels of each box toward the wall, and placing fake “Professor Owl Remedial Reading Workbook – Grade 5” labels on the visible side. I figured no burglar would be interested in stealing a half-ton of identical teaching aids.
When I reached 60 years old, I seriously began to consider selling the collection. I didn’t want to end up the guy with the most comic books in the graveyard".
Read the full story here: http://www.cgccomics.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?IDArticle=1809&Suscha-News-Collection?
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Savage Sword of Conan 10 |
| Item: |
Savage Sword of Conan 10 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1029886007
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Owner Comments
This mag is an extremely beautiful and pristine copy. The centering is near-perfect and the cover has great and deep colors. In July 2018 only 4 of these mags were registered by the CGC at 9.8, and with pure White Pages and being part of the Suscha News Pedigree Collection, this mag may currently be the most amazing of all.
Contents of this mag:
1. Conan stars in "Conan the Conqueror." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by the Tribe (Tony DeZuniga and others). Adapted from the Robert E. Howard novel "The Hour of the Dragon." Story continues from Giant-Size Conan 1-4 and SSOC 8.
2. "Conan the Cannibal." Article by Fred Blosser.
3. "Portrait of the Cimmerian as a Middle-Ages King." Article by Thomas with art from around the world from various Conan books.
4. Letter to the editor from comic writer Jo Duffy.
Tim Conrad frontispiece. Boris Vallejo cover. Cover price $1.00.
This book has previously only been owned by the collector behind the Suscha News Pedigree Collection. He described his pedigree collection in these words:
"I didn’t start out as a “comic collector.” Born in 1949 and growing up in Sheboygan, Wis., in the 1950s and ’60s, I was the kind of fastidious child who always used the kickstand on his bike and dusted off his model cars and planes every Thursday afternoon without fail. Because I treated my few possessions well – and had no brothers or sisters to help destroy them – I tended to accumulate things, including comic books.
[…]
By 1970, I was married and in my own place, although the comics remained in my parents’ house, relocated to the basement. After a few close calls with relatives rifling through the collection for poolside reading and even a threat to burn it all, I bought dozens of boxes and moved everything to a duplex I was renting. Over the next 20 years, I would move nine times, and the comics were always the heaviest, most delicate and time-consuming items in my household.
Although comic books were only 15 to 25 cents each at the time, buying more than a hundred a month represented a big chunk of my tiny, $3-per-hour paycheck. The books were mainly purchased at newsstands and drug stores.
[…]
In 1978, I moved to Tucson, Arizona, and two years later was in a new home with a special feature – a large, fireproof, walk-in vault big enough to accommodate the comic book collection, which by now took up a 6-foot-wide by 5-foot-long by 6-foot-high stack. Property crimes, particularly home burglaries, are a major problem in southern Arizona, and the vault seemed a necessity to protect my comics, guns, cameras and other valuables. The arid conditions of Arizona were a godsend for storing comics.
It was now the early ‘80s. My wife at the time often tried to pressure me to sell the collection. In those days before blockbuster movie franchises based on comic books and the Internet, the books were worth a tiny fraction of what they bring today. Had I caved in and sold then, I literally would have realized just enough money to buy a used pickup truck, which would have gone to the scrap yard years ago.
Over the years, I kept track of the collection with a big piece of graph paper, about five feet long by three feet wide. This pencil-and-paper record somehow disappeared over the years, so in 1998 I cataloged everything in an Excel spreadsheet and repackaged each comic book in a poly bag with a backing board. I put the bagged and backed comics back into the 1976 boxes.
Two years later, we moved to the woods of North Idaho, far from the desert of southern Arizona. The climate here is relatively dry and crime is very low, but I missed my big secure vault. The comics were kept on industrial shelving in a large room in the lower level of the house, where I kept humidity in the mid-40 percent range with a dehumidifier. The collection was “hidden in plain sight” by turning the contents labels of each box toward the wall, and placing fake “Professor Owl Remedial Reading Workbook – Grade 5” labels on the visible side. I figured no burglar would be interested in stealing a half-ton of identical teaching aids.
When I reached 60 years old, I seriously began to consider selling the collection. I didn’t want to end up the guy with the most comic books in the graveyard".
Read the full story here: http://www.cgccomics.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?IDArticle=1809&Suscha-News-Collection?
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Savage Sword of Conan 11 |
| Item: |
Savage Sword of Conan 11 Universal |
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CGC |
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1618459008
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Owner Comments
In March 2021, this was the single highest graded Savage Sword of Conan #11, and I'm really happy to add this mag to my collection. Also the mag has pure white pages.
In the mag:
1. Conan stars in "The Abode of the Damned." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Yong Montano. Adapted from the non-Conan Robert E. Howard story "The Country of the Knife."
2. "El Borak and the Barbarians." Article by Fred Blosser, illustrations by Michael Kaluta.
3. Fred Blosser and Roy Thomas review Robert E. Howard zines in "The Scribes of Hyboria" with illustrations by Steve Fabian, John Severin, Roy Krenkel, and Frank Cirocco.
4. Ed Summer reviews a Conan record album in "Conan and the Tower of Vinyl" with illustrations by Tim Conrad and Krenkel.
Boris Vallejo frontispiece. Ken Barr cover.
Cover price $1.00.
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Savage Sword of Conan 12 |
| Item: |
Savage Sword of Conan 12 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1392154015
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Owner Comments
This mag is simply breathtakingly beautiful - and possibly my favorite Vallejo cover.
In this mag Conan stars in:
1. "The Haunters of Castle Crimson." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Alfredo Alcala. Adapted from the non-Conan Robert E. Howard story "The Slave Princess."
2. The Hyborian Age (part 3): "The Hyborian Kingdoms." Script by Roy Thomas, art by Walt Simonson. Adapted from the Howard essay. "Chivalry is Alive and Well and Living in Berkeley Among Others."
Furthermore the mag contains an article by Sam Maronie and a Tim Conrad frontispiece.
Boris Vallejo cover. Cover price $1.00.
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Savage Sword of Conan 13 |
| Item: |
Savage Sword of Conan 13 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
0502804010
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Owner Comments
Normally I don't collect 9.4 and OW-W, but in nearly 20 years just 4 mags have been graded. Thus this is the 2nd highest graded Savage Sword of Conan #13 with just 1 mag in 9.8 and 3 mags in 9.4. - And of course I'd rather own a nice 9.4 mag than keep staring at an empty slot in my quest for the first 15 Savage Sword of Conan mags. This mag looks great - I can't fint more flaws than on my 9.6 and 9.8 mags.
The mag contains:
1. Conan stars in the story "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Ralph Reese and Dan Adkins. Adapted from the non-Conan story by Robert E. Howard. Reprinted from Conan the Barbarian # 17-18.
2. Solomon Kane stars in "The Right Hand of Doom." Script by Doug Moench, art by Steve Gan. Adapted from the Howard story. Illustration by Bob Gould/Duffy Vohland.
3. Fred Blosser reviews Donald Grant's Conan books in "A Conan For Collectors" with illustrations by David Ireland and Alicia Austin.
4. "When the Little People Strike." Article by Blosser.
5. Full page illustration by Barry Windsor-Smith.
6. A couple of additional illos by John Buscema.
Tim Conrad frontispiece. Richard Hescox cover.
Cover price $1.00.
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Savage Sword of Conan 14 |
| Item: |
Savage Sword of Conan 14 |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1098658006
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Owner Comments
In July 2018 this beautiful magazine, containing the only Savage Sword Conan story by Neal Adams, was one of two 9.8 mags in the Census. No other mag was graded higher. It was the single highest graded when I bought it, sigh ;-)
The mag contains:
1. Conan stars in "Shadows in Zamboula." Script by Roy Thomas, pencils by Neal Adams and Tony Dezuniga, inks by Adams and the Tribe (DeZuniga and others). Adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard.
2. Solomon Kane stars in "The Silver Beast Beyond Torkertown." Script by Doug Moench, art by Mike Zeck. Illustration by David Wenzel/Duffy Vohland.
3. Fred Blosser reviews "The Worms of the Earth" hardcover book in "The Worms Return" with art by David Ireland.
4. "A Kull Glossary" by Blosser with art by Michael Whelan, Michael Kaluta, and Al Milgrom.
Frank Brunner frontispiece. Earl Norem cover.
Cover price $1.00.
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Savage Sword of Conan 15 |
| Item: |
Savage Sword of Conan 15 Modern |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
4322568003
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Owner Comments
With only 8 mags in 9.4 and better, this book was a challenge to find. Normally I'd wait for a 9.8, but I've waited for years. So got the chance to get a 9.4 and took it - of course better with a nice 9.4 mag than having no mag at all. This mag also completes my collection - for now ;-)
In the mag, Conan stars in "The Devil in Iron." The script was made by Roy Thomas - with pencils by John Buscema, and inks by Alfredo Alcala. The script was adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard.
The mag also contains:
The Hyborian Age (part 4), "The Beginning of the End." Script by Roy Thomas, art by Walt Simonson. Adapted from the essay by Howard.
Pin-ups by John Byrne (Red Sonja), John Severin (Kull), John Buscema (Conan), Tim Conrad (Bran Mak Morn and Almuric), and Howard Chaykin (Solomon Kane).
"Arms and the Manner." Article by Samuel James Maronie.
Fred Blosser reviews Donald Grant's "Red Nails" in "Conan in the City of Blood" with illustrations by George Barr. "
An Interview With Conan Artist John Buscema" by John Collier and John Wren.
Buscema photo, plus a Buscema/Dan Adkins illustration.
Mike Zeck frontispiece.
Boris Vallejo cover.
Cover price $1.00.
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