This video was a year ago & I'm just now discovering it. Anyway, yes. Warren did publish a Vamperella book. And the story The Frost Giants Daughter was originally part of the early regular color Conan comics.
Used to read these as a kid. My Dad had a box of them in his closet I would raid when he was at work. Today, I collect them one at a time; some from my local comic ship, others off of Ebay. Slowly building my collection of them. The art was and is amazing! The writing was first class. Some of my favorite comics of all time. And even today, they are rarely surpassed or equalled.
I have so many of these now lol. I’ve been on a super collecting of all things Conan kick lately. From the Robert Howard book, to the omnibus, to all the issues I can find at any comic book store
I love that Simon Bisley cover for the 1st issue of Conan The Savage. There was always a certain sort of Mystique for me about The Savage Sword of Conan magazine. Maybe because they were black and white, maybe because they were more violent and you got to see glimpses of nudity, or maybe it was because they were always sold on the same rack as the Heavy Metal magazines, right next to the..cultured gentleman section.
Glad to come across this video. Savage Sword was a fundamental part of what sparked my interest in both Conan and Fantasy in general. That art by some of the finest artists to ever see print; Writing far and away above what was available at the time (Strictly superior to what is available these days.)! To this day, these still come to mind whenever I think of either Conan or the genre.' I have been methodically putting together a complete collection of every issue of Savage Sword of Conan. I'm about 77 issues short currently and closing fast. ( Mostly need mid and late-run issues.) I also now need to find those 10 issues of Conan the Savage to go with them. These go ahead of my EPIC set and even my Heavy Metal collection. Again, thanks for showing off the magazine so well. It was far ahead of its time and has ye t to be equaled, let alone surpassed in my view.
The Savage Sword of Conan magazine #'s 16, 18 and 23 were my first introduction to Conan and REH. I bought the 3 issues glued to a cardboard backing and wrapped in plastic, for some ridiculously low price (I can't remember now how much exactly), but my whole love for Conan and REH stems from those 3 books that I bought off a corner store newstand decades ago. I don't have the hardcover omnibus reprints that you showed here unfortunately, but I do have quite a few of the softcover trade reprints of SSOC that Dark Horse printed a few years ago. I'm surprised you didn't feature any of those on here. They are great books! I've really been enjoying your channel here Michael. Nice to see a kindred spirit.
I totally loved SSOC. My first issue from the newsstand was issue 64 or 65 and probably stopped around 130 when I went in the service. I do have a lot of the DH reprints that I got about 10 years ago and I do enjoy reading them from time to time still.
I’ve been reading Fantagraphic’s large volumes of Prince Valiant lately, and it’s amazing how much I find in the art that found it’s way into Buscema’s Conan comics. That shouldn’t have been surprising since Buscema had named Foster as one of his influences.
I loved the Conan the Savage as a follow up to Savage Sword. The first issue's story reminded me of the "The 13th warrior" movie's story. The art was also one of my favorites in the B&W Conan collection.
Currently reading some Savage Sword. The art is excellent, but the scholarship on Robert E Howard, his work and characters in the first 60 issues shows the hight quality of the magazine.
Michael, great video and memories. I bought these all new on the stands in the 70s and 80s, lived them! The Barry Smith Art was incredible, in a par with Frank Frazetta Lancer Paperback Covers, but different. I think Barry Smith was the best Conan artist. He did an amazing b&w on “Red Nails” that I still love today, and on the color comic, “The Tower Of The Elephant “ another classic! Great stuff, fond memories. I donoknow how you can hold those big heavy omnibus volumes to read them. I like lighter smaller books myself. I very much enjoy you RE Howard videos. Have you read the Murphy book on sword and sorcery? A must read!
Thanks! Red Nails was a masterpiece. I can hold those heavy omnibus books because of my Kryptonian heritage. I have not read that Sword & Sorcery book yet but I should.
Alcala’s inks were the most ‘pulpish’ (pulpy?) of SS. I really liked his inking on those early years of SS. Buscema’ s inks on his own pencils were great, too.
I Love these comic mags. To be honest I loved them better than the regular color comics of Conan. I always love the addition of Solomon Kane, or Kull in the back. I don't have that issue of Savage Tales that You Showed 1st. Ka-zar. LoL. Only Ka-zar I have is with the X-Men. Monster Unleashed was Marvel?? Hmm. I have some from back in the day in boxes. I was going 2 say some of times the cover had nothing 2 do with the stories inside. I still bought back issues I came across at comics stores before the Pandemic. I have that 1st Conan The Savage You showed. 👍 I don't have that last issue. 😥 I had 2 trick My folks, and spend the night with a friend so I could see the 1st movie. LoL. Because someone told them it had a graphic love scene in it. 🤣🤣🤣No way was I missing that movie. All the Robert E Howard books, and comics I'd read. No Way. LoL. Great Video 👍😁👍
I was literally chuckling when you were telling the story about your walk home from 7-Eleven. This was an awesome video. You make me want to run out and find not only those old b&w Conans, but some of those other old mags as well, like that Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction, which looks amazing. Great historical overview and showcasing of the Conan comics!
Savage Sword was a great comic. Although familiar with Howard's Conan stories well before, I think this magazine was my first introduction to Kull and Solomon Kane. I still like going through the stack I have; the covers, the extra artwork, articles, back-up features, everything. I even played, for a time, Hyborian War, the play-by-mail game that was almost always advertised on the back cover. A lot of great memories in that magazine (as well as Conan Saga).
That last Omni looks huge...They were getting thinner and thinner... I sold my massive collection of Sav Sword when i moved to Italy.. but how i regret that. Getting the omis (my healing...) The Volume One Savage Sword Omni goes up and up in price...grrrr. An excellent vid again.
ı got savage sword of conan bcouse it sonly comic book come close to berserk manga quality. some of covers really amazing acording devolopers inspirend dark souls video games. they mostly using this and berserk as reference metarial on many things. about conan movie arnold movie maded by conan. for berserk manga author kentari miura inspired from a holywood movie. not by conan movie a smilar medival movie called flesh and blood. 1985 movie and he created berserk fomr some of thing from movie. berserk start 1989 like savage sword of conan still contuned. author diead last year but his friend collige take on. that aspect also now looks simlar savage sword with many diffrent artsit.
If you like Berserk, check out some of the Slaine comics from Europe, especially Slaine the Horned God. It's even more well drawn and probably the single greatest graphic novel ever illustrated. Every page could be a full painting.
@@GorditoCrunch343 am on eu. yea in search of smilar comic or content ı see slain comics too but never found yet. closest thing berserk for me no doubt conan savage sword. am not fan of rape or naked aspect. conan only lack religion aspect of berserk. many people suggest vinland saga so also get that. they suggest vaganbond samurai manga too but not getting that bcouse ı own lone wolf and cub enough for one samurai manga comic. same for blade of immortal. besides conan savage sword ı most enjoyed vampir hunter d series winth two great anime movie and books. there is also vampire hunter d manga. mainly its books smilar to conan history. forme 1 berserk 2 conan savage sword 3 vampir hunter d. vinland saga is good but its vikings. am turk the guts and story look like turk story with wolf aspect locations etc. the vinland saga and slain you suggested mainly england island storyies. we have also comic like berserk before it was popular on italy and french. named Karaoğlan. meaning something like black sworsdman sun. from eu comic artist number one for me Cam Kennedy. star wars dark empire comic artsit. that was amazing. colors everything.and dark story for old star wars era.
@@jasonsantos3037 am on turkey savage sword contunes since 2008 with every issue 5 comic book in 1. cover choices great better than world wide. and berserk contunes here too relatavly new. there is a turkish comic from 1970s smilar to those called Karaoğlan means smilar to black swordsmand. it look like conan with turk history. other than those most smilar things berserk here vinland saga maybe. the slan comics he sugggested hard to reach. ı like savage swords of conan but ı wish have more religion realistic aspect like berserk. berserk even have more brutal fantasy bcouse of religionst aspect feel more realist than savage sword conan. conan world muslims or easterns amazing draws but they more like jsut bad guys typcal west fantasy. smilar tolord of the rings rhun. berserk they are kushans and they not like that more deep and on berser the evil faction mostly west not east. in that sense beserk not just conan its above from lord of the rings writers from usa and england fiction. ı dindt read yet robert e. howard book about ottomans and real worlld history ı saw it its on my list but ı wish that have comics too.
JohnBuscema and Alfredo Alcala was the best black and white Conan art for me
This video was a year ago & I'm just now discovering it. Anyway, yes. Warren did publish a Vamperella book. And the story The Frost Giants Daughter was originally part of the early regular color Conan comics.
FYI: some of those Conan Saga magazines used covers from SS with different internal content.
Used to read these as a kid. My Dad had a box of them in his closet I would raid when he was at work.
Today, I collect them one at a time; some from my local comic ship, others off of Ebay.
Slowly building my collection of them.
The art was and is amazing! The writing was first class. Some of my favorite comics of all time. And even today, they are rarely surpassed or equalled.
I have so many of these now lol. I’ve been on a super collecting of all things Conan kick lately.
From the Robert Howard book, to the omnibus, to all the issues I can find at any comic book store
Savage Sword of Conan is on board with Heavy Metal and 2000AD magazine.
8:58 that opening splash page to black colossus, is absolutely gorgeous! Atmospheric, foreboding, one of my favorites!
I love that Simon Bisley cover for the 1st issue of Conan The Savage. There was always a certain sort of Mystique for me about The Savage Sword of Conan magazine. Maybe because they were black and white, maybe because they were more violent and you got to see glimpses of nudity, or maybe it was because they were always sold on the same rack as the Heavy Metal magazines, right next to the..cultured gentleman section.
Ha! Cultured Gentleman section!
Glad to come across this video. Savage Sword was a fundamental part of what sparked my interest in both Conan and Fantasy in general. That art by some of the finest artists to ever see print; Writing far and away above what was available at the time (Strictly superior to what is available these days.)! To this day, these still come to mind whenever I think of either Conan or the genre.'
I have been methodically putting together a complete collection of every issue of Savage Sword of Conan. I'm about 77 issues short currently and closing fast. ( Mostly need mid and late-run issues.) I also now need to find those 10 issues of Conan the Savage to go with them.
These go ahead of my EPIC set and even my Heavy Metal collection. Again, thanks for showing off the magazine so well. It was far ahead of its time and has ye t to be equaled, let alone surpassed in my view.
The Savage Sword of Conan magazine #'s 16, 18 and 23 were my first introduction to Conan and REH. I bought the 3 issues glued to a cardboard backing and wrapped in plastic, for some ridiculously low price (I can't remember now how much exactly), but my whole love for Conan and REH stems from those 3 books that I bought off a corner store newstand decades ago.
I don't have the hardcover omnibus reprints that you showed here unfortunately, but I do have quite a few of the softcover trade reprints of SSOC that Dark Horse printed a few years ago. I'm surprised you didn't feature any of those on here. They are great books! I've really been enjoying your channel here Michael. Nice to see a kindred spirit.
I totally loved SSOC.
My first issue from the newsstand was issue 64 or 65 and probably stopped around 130 when I went in the service.
I do have a lot of the DH reprints that I got about 10 years ago and I do enjoy reading them from time to time still.
Still my favorite series from Marvel.
I’ve been reading Fantagraphic’s large volumes of Prince Valiant lately, and it’s amazing how much I find in the art that found it’s way into Buscema’s Conan comics. That shouldn’t have been surprising since Buscema had named Foster as one of his influences.
I loved the Conan the Savage as a follow up to Savage Sword. The first issue's story reminded me of the "The 13th warrior" movie's story. The art was also one of my favorites in the B&W Conan collection.
I love Alcala’s inking. Buscema was wrong! LOL SSoC is my all-time favorite.
Yeah, I agree with you!
Great video, but watching you handle that Savage Tales #1 was giving me anxiety. It's #1 on my grail list.
Currently reading some Savage Sword. The art is excellent, but the scholarship on Robert E Howard, his work and characters in the first 60 issues shows the hight quality of the magazine.
I still have that Marvel super special Conan movie adaptation
I wish I did!
Michael, great video and memories. I bought these all new on the stands in the 70s and 80s, lived them! The Barry Smith Art was incredible, in a par with Frank Frazetta Lancer Paperback Covers, but different. I think Barry Smith was the best Conan artist. He did an amazing b&w on “Red Nails” that I still love today, and on the color comic, “The Tower Of The Elephant “ another classic! Great stuff, fond memories. I donoknow how you can hold those big heavy omnibus volumes to read them. I like lighter smaller books myself. I very much enjoy you RE Howard videos. Have you read the Murphy book on sword and sorcery? A must read!
Thanks! Red Nails was a masterpiece. I can hold those heavy omnibus books because of my Kryptonian heritage. I have not read that Sword & Sorcery book yet but I should.
Whoa...a rare first issue of Savage Tales!!! (I actually think the B/W version of Frost Giant's Daughter' looks better than the color version)
@@GrammaticusBooks I agree. You must have dug up this dusty old video out of the Vaughan Vault!
Alcala’s inks were the most ‘pulpish’ (pulpy?) of SS. I really liked his inking on those early years of SS. Buscema’ s inks on his own pencils were great, too.
Alfredo Alcala was perfect for Buscema Conan
I Love these comic mags. To be honest I loved them better than the regular color comics of Conan. I always love the addition of Solomon Kane, or Kull in the back. I don't have that issue of Savage Tales that You Showed 1st.
Ka-zar. LoL. Only Ka-zar I have is with the X-Men.
Monster Unleashed was Marvel?? Hmm. I have some from back in the day in boxes.
I was going 2 say some of times the cover had nothing 2 do with the stories inside.
I still bought back issues I came across at comics stores before the Pandemic.
I have that 1st Conan The Savage You showed. 👍 I don't have that last issue. 😥
I had 2 trick My folks, and spend the night with a friend so I could see the 1st movie. LoL. Because someone told them it had a graphic love scene in it. 🤣🤣🤣No way was I missing that movie. All the Robert E Howard books, and comics I'd read. No Way. LoL.
Great Video 👍😁👍
I was lucky in that my parents didn’t care at all what I watched. I could have watched literally anything.
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 Lucky You👍😁👍
I was literally chuckling when you were telling the story about your walk home from 7-Eleven. This was an awesome video. You make me want to run out and find not only those old b&w Conans, but some of those other old mags as well, like that Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction, which looks amazing. Great historical overview and showcasing of the Conan comics!
Thanks! It was great stuff
Savage Sword was a great comic. Although familiar with Howard's Conan stories well before, I think this magazine was my first introduction to Kull and Solomon Kane. I still like going through the stack I have; the covers, the extra artwork, articles, back-up features, everything. I even played, for a time, Hyborian War, the play-by-mail game that was almost always advertised on the back cover. A lot of great memories in that magazine (as well as Conan Saga).
You played the Hyborian War? Awesome!
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 It really was fun. The waiting was a bit long, but I got a kick out of that envelope in the mail every few weeks.
This was great fun. I’m going to have to pull out my old magazines again and take a stroll down memory lane
Yeah, these bring back memories.
Btw, Savage Tales no 1 is now worth 500-1000 bucks or even more, prices keep rising
The day a comic book made you cool, lol, with that Marvel Super Special!
I had no idea it was worth that now! Wow!
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 yes if that's an original...you have a very expensive highly collectable book..
That last Omni looks huge...They were getting thinner and thinner... I sold my massive collection of Sav Sword when i moved to Italy.. but how i regret that. Getting the omis (my healing...) The Volume One Savage Sword Omni goes up and up in price...grrrr. An excellent vid again.
Thanks! That first Omnibus is a big one, for sure.
I’m waiting for Groo the Wanderer.
I’d get that!
Excellent video as usual! Are you off your book-buying ban?
Not for a while, I’m afraid.
Hugely informative once again. Those omnibus editions would be great, bit hard to get here. The black and white does look great.
I love the Black & White look. My color vision is pretty much non-existent so the black and white pages just look better to me.
Awesome! Great discussion!
Thanks James!
ı got savage sword of conan bcouse it sonly comic book come close to berserk manga quality. some of covers really amazing acording devolopers inspirend dark souls video games. they mostly using this and berserk as reference metarial on many things. about conan movie arnold movie maded by conan. for berserk manga author kentari miura inspired from a holywood movie. not by conan movie a smilar medival movie called flesh and blood. 1985 movie and he created berserk fomr some of thing from movie. berserk start 1989 like savage sword of conan still contuned. author diead last year but his friend collige take on. that aspect also now looks simlar savage sword with many diffrent artsit.
If you like Berserk, check out some of the Slaine comics from Europe, especially Slaine the Horned God. It's even more well drawn and probably the single greatest graphic novel ever illustrated. Every page could be a full painting.
@@GorditoCrunch343 am on eu. yea in search of smilar comic or content ı see slain comics too but never found yet. closest thing berserk for me no doubt conan savage sword. am not fan of rape or naked aspect. conan only lack religion aspect of berserk. many people suggest vinland saga so also get that. they suggest vaganbond samurai manga too but not getting that bcouse ı own lone wolf and cub enough for one samurai manga comic. same for blade of immortal. besides conan savage sword ı most enjoyed vampir hunter d series winth two great anime movie and books. there is also vampire hunter d manga. mainly its books smilar to conan history. forme 1 berserk 2 conan savage sword 3 vampir hunter d. vinland saga is good but its vikings. am turk the guts and story look like turk story with wolf aspect locations etc. the vinland saga and slain you suggested mainly england island storyies. we have also comic like berserk before it was popular on italy and french. named Karaoğlan. meaning something like black sworsdman sun. from eu comic artist number one for me Cam Kennedy. star wars dark empire comic artsit. that was amazing. colors everything.and dark story for old star wars era.
You know Savage Sword of Conan and Berserk are both enjoyed to read.
@@jasonsantos3037 am on turkey savage sword contunes since 2008 with every issue 5 comic book in 1. cover choices great better than world wide. and berserk contunes here too relatavly new. there is a turkish comic from 1970s smilar to those called Karaoğlan means smilar to black swordsmand. it look like conan with turk history. other than those most smilar things berserk here vinland saga maybe. the slan comics he sugggested hard to reach. ı like savage swords of conan but ı wish have more religion realistic aspect like berserk. berserk even have more brutal fantasy bcouse of religionst aspect feel more realist than savage sword conan. conan world muslims or easterns amazing draws but they more like jsut bad guys typcal west fantasy. smilar tolord of the rings rhun. berserk they are kushans and they not like that more deep and on berser the evil faction mostly west not east. in that sense beserk not just conan its above from lord of the rings writers from usa and england fiction. ı dindt read yet robert e. howard book about ottomans and real worlld history ı saw it its on my list but ı wish that have comics too.
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