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  • Paperback: 542 pages
  • Publisher: Dark Horse Comics,U.S.; Reprint edition (12 Dec 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1593078382
  • ISBN-13: 978-1593078386
  • Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 17 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 36,917 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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In the mid 1970s following the colossal success of Conan the Barbarian, Roy Thomas helped expand the universe of Conan to showcase further stories and the talents of some of the comics industry's best with the equally popular Savage Sword of Conan magazine. Now, for the first time in over thirty years, these primal tales, featuring Robert E. Howard's most popular character, are available in this, the first in a series of massive trade paperbacks, collecting all Savage Sword Conan stories beginning with issue one. Included in this volume are tales by Roy Thomas, featuring the breathtaking art of such legends as Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Alfredo Alcala, Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom, Pablo Marcos, Walter Simonson and more. But that's not all. Also included in this tome are Conan's few appearances in the title Savage Tales - for the complete Conan collection!
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2.0 out of 5 stars 'Just what it says on the tin'., 31 Jan 2008
By Mr. K. O'connor "Kevin" (London UK) - See all my reviews
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To be fair, this is a reprint series and it does indeed reprint selected stories from this ancient magazine. However, it it something of a missed opportunity. I had forgotten that for various reasons the SSOC was itself often full of reprints from the colour 'Conan the Barbarian' - but the thing is, I felt a bit cheated then, and doubly so now.
You might as well just buy the collections of these old colour comics - currently readily available from Amazon - the paper quality is superior, and has some fun and illuminating commentaries from Roy Thomas which puts the whole series into context.
It would have been so much more meaningful to confine this and future volumes to the stories which were unique to itself.
It was actually the covers which sold these magazines (not comics please note - different size page - another element lost in this volume) and it would have been marvellous to reproduce more of the best of them - Boris Vallejo was as big a name as Frazetta back then.
It's not all bad though - some of the old classics are there - 'Black Colossus', 'Iron Shadows..' 'A witch shall be born' etc

But there is one inexcusable crime - Tim Conrad was the hot artist of that period and genre - vying with Barry Smith for acclaim and you can see some of his first work on the 'Forever Phial'
Now....the very last panel in the original telling, was coloured red - not black - a courageous move in a Black and White medium - both artistically and commercially, but I remember the editorial clearly, where it was argued that - damn it all - it was just the right thing to do.
Dreadful decision to break faith with the original premise - shame on Dark Horse - I know it's only a small matter, but it's when no-one is looking that your integrity matters most. I guess they thought that nobody would remember - that they would get away with it - and that itself is simply disappointing.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Let me tell you of the days of high adventure, 29 Nov 2008
By I. R. Kerr (Lancashire) - See all my reviews
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I read quite a few of these first time round and the ONLY downside to these tales, in my eyes, is that the pages are smaller than the originals but for what we get here that is a small sacrifice.
Not all the artwork hits the top scale for me (e.g. People of The Dark) but Roy Thomas' adaptations of some of Robert E. Howard's greatest Conan stories is first rate. It features Shadows in the Moonlight (aka Iron Shadows in the Moon), Red Nails, Black Colossus, the epic Hour of the Dragon and A Witch Shall be Born which features the crucifiction and vulture scene that was memorably used in the Conan The Barbarian movie.
Thomas also throws in some original tales, often following on where Howard left off. These tales also feature 2 of Conan's best known female warrior acquaintances, Red Sonja and Valeria.
It's a cracking read and prompted me to return to some of Howard's original tales which has to be a good thing.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent value, 11 Mar 2008
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I've been an avid Conan fan and collector of the Savage Sword of Conan magazines for years. Even though I have all the magazines that I want, I have bought this books so that I can read the stories without further damaging my originals.

I was surprised to see 5 Savage Tales reprinted in this first edition as I was expecting only Savage Sword reprints, but I suppose Barry Windsor-Smith fans will appreciate the addition.

At 544 pages, this book gives great value for money. The paper has a slightly budget feel, and the orginal artwork has been reduce to fit a slightly smaller format. For me these aren't great issues, and were expected. This book contains the main Conan story from 15 issues, so it's a cheap way of getting your hands on stacks of classic 1970's Conan artwork from legends like John Buscema, Alfredo Alcala & Barry Windsor-Smith.
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