The Savage Sword of Conan #13 (1976) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Thing in the Temple	cover	1	pencils: Richard Hescox; inks: Richard Hescox; colors: Richard Hescox	Conan
1	Frontispiece	illustration	1	pencils: Tim Conrad; inks: Tim Conrad	Conan
2	Table of Contents	table of contents	1	pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Gil Kane	Conan
3	-	illustration	1	script: Robert E. Howard
4	The Gods of Bal-Sagoth	comic story	20	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Ralph Reese; letters: John Costanza	Conan; Aala [Kyrie]; Vertorix (introduction, destroyed); Gothan; Fafnir; Ska
5	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Tim Conrad; inks: Tim Conrad	Conan
6	Part II The Thing in the Temple	comic story	20	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Dan Adkins; letters: Artie Simek	Conan; Fafnir; Aala; Gothan; Ska; Yezdigerd; Vertorix (flashback; cameo)
7	A Conan for Collectors	text article	4	script: Fred Blosser; pencils: David Ireland, Alicia Austin; inks: David Ireland, Alicia Austin	Conan
8	When the Little People Strike	text article	4	script: Fred Blosser; pencils: Barry Smith, John Buscema; inks: Barry Smith, John Buscema
9	Solomon Kane	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Fred Blosser; pencils: Bob Gould; inks: Duffy Vohland
10	The Right Hand of Doom	comic story	10	script: Doug Moench, Robert E. Howard; pencils: Steve Gan; inks: Steve Gan	John Redly (death); Solomon Kane; Roger Simeon (death)
11	Next Issue	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
12	-	letters page	2	pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typeset

Collection	Year
Conan Saga #17	1988	On eBay ›
Conan Classic #7	1994	On eBay ›
Savage Sword of Conan #2 ISBN 978-1-59307-894-2	2008	On eBay ›
The Saga of Solomon Kane #[nn] ISBN 1595823174; 978-1595823175	2009	On eBay ›
Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-302-91517-9	2019	On eBay ›

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