The Savage Sword of Conan #53 (1980) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Sorcerer Steals a Soul!	cover	1	pencils: Earl Norem; inks: Earl Norem; colors: Earl Norem	Conan; Hisarr Zul; Isparana
1	-	illustration	1	pencils: Pat Broderick; inks: Pat Broderick	Conan; Thak
2	Table of Contents	table of contents	1	pencils: John Buscema; inks: Rudy Nebres	Conan
3	-	recap	1	letters: typeset
4	The Sorcerer and the Soul	comic story	42	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Rudy Nebres; letters: Joe Rosen	Conan; Isparana (introduction); Karamek (introduction); Ajhindar (introduction); Kiliya (introduction); Kagul (introduction); Stahir (introduction); Hisarr Zul (introduction); Zul's soulless servants
5	The Hyborian Reporter	text article	2.5	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Alfredo Alcala, Bill Warren; inks: Alfredo Alcala, Bill Warren	Conan (photo of Roy Thomas); Red Sonja (photo of Danette Couto)
6	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset	Almuric
7	The Legend of Solomon Kane	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: David Wenzel; inks: David Wenzel	Solomon Kane
8	Wings in the Night	comic story	11	script: Don Glut, Robert E. Howard; pencils: David Wenzel; inks: David Wenzel	Solomon Kane; cannibal (introduction; death); bat-men (introduction)
9	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.66	pencils: Kerry Gammill; inks: Kerry Gammill	Conan
11	-	letters page	2	pencils: John Buscema; inks: Ernie Chan

Plus 0.34 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Collection	Year
Conan Saga #72	1993	On eBay ›
The Saga of Solomon Kane #[nn] ISBN 1595823174; 978-1595823175	2009	On eBay ›

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