The Savage Sword of Conan 1974 #43 - 3.5 - $3.50

Conan, standing on a rock mound with a dead man at his feet, holding a halberd with two hand over his head, the head of the dead man on the spike, while several warriors look down on him from two ledges and with a large bird flying across the sun, overhead.

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #169.

• - frontispiece
• - Includes a map of The Hyborian Age of Conan.
• King Thoth-Amon - Adapted from L. Sprague de Camp's and Lin Carter's novel, Conan the Buccaneer (Lancer Books, 1971). Continued from last issue. This story is retold in The Punisher Annual (Marvel, 1988 series) #2 as a part of the backup story The Saga of the Serpent Crown, which ran through all Marvel annuals 1989 along with the main crossover story Atlantis Attacks. Joe Rosen lettering credit from "Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus" (Marvel, 2019 series) #3).
• Notes on Various People of the Hyborian Age - Illustrated.
• - Ad for Conan the Barbarian comic-strip story "Wolfhead!" beginning June 11, 1979.
• The Deadly Claws of Kathulos - Reviews "The Return of Skull Face" (FAX Collector's Editions). Two illustrations reprinted as well.
• Pass of Death - Adapted from Robert E. Howard's short story, "Kings of the Night", continued from last issue.
• - Letters from Mark L. Hunkler, Rick Rinehart, Tyson Blue, Steven Payne, and Keith Ingram.