Set Description:
A collection of The Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian issues 1 to 10, all 9.8 with pure White Pages (no OW-W or worse). - And a few bonus mags I could not help buying like issues 14 (Neal Adams story), 24 (Tower of the Elephant remake) and 39 (my personal favorite cover). Issue 15 contained the last Boris Vallejo cover, thus I may one day expand this set to include issues 11 to 15.
It took many years to find these 10 mags, and in the year 2015 I finally succeeded.
Maybe "The Ferocious Fifteen" is indeed a better name for this set, lol.
I consider these mags among the most impressive Conan books, and spanning more than 2 decades (from August 1974 to July 1995) this series amazingly continued for 235 issues. These magazines may be the most scarce Conan books of all, since these large and heavy magazines were much more prone to damage than normal sized comic books. So many of the 9.8 mags in my collection were incredibly hard to find, and I consider myself fortunate to have them in my possession.
Exept for #13 all mags are highest graded. #13 is the 2nd highest graded with just one mag in 9.8. For #13 there are just 4 graded mags, 1 in 9.8 and 3 in 9.4, so for now I'm happy for a 9.4 :-)
Some of these magazines in high grade are so rare that quoting Mr. Indiana Jones seems to be in order:
"This should be in a museum!"
What better way is there to display rare mags than using scans on Collectors Society - without exposing the mags to light, oxygen or changes to humidity or temperature?
I do feel some responsibility to share such rare mags with others - this is not just a hobby, but small projects trying to preserve comic book history.
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