Boris the Savage
Savage Sword of Conan 8

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Savage Sword of Conan #8 Universal
Grade: 9.8
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 0907696006
Owner: Rune

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: Boris the Savage
Date Added: 7/15/2009
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

A nearly perfect book - July 2018 there are only 4 copies rated at 9.8 and none better, and since this copy has pure White Pages, this is one of the finest copies in existence.

Furthermore, this is a very tough issue, due to the volatile spine. This non square-bound issue was experimental for Marvel at the time and may have saved the Publisher money by "saddle-stitching" (stapling), instead of using a "perfect-bind" (glued on cover), but wasn't very accommodating to collectors, as these early saddle-stitched covers tended to split very easily, especially if read. So this explains why this book is extremely hard to find in ultra high grade.

The mag's contents:
1. Conan stars in "The Forever Phial." Script by Roy Thomas, art by Tim Conrad.
2. "Death-Song of Conan the Cimmerian." Poem by Lin Carter (adapted by Thomas), art by Jess Jodloman.
3. Conan stars in "Corsairs Against Stygia." Script by Thomas, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Yong Montano. Adapted from the Robert E. Howard novel "The Hour of the Dragon." Continued from Giant-Size Conan the Barbarian 4. The story concludes in SSOC 10.
4. "Sorcerer's Summit." Script and art by Bruce Jones.
5. The Hyborian Age (part 2): "The Rise of the Hyborians." Script by Thomas, art by Walt Simonson. Adapted from the essay by Robert E. Howard.
6. "The Elder Gods." Article by Robert Yaple with a full-page illustration by Tim Conrad (?).

Tony DeZuniga frontispiece. Frank Brunner cover. Cover price $1.00.
  
Image #1
Enlarge  
Image #2
Enlarge  

To follow or send a message to this user,
please log in