Story by Roy Thomas, Various. Art by Barry Windsor-Smith, Various. Cover by Gabriele Dell'Otto.
Crom. This inaugural volume ushers in Marvel's line of definitive Savage Sword of Conan collections. After the breakout success of Conan's color comic, Marvel brought the legendary sword-and-sorcery saga of Robert E. Howard's hero to its black-and-white magazine line. In lushly illustrated novel-length adventures with all the drama, violence and allure the comic book medium can offer, writer Roy Thomas and Marvel's greatest artists craft a host of Conan classics like Barry Windsor-Smith's 'Red Nails' and John Buscema's 'Black Colossus' and 'A Witch Shall Be Born' featuring the infamous Tree of Death are just the beginning. Collecting SAVAGE TALES (1971) #1-5 and SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN (1974) #1-12 and SPECIAL (1975) #1. Rated Mature.