Savage Tales #1 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1971

About Savage Tales #1

The origin and first appearance of Man-Thing (art by Gray Morrow). Contains an adaptation of the short story "The Frost-Giant's Daughter" by Robert E. Howard (with Barry Smith art), which was the first appearance of Conan outside of his own comic. John Buscema painted the cover image and also drew the Ka-Zar story. Additional story art by Gene Colan and John Romita Sr.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Conan

Pencils: John Buscema (painted)

Inks: John Buscema (painted)

Colors: John Buscema (painted)

Letters: Sam Rosen; typeset

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: The Frost Giant's Daughter

Characters: Conan; Hymdul; Horsa; Niord; Gorm; Atali; Frost Giants

Synopsis: Conan chases Atali across the snow, slays her two frost giant brothers, and catches her. Her father, Ymir, then takes her from Conan.

Pages: 11.000

Script: Robert E. Howard (Original prose story); Roy Thomas

Pencils: Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]

Inks: Barry Windsor-Smith [as Barry Smith]

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #16 (July 1972)

Notes: Adapted from Robert E. Howard's short story.

Title: The Fury of the Femizons

Characters: Femizons [Princess Lyra; Queen Vega; Syrani] (introduction); Mogon; The Sisterhood (introduction)

Pages: 10.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: John Romita

Inks: John Romita

Letters: Sam Rosen

Reprints: Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #3 (February 1974)

Notes: Next appearance in FANTASTIC FOUR #151. Rosen letters per Haydn.

Title: The Story Behind the Scenes

Characters: Conan; Princess Lyra; Man-Thing [Ted Sallis]; Joshua; Kazar

Pages: 1.000

Script: Roy Thomas

Pencils: Barry Windsor-Smith; John Romita; Gray Morrow; Gene Colan; John Buscema (illustrations)

Inks: Barry Windsor-Smith; John Romita; Gray Morrow; Tom Palmer; John Buscema (illustrations)

Letters: typeset

Notes: A presentation of the characters.

Title: ...Man-Thing!

Characters: Man-Thing [Ted Sallis] (introduction, origin); Ellen Brandt (introduction)

Pages: 11.000

Script: Roy Thomas (plot); Gerry Conway (dialogue)

Pencils: Gray Morrow

Inks: Gray Morrow

Letters: Gray Morrow

Reprints: Monsters Unleashed (Marvel, 1973 series) #3 (November 1973)

Notes: Next appearance of Man-Thing in ASTONISHING TALES #12.

Title: Black Brother!

Characters: Joshua (introduction)

Pages: 11.000

Script: Denny O'Neil [as Sergius O'Shaughnessy]

Pencils: Gene Colan; Bill Everett (see notes)

Inks: Tom Palmer; Bill Everett (see notes)

Letters: Artie Simek; Morrie Kuramoto

Notes: Everett provided some alterations on character faces. Info per Nick Caputo. The next chapter, "The Return" was never completed or published. This is the only appearance of Black Brother.

Title: The Night of the Looter!

Characters: Ka-Zar; Zabu; Carla (Introduction, Villain, Death); Ralph (Introduction, Villain); Swamp Men

Synopsis: Carla and Ralph come to the Savage Land with a Swamp Tank to steal Ka-Zar's vibranium, but when they force him to open the door to where it is stored, the vibranium destroys the tank. Carla is carried off and killed by the Swamp Men when Ralph is not able to save her because the gun he was using only had blanks due to Carla replacing the bullets with blanks in an effort to get Ralph killed.

Pages: 15.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: John Buscema

Inks: John Buscema

Letters: Sam Rosen

Reprints: Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #14 (October 1972), | Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #6 (September 1974)

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	2	4	10	17	20	25	32	45	64	73	96	85	109	96	82	73	69	55	22	0	0	986
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	4	5	5	2	12	7	4	4	6	4	8	6	7	6	4	1	0	0	89
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	10
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	19
Total	0	0	0	3	1	2	2	3	6	12	23	27	31	34	58	73	79	107	92	118	105	89	81	75	59	25	0	0	1105

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