Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 4

Alternate Covers: Original Art Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 #4 Published February, 1975 Editor-in-Chief Marv Wolfman Cover Artist Boris Vallejo "Iron Shadows in the Moon / Part 2: What Dreams May Come... / Part 3: The Haunting and the Horror" Writer Roy Thomas Penciler John Buscema Inker Alfredo Alcala Editor Roy Thomas Chris Claremont Gerry Conway Scott Edelman David Kraft Don McGregor Irene Vartanoff Len Wein Marv Wolfman "Blackmark (Part 4)" Writer Gil Kane Archie Goodwin Penciler Gil Kane Inker Gil Kane Letterer Typeset Editor Roy Thomas Chris Claremont Gerry Conway Scott Edelman David Kraft Previous Issue Next Issue Savage Sword of Conan #3 Savage Sword of Conan #5

Appearing in "Iron Shadows in the Moon / Part 2: What Dreams May Come... / Part 3: The Haunting and the Horror"

Featured Characters:

• Conan (Joins the Hyrkanian pirates)

Supporting Characters:

• Olivia (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
• Hyrkanian pirates faction in favor of Conan
  • Ivanos (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Turanian soldiers (Only in flashback)
  • Shah Amurath (First appearance) (Apparent death) (Main story and flashback)
• Living statues (Also appears in vision)
• Hyrkanian pirates faction opposed to Conan
  • Sergius of Khrosha (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
  • Aratus (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
• Gray Man-Ape (Only appearance; dies)^[1]

Other Characters:

• Kozaki / Free Companions (Mentioned)
• Amalrus, King of Ophir (Olivia's father) (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
• Ben-Ali (Shemite chief) (First appearance)
• "Grandfather of all parrots" (First appearance)
• Hyrkania (Referenced)
• Black Corsairs (Referenced)
• Unnamed young man (First appearance) (Vision)
• King Yildiz (Mentioned)
• King Strabonus^{[citation needed][verification needed]}

Invocations and Deities:

• Tarim (Invoked)
• Mitra (Invoked)
• Crom (Invoked)
• Ishtar (Invoked)
• Morrigan (Invoked)
• Macha (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Gray Man-Apes

Locations:

• Earth
  • Hyboria
    • Vilayet Sea
      • Unnamed isle
        • Temple
    • Turan (Mentioned)
      • Akif (Mentioned)
    • Ilbars River (Mentioned)
    • Cimmeria (Mentioned)
    • Ophir (Mentioned)
    • Shem (Referenced)
    • Koth (Mentioned)
    • Zamora (Mentioned)
    • Hyrkania (Referenced)
    • Kush (Referenced)
    • Black Coast (Mentioned)
    • Brythunia (Referenced)
• Hell (Invoked)

Items:

Vehicles:

• Hyrkanian galley

Events:

• Hyborian Age
  
  

Synopsis for "Iron Shadows in the Moon / Part 2: What Dreams May Come... / Part 3: The Haunting and the Horror"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "Blackmark (Part 4)"

Featured Characters:

• Blackmark

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "Blackmark (Part 4)"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  

Notes

• The issue includes drawings illustrating extracts from Robert E. Howard's stories:
  • Conan facing Satha, from The Scarlet Citadel.
  • "The Corben Conan": Conan facing a monster, from The Phoenix on the Sword.
  • Conan facing Atali, from The Frost Giant's Daugher.
  • Conan facing the Winged One, from Queen of the Black Coast.
• Iron Shadows in the Moon is adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard.

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