Savage Tales #2 - Barry Windsor Smith, Al Williamson, Frank Brunner, Bernie Wrightson art + 1st Valeria

Savage Tales #2

3.  Savage Tales v1 #2 featuring Conan the Barbarian, 1973 - Barry Smith delivers one of his greatest bronze age works, an adaptation of Robert E. Howard's "Red Nails". In the first of two chapters, Conan and his companion Valeria of the Red Brotherhood (making her first appearance) discover an underground city in the midst of a tribal war. Smith's level of detail is phenomenal. Blades of grass, decorative motifs, ancient architecture and more are finely delineated in black and white (see interior page below). Exquisite draftsmanship and concise storytelling reveal an artist at his very best. This story was later reprinted in color in both Marvel Treasury Edition #4 and Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian #1. Al Williamson, Frank Brunner and Bernie Wrightson (via an unused cover for Creatures on the Loose #10) make smaller contributions. This.issue also includes art by Pablo Marcos, Gray Morrow and Joe Maneely. Painted cover by John Buscema. This is 2 of 4 Savage Tales issues by Smith. /// key 1st appearance Valeria / Top 10 Smith comics
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"Red Nails" Smith story pencils and inks 21 pages = *****
"Robert E. Howard: Lone Star Fictioneer" Brunner text illos pencils and inks 4 pages = ***
"Hyborian Rage" Williamson text illos pencils and inks 2 pages = **
"Cimmeria" Smith pencils and inks 5 pages = ****
"A Probable Outline of Conan's Career" Smith text illo pencils and inks 1 page = **
Smith ad for next issue pencils and inks 1 page = ***
Wrightson sketch pencils and inks 1 page = **
(All interiors in black and white)

Frank Brunner

Barry Windsor Smith

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