The Savage Sword of Conan 1974 #8 - back issue - $8.00

Ranephi was given the gift of immortality by the elder gods, yet cursed to die by the hands of a barbarian. Wanting to die, Ranephi lures Conan into his castle to kill him.

A poem that covers the life of Conan.

Conan awakens on a ship onto which he has been shanghaied. He quickly leads the galley slaves into a rebellion and takes control of the ship and heads south, chasing a Stygian galley.

• - Excerpt from The Nemedian Chronicles, map of the Hyborian Age, and introduction to The Forever Phial.
• Death Song of Conan the Cimmerian - Adapted from the poem "The Death Song of Conan the Cimmerian" by Lin Carter.
• The Hyborian Age, Chapter 2: The Rise of the Hyborians - Letters credit from Walt Simonson via GCD Errors list, October 2009. Title: Info by Bruno Andreacchi (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4593)
• [Conan the Conquerer, Part 5] Corsairs Against Stygia - Adapted from the novel "The Hour of the Dragon" by Robert E. Howard. Continued from Giant-Size Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #4. Continued in The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #10.
• - Letters from Sean Burns, K. J. Robbins, Dave Rutman, Ed O'Reilly, Steve Replogle, and Richard M. Martin Jr.