Debut of Red Sonja's chain mail bikini
1st appearance of Blackmark
#1: Painted cover art by Boris Vallejo. Conan and Red Sonja star in "Curse
of the Undead-Man," script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks
by Pablo Marcos; Conan and Red Sonja put an end to the undead sorcerer
Costranno; Adapted from the story "Mistress of Death" by Robert E.
Howard and Gerald Page; continued in part from Conan the Barbarian 42.
"Red Sonja" (3rd appearance), script by Thomas, art by Esteban Maroto,
Neal Adams, and Ernie Chan (as Ernie Chua); When Red Sonja returns with a
tiara she was sent for by King Ghannif she learns her "reward" is to be
made a part of his harem. "Blackmark," script and art by Gil Kane
(reprinting chapter 1 from the Bantam Books paperback); a Conan reprint
from Savage Tales 1 (plus the additional splash page from Conan the
Barbarian 16). "The Frost Giant's Daughter," script by Thomas, art by
Barry Windsor-Smith (adapted from the Howard story); Conan chases Atali
across the snow, slays her two frost giant brothers, and catches her;
Her father, Ymir then takes her from Conan. "Conan's Women Warriors," an
article by Fred Blosser illustrated by Esteban Maroto, Steve Gan, Hugh
Rankin (original Weird Tales art), and Roy Krenkel; and "An Atlantean in
Aquilonia," a Kull article by Glenn Lord illustrated by John Severin
and Ross Andru. Alfredo Alcala pin-up. Maroto frontispiece.