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a causa di una inspiegabile allergia redazionale, per la copertina si è preferita una modesta elaborazione della splash page interna alla magnifica performance pittorica di Neal Adams per Savage Tales

Savage Tales Vol 1 #4

May, 1974

Editor-in-Chief

Len Wein

Cover Artists

Neal Adams

“Night of the Dark God” / LA NOTTE DEL DIO NERO
Writers Roy Thomas Pencilers Gil Kane , Neal Adams Inkers Neal Adams [as Diverse Hands]; Pablo Marcos [as Diverse Hands]; Frank McLaughlin [as Diverse Hands]; Vince Colletta [as Diverse Hands]

Featured Characters:

• Conan

Villains:

• Thorfel the Fair  ( Death)
• Tostig
• Yag-Kosha (Flashback)
• Man-Serpent (Flashback)

Other Characters: 

• Mala  ( Death)
• Mala’s Mother (Flashback, Death)
• Fisherman
• Brogar
• Mithra Priest
  

Locations:

• Cimmeria
• Vanaheim
  
• Isle of Swords
• Shadizar (Flashback)

Items:

• Dark Idol  (Brule)

Synopsis

Conan, feeling a longing for home has ridden straight through to Cimmeria and his home village, which he discovers has recently been raided by Vanir and a childhood friend taken. He tracks the Vanir and borrows a boat from a fisherman to finish the journey to the Isle of Swords. He finds an boatload of dead Picts floating on the sea, and takes a surprisingly lightweight statue he finds on board with him on his journey. Finally, he reaches the Isle of Swords and begins to spy on the Vanir encampment. The Vanir find his boat and take the statute to their camp, but for them, the statue is impossibly heavy. Conan makes his way into the camp, killing witnesses, until he finds the drinking-hall, where Mara is about to be an unwilling bride to the brigands’ leader, Thorfel. Before anyone can act, though, Mara steals Thorfel’s dagger and plunges it into her chest. Enraged, Conan bursts from hiding and begins to slaughter the brigands. The odds begin to turn against the barbarian, until the doors burst open and the hall is full of the dead Pict sailors, resurrected by the Dark God statue that sits in the hall. Conan is free to find and kill Thorfel, then he sails quietly away.

Notes

• Adapted from Robert E. Howard’s story “The Dark God” (a non-Conan story).
• Inks for this story are originally credited “Diverse Hands”, a collective pseudonym including Neal Adams, Pablo Marcos, Frank McLaughlin e Vince Colletta (according with Roy Thomas  identification in the letters page of Savage Sword of Conan #2.)

Editor-in-Chief

Len Wein

Cover Artists

Gil Kane

“There Walks the Golem!” / LA’ CAMMINA GOLEM !  (2a parte)
Writers Len Wein Pencilers John Buscema Inkers Jim Mooney Colourists Glynis Wein

Featured Characters:

• Golem

Supporting Characters:

• Prof. Abraham “Abe” Adamson (Death)
• Jason Adamson 
• Rebecca Adamson 
• Wayne Logan 

Villains:

• Army deserters
  • Col. Omar  (Death)
  • Col. Omar’s men (Death)

Locations:

• Middle-Eastern desert 

Synopsis

Continued from last issue…

When Abraham tries to protest the theft, he is shot dead by an overzealous soldier. Colonel Omar, the leader of the group, is furious because the archeologist’s death could spark international protest and demands that the rest of the people on site go with them as prisoners. They go, leaving the dying Abraham behind with the Golem statue. Abraham’s final tears and thoughts about his family awaken the Golem. The creature is driven by the love of the Adamson family and goes after the kidnappers. When the army tries to fight back against the Golem, the creature emotionlessly and remorselessly kills them all, saving the Adamsons and Logan.

Editor-in-Chief

Len Wein

Cover Artists

John Romita

“Black Crossing” / PASSAGGIO NERO
Writers Mike Friedrich Pencilers Tony DeZuniga Inkers Tony DeZuniga Colourists Linda Lessman

Featured Characters:

• Golem

Supporting Characters:

• Jason Adamson
• Rebecca Adamson
• Wayne Logan

Villains:

• Kaballa
• Devil Hordes

Other Characters:

• Abraham Adamson (Flashback)
• Col. Omar  (Flashback)
• Col. Omar’s men (Corpses)

Locations:

• Middle-East
• Atlantic Sea

Synopsis

Continued from Strange Tales #174… Having just been saved by the Golem from a rebel army, Wayne Logan, and Jason and Rebecca Adamson are shocked at the creatures lethal methods. As the statue becomes inert again, they theorize how Rebecca’s recently deceased grandfather Abraham Adamson, managed to revive the creature.

Taking it to the nearest port to have it shipped to the United States for closer examination, the Golem becomes a subject of interest for a sorcerer named Kaballa, who wishes to destroy the Golem. Learning that the creature will be traveling by sea, there by removed from it’s strength source: the land. Kaballa sends out two of his air demons to attack those aboard the ship in the hopes of destroying the Golem.

When the air-demons attack the ship, the Golem comes back to life to battle them. The statue has trouble at first as his weakness shows true. However, suddenly the Golem’s strength is restored to it’s full power and it’s able to destroy the air-demons by tossing them into the water. However, the battle had seriously damaged the ship and it is sinking.

Everyone abandoning ship, the Golem swims them all to the nearest island. There they ask the creature how it managed to gain it’s missing strength, however the statue has no answer as it does not know itself either.