Comics:Savage Tales Vol 1 1
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Appearing in "The Frost Giant's Daughter"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Amra of Akbitana
Villains:
Other Characters:
- Unknown
Locations:
Items:
- Unknown
Vehicles:
- None
Synopsis for "The Frost Giant's Daughter"
Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "The Fury of the Femizons"
Featured Characters:
- The Sisterhood
- Princess Lyra
- Queen Vega
- Syrani
Supporting Characters:
- Unknown
Villains:
- Unknown
Other Characters:
- Mogon
Locations:
- Femizonia
- Temple of Genetics
Items:
- Unknown
Vehicles:
- Unknown
Synopsis for "The Fury of the Femizons"
Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "The Origin of the Man-Thing"
Featured Characters:
- Man-Thing (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- None
Villains:
- Ellen Brandt (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Unknown
Locations:
Items:
- Super-Soldier Serum (variation)
Vehicles:
- None
Synopsis for "The Origin of the Man-Thing"
Dr. Theodore "Ted" Sallis is a scientist working on a variation of the lost super-soldier serum on behalf of a government contractor. He sets up shop in the Florida Everglades with his assistant (and lover), Ellen Brandt. What he doesn't realize though, is that Brandt is actually a spy working for a criminal organization. As soon as Sallis confirms the success of his super-soldier serum, Brandt contacts her people.
The thugs raid Sallis' lab and try to steal the formula from him. The only existing sample is contained within a needle. Ted grabs the sample and races out towards his car. The thugs begin following him. Driving away, Sallis realizes that the only way that he might survive (and preserve the formula) is to inject himself with it. If nothing else, he succeeds in keeping it out of criminal hands.
After injecting himself with the formula, Ted's car goes off a bridge and into the swamp. The super-soldier serum coursing through his bloodstream interfaces with the surrounding vegetation and transforms Sallis into a mindless, shambling muck-monster that men will come to call the Man-Thing!
The Man-Thing rises from the swamp and attacks the criminals. He grabs one and shatters his spine against his knee. Ellen Brandt is present and begins screaming. The Man-Thing discovers that he has an empathic connection to all humans, and fear produces a swelling of rage within him. He grabs Ellen by the face and secretes a corrosive substance from his pores, burning Ellen badly. Whatever knows fear... burns at the touch of the Man-Thing!
Appearing in "Joshua's Burden"
Featured Characters:
- Joshua
Supporting Characters:
- Unknown
Villains:
- Unknown
Other Characters:
- Unknown
Locations:
- Unknown
Items:
- Unknown
Vehicles:
- Unknown
Synopsis for "Joshua's Burden"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "The Night of the Looter"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Unknown
Other Characters:
- Carla
Locations:
Items:
- Unknown
Vehicles:
- Unknown
Synopsis for "The Night of the Looter"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Notes
- "The Frost Giant's Daughter" is adapted from the short story by Robert E. Howard.
- "The Fury of the Femizons" is reprinted in Savage Tales #3 and in Superhero Women.. The storyline from this issue continues in Fantastic Four #151.
- "The Origin of the Man-Thing" is reprinted in Monsters Unleashed #3 and Book of the Dead #1.
- "The Night of the Looter" is reprinted in Savage Tales #6.
- First appearance of the Man-Thing. Chronologically, he appears next in the "Behold the Man-Thing" story-arc in Marvel Comics Presents #164-167. His next actual appearance is in Astonishing Tales #12.
- Ka-Zar appeared last in Astonishing Tales #7. He appears next in Amazing Spider-Man (Volume 1) #103.
- The Femizons featured in this issue are native to an alternate future timeline, and should not be confused with the Femizons led by Superia.
- First and only appearance of Joshua.
Trivia
- The original version of "The Frost Giant's Daughter", authored by Robert E. Howard, was never published in Howard's lifetime. Howard submitted the story to Weird Tales under the name "The Frost King's Daughter", but then-editor Farnsworth Wright rejected it. Instead, Weird Tales published "The Phoenix on the Sword", a provincial story that launched the entire Conan franchise. Although the story had gone through numerous revisions over the years, it was eventually published in 1976 in Donald Grant's deluxe hardcover collection of Conan stories.
- Denny O'Neil is credited as Sergius O'Shaughnessy in this issue.
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- Cover gallery for the Savage Tales series
Recommended Reading
- Conan the Barbarian
- Conan Saga
- Ka-Zar (Volume 1)
- Ka-Zar (Volume 2)
- Ka-Zar (Volume 3)
- Ka-Zar (Volume 4)
- Man-Thing (Volume 1)
- Man-Thing (Volume 2)
- Man-Thing (Volume 3)
- Man-Thing (Volume 4)
- Savage Sword of Conan
