Tuesday 24 April 2012

1975-76: THE AVENGERS AND THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN

With just days to go until THE AVENGERS assemble in cinemas, now seems a good time to wind back to 1975 and Marvel UK's THE AVENGERS AND SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN weekly.

The long-winded name was the result of the hasty cancellation of Conan's own weekly after a mere 18 weeks.  Surprisingly, the merger stuck for the remainder of the title's run, prominently featuring the subsumed title's name and star on covers, before transferring both strips to THE MIGHTY WORLD OF MARVEL.  Compare that with the demise of FORCES IN COMBAT, expunged from FUTURE TENSE with undue haste.

THE AVENGERS had already been through its martial arts obsession phase, which we'll get to eventually.

Details of SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN Volume 1 can be found here.
ISSUE 95
12 July 1975

ISSUE 96
19 July 1975

ISSUE 97
26 July 1975

ISSUE 98
2 August 1975

ISSUE 99
9 August 1975

ISSUE 100
16 August 1975

ISSUE 101
23 August 1975

ISSUE 102
30 August 1975

ISSUE 103
6 September 1975

ISSUE 104
13 August 1975

ISSUE 105
20 August 1975

ISSUE 106
27 September 1975

ISSUE 107
4 October 1975

ISSUE 108
11 October 1975

ISSUE 109
18 October 1975

ISSUE 110
25 October 1975

ISSUE 111
1 November 1975

ISSUE 112
8 November 1975

ISSUE 113
15 November 1975

ISSUE 114
22 November 1975

ISSUE 115
29 November 1975

ISSUE 116
6 December 1975

ISSUE 117
13 December 1975

ISSUE 118
20 December 1975

ISSUE 119
27 December 1975

ISSUE 120
3 January 1976

ISSUE 121
10 January 1976

ISSUE 122
17 January 1976

ISSUE 123
24 January 1976

ISSUE 124
31 January 1976

ISSUE 125
7 February 1976

ISSUE 126
14 February 1976

ISSUE 127
21 February 1976

ISSUE 128
28 February 1976

ISSUE 129
6 March 1976

ISSUE 130
13 March 1976

ISSUE 131
20 March 1976

ISSUE 132
27 March 1976

ISSUE 133
3 April 1976

ISSUE 134
10 April 1976

ISSUE 135
17 April 1976

ISSUE 136
24 April 1976

ISSUE 137
1 May 1976

ISSUE 138
8 May 1976

ISSUE 139
15 May 1976

ISSUE 140
22 May 1976

ISSUE 141
29 May 1976

ISSUE 142
5 June 1976

ISSUE 143
9 June 1976

ISSUE 148
14 July 1976

Final issue.

Merger announcement.

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