Series is named "Savage Tales" in the imprint, but the title on the covers is "Conan the Barbarian starring in Savage Tales" for #1, "Savage Tales featuring Conan the Barbarian" for #2-5 and "Savage Tales featuring Ka-Zar Lord of the Hidden Jungle" for #6-11.
| 1 | 1971/05 | Mature Content | $0.50 |
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| BkCr: | AsoEd-Roy Thomas Ed-Stan Lee ArtDir-Stan Lee Prod-Bill Everett, Marie Severin ProdMan-John Verpoorten |
| Front cover | John Buscema
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| Ti: | The frost giant's daughter | 12 |
| Cr: | W-Roy Thomas P/L-Barry Windsor-Smith I/F-Barry Windsor-Smith L-Art Simek C-[N.A.] Base-Robert Ervin Howard |
| Rm: | "The Frost Giant's Daughter" (Robert Ervin Howard) |
| Ch: | Conan (HyborT) |
| Rp: | Reprinted in ... |
| Ti: | The fury of the Femizons | 10 |
| Cr: | W-Stan Lee P/L-John Romita Sr. I/F-John Romita Sr. L-Samuel Rosen, Art Simek C-[N.A.] |
| Ch: | Femizons (I) |
| Rp: | Reprinted in ... |
| Ti: | The origin of the Man-Thing! | 11 |
| Cr: | W-Gerald F. Conway, Roy Thomas P/L-Gray Morrow I/F-Gray Morrow L-Samuel Rosen, Art Simek C-[N.A.] Ed-Stan Lee |
| Ch: | Man-Thing (Theodore Sallis) |
| Rp: | Reprinted in ... |
| Ti: | Joshua's burden | ? |
| Cr: | W-Sergius O'Shaughnessy P/L-Gene Colan I/F-Thomas Palmer L-Samuel Rosen, Art Simek C-[N.A.] |
| Ch: | Black Brother (Joshua) |
| Rp: | Reprinted in ... |
| Ti: | The night of the looter! | ? |
| Cr: | W-Stan Lee P/L-John Buscema I/F-John Buscema L-Art Simek C-[N.A.] |
| Ch: | Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder) |
| Rp: | Reprinted in ... |
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| Type | Title | Credits | Pgs. |
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| Text with art/photos | The story behind the scenes | Roy Thomas | 1 |
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| 2 | 1973/10 | Not Rated | $0.75 |
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| BkCr: | AsoEd-Marv Wolfman Ed-Roy Thomas Prod-Sol Brodsky Staff-Tony Isabella, Gerald F. Conway, Don McGregor, Murry Friedman Technical Advisor-Glenn Lord, Lin Carter |
| Front cover | John Buscema
| 1 |
| Ti: | Red Nails 1/3 | 21 |
| Cr: | W-Roy Thomas P/L-Barry Windsor-Smith I/F-Barry Windsor-Smith L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.] Base-Robert Ervin Howard |
| Rm: | Adapted from the story "Red Nails" by Robert Erwin Howard |
| Ch: | Conan (HyborT) |
| Rp: | Reprinted in ... |
| Ti: | Dark tomorrow | 11 |
| Cr: | W-Gerald F. Conway P/L-Gray Morrow I/F-Gray Morrow L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.] |
| Rp: | Reprinted in ... |
| Ti: | Cimmeria | 5 |
| Cr: | W-Robert Ervin Howard P/L-Barry Windsor-Smith I/F-Tim A. Conrad L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.] |
| Rm: | (Not really a story but a visualized poetic monologue) |
| Rp: | Reprinted in ... |
| Ti: | The Crusader | 5 |
| Cr: | W-Stan Lee P/L-Joe Maneely I/F-Joe Maneely L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.] |
| Ch: | Crusader (VI) (GoldAge) |
| Rp: | Reprint from The Black Knight (I) #1 |
| W#: | F-907 |
| Ti: | The skull of silence! | 7 |
| Cr: | W-Roy Thomas P/L-Berni Wrightson I/F-Berni Wrightson L-Samuel Rosen C-[N.A.] Base-Robert Ervin Howard |
| Rm: | Adapted from a story by Robert Ervin Howard |
| Ch: | King Kull (Kull) (HyborT) |
| Rp: | Reprint from Creatures on the Loose #10, Reprinted in ... |
| Feature(s) |
| Type | Title | Credits | Pgs. |
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| Frontispiece | Conan with an axe standing on a ledge | Pablo Marcos | 1 | | Text with art/photos | A quote from the Nemedian Chronicles, an fantasy art piece and a quote from "A Probable Outline of Conan's Career" (by Miller and Clark) instroducing the story "Red Nails". | ? | 1 | | Text with art/photos | The Hyborian rage (Editorial, illustrated by AW) | Roy Thomas, Al Williamson | 2 | | Text with art/photos | Robert E. Howard: Lone Star Fictioneer (art by FB and GB) | Glenn Lord, Roy Thomas, Frank Brunner, George Barr | 5 | | Text with art/photos | A Probable Outline of Conan's Career (art by LM) | P. Schuyler Miller, John D. Clark Ph.D., Leo Marguiles | 6 | | Pin-up/Poster | Unused cover for Tower of Shadows 10 (which became Creatures on the Loose #10 instead) containing the story "The skull of silence!". | Berni Wrightson | 1 |
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| 3 | 1974/02 | Not Rated | $0.75 |
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| BkCr: | AsoEd-Marv Wolfman Ed-Roy Thomas Prod-Murray Friedman, John Verpoorten Staff-Tony Isabella, Don McGregor, Gerald F. Conway, Carla Joseph Technical Advisor-Glenn Lord, Lin Carter |
| Front cover | Pablo Marcos, John Romita Sr.
| 1 |
| Ti: | Red Nails 2/3: The lurker from the catacombs | 25 |
| Cr: | W-Roy Thomas P/L-Barry Windsor-Smith I/F-Barry Windsor-Smith L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.] Base-Robert Ervin Howard |
| Rm: | Adapted from the story "Red Nails" by Robert Erwin Howard |
| Ch: | Conan (HyborT) |
| Rp: | Reprinted in ... |
| Ti: | The fury of the Femizons | 10 |
| Cr: | W-Stan Lee P/L-John Romita Sr. I/F-John Romita Sr. L-Samuel Rosen, Art Simek C-[N.A.] |
| Ch: | Femizons (I) |
| Rp: | Reprint from Savage Tales (I) #1 |
| Ti: | Red Nails 3/3: He comes from the dark | 12 |
| Cr: | W-Roy Thomas P/L-Barry Windsor-Smith I/F-Barry Windsor-Smith L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.] Base-Robert Ervin Howard |
| Rm: | Adapted from the story "Red Nails" by Robert Erwin Howard |
| Ch: | Conan (HyborT) |
| Rp: | Reprinted in ... |
| Feature(s) |
| Type | Title | Credits | Pgs. |
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| Text with art/photos | A quote from the Nemedian Chronicles and a map of the Hyborean Age (ca. 10000 B.C.) introducing the story "Red Nails". | ? | 1 | | Text with art/photos | An age undreamed of (editorial with a pin up by BWS) | Roy Thomas, Barry Windsor-Smith | 1 | | Pin-up/Poster | Red Sonja She-Devil of the Turanian steppes (with some text by RT) | Roy Thomas, Esteban Maroto | 2 | | Text story with art/photos | The crimson bell | Ray Capella, Al Williamson, Frank Brunner | 7 | | Text with art/photos | The Artists of Conan: Red nails in the sunset! | Roy Thomas, Leo Marguiles | 3½ | | Text with art/photos | The once and future Talon (including a one-page pin-up) | Jim Steranko | 2½ | | Text with art/photos | A probable outline of Roy Thomas' career (with a photo of Thomas) | ? | 1 | | Text with art/photos | An informal history of Barry the Barbarian (info an Barry Smith with a photo of him) | ? | 1 | | Pin-up/Poster | Conan fending off flame arrows, protecting a woman lying in the grass (Dedicated to Robert E. Howard) | Barry Windsor-Smith | 1 |
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| 4 | 1974/05 | Not Rated | $0.75 |
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| BkCr: | EdIntAsi-Gerald F. Conway, Tony Isabella, Carla Joseph-Conway, Donald F. McGregor, Doug Moench AsoEd-Marv Wolfman Ed-Roy Thomas ArtDir-John Romita Sr. TechCon-Lin Carter, Glenn Lord Dsgn-Marcia Gloster Prod-Murray Friedman, John Verpoorten |
| Front cover | Neal Adams
| 1 |
| Ti: | Night of the dark god | 21 |
| Cr: | W-Roy Thomas P/L-Neal Adams, Gil Kane I/F-Neal Adams, Vincent Colletta, Pablo Marcos (Tones), Frank McLaughlin L-Bell Sossour C-[N.A.] Base-Robert Ervin Howard |
| Rm: | Adapted from "The Dark Man" by Robert Erwin Howard |
| Ch: | Conan (HyborT) |
| Rp: | Reprinted in ... |
| Ti: | The Crusader | 5 |
| Cr: | W-Stan Lee P/L-Joe Maneely I/F-Joe Maneely L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.] |
| Ch: | Crusader (VI) (GoldAge) |
| Rp: | Reprint from The Black Knight (I) #2 |
| W#: | G-62 |
| Ti: | The dweller in the dark | 16 |
| Cr: | W-Roy Thomas P/L-Barry Windsor-Smith I/F-Barry Windsor-Smith L-Samuel Rosen C-[N.A.] Ed-Stan Lee |
| Ch: | Conan (HyborT) |
| Rp: | Reprint from Conan the Barbarian (I) #12, Reprinted in ... |
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| Type | Title | Credits | Pgs. |
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| Pin-up/Poster | Conan with shield and sword, a skeleton in armor behind him (inside front and back cover) | ? | 2 | | Frontispiece | Conan with an axe | Neal Adams | 1 | | Text story with art/photos | Photo from a movie, a quote from the Nemedian Chronicles and text introducing the story "Night of the dark god". | ? | 1 | | Text with art/photos | Star-Crossed Swords: A very personal word from Roy Thomas | Roy Thomas, Al Williamson | 2 | | Text with art/photos | Jason and his Electric Argonauts (foreword by RT, with photos from adventure movies) | Eric Stevenson, Roy Thomas | 6 | | Text with art/photos | A photo from a knight movie with text introducing the story "The Crusader". | ? | 1 | | Text with art/photos | The hour of the gnome (art by BWS, a map of the Hyborean Age) | Roy Thomas, Barry Windsor-Smith | 4 | | Text with art/photos | A photo from an adventure movie with a quote from "A Probable Outline of Conan's Career" by Miller and Clark and a text introducing the story "The dweller in the dark". | ? | 1 |
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| 5 | 1974/07 | Not Rated | $0.75 |
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| Front cover | Neal Adams
| 1 |
| Ti: | The secret of Skull River! | 20 |
| Cr: | W-Roy Thomas P/L-James Starlin I/F-Allen Milgrom L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.] Base-John Jakes |
| Rm: | Freely adapted from a plot by John Jakes |
| Ch: | Conan (HyborT) |
| Rp: | Reprinted in ... |
| Ti: | Spell of the dragon! | 8 |
| Cr: | W-John Jakes, Val Mayerik P/L-Val Mayerik I/F-Dan Adkins, Joe Sinnott L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.] |
| Ch: | Brak the Barbarian (PreHist) |
| Rp: | Reprint from Chamber of Chills #2 |
| Ti: | The legend of the Lizard Men! | 16 |
| Cr: | W-Stan Lee P/L-John Buscema I/F-John Buscema L-Art Simek C-[N.A.] |
| Ch: | Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder) |
| Rp: | Reprint from Astonishing Tales (I) #9, Reprinted in ... |
| Feature(s) |
| Type | Title | Credits | Pgs. |
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| Frontispiece | ? | Steve Gan | ? |
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| 6 | 1974/09 | Explicit Content | $0.75 |
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| BkCr: | EdIntAsi-Christopher Claremont, David Anthony Kraft, Donald F. McGregor ConsEd-Tony Isabella, Marv Wolfman E-i-C-Roy Thomas ArtDir-John Romita Sr. Dsgn-Marcia Gloster Prod-Len Grow Contributing Editor-Gerald F. Conway, Doug Moench Director of Circulation-John Ryan Editor Emeritus-Robert Byrd |
| Front cover | Neal Adams | 1 |
| Ti: | The damnation plague | 16 |
| Cr: | W-Gerald F. Conway P/L-John Buscema I/F-Tony DeZuniga L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.] |
| Ch: | Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder) |
| Rp: | Reprinted in ... |
| Ti: | Fangs of the black orchid! | 5 |
| Cr: | W-[N.G.] P/L-Al Williamson I/F-Ralph Mayo L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.] |
| Rm: | Partial reprint |
| Ch: | Jann |
| Rp: | Reprint from Jann of the Jungle #16 |
| Ti: | Dragonseed | 9 |
| Cr: | W-Len Wein P/L-Steve Gan I/F-Steve Gan L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.] |
| Ch: | Marok the Mercilesss |
| Rp: | Reprinted in ... |
| Ti: | The night of the looter! | 15 |
| Cr: | W-Stan Lee P/L-John Buscema I/F-John Buscema L-Art Simek C-[N.A.] |
| Ch: | Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder) |
| Rp: | Reprint from Savage Tales (I) #1, Reprinted in ... |
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| Type | Title | Credits | Pgs. |
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| Frontispiece | Ka-Zar fighting a Tyrannosaurus Rex, defending a woman an a man | ? | 1 | | Other art | Photo from a monster movie (two fighting dinosaurs) with text introducing the story "The damnation plague". | ? | 1 | | Text | Special eleventh-hour announcement (on the last page of the main story) | ? | ⅓ | | Text with art/photos | Walk the Savage Land (editorial, picture of Ka-Zar and Zabu by GK) | Roy Thomas, Gil Kane | 1 | | Text with art/photos | The sword and the road: The Saga of Brak the Barbarian (includes a full-page pin-up of Brak fighting a dragon, defending a bound woman by RN; includes a map of Brak's World) | Fred Blosser, Rudy D. Nebres | 5 | | Text with art/photos | Jan -- with one 'N': A review of Otis Adelbert Kline's jungle hero, Jan of the Jungle (art by DK) | Fred Blosser, David Anthony Kraft | 1 | | Text with art/photos | Photo from an old fantasy movie (Neptune and the Argonauts?) with text introducing the story "Dragonseed". | ? | 1 |
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| 7 | 1974/11 | Explicit Content | $0.75 |
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| BkCr: | EdIntAsi-Christopher Claremont, David Anthony Kraft, Donald F. McGregor Ed-Gerald F. Conway ConsEd-Tony Isabella, Marv Wolfman E-i-C-Roy Thomas ArtDir-John Romita Sr. Dsgn-Barbara Altman, Marcia Gloster Prod-Len Grow Director of Circulation-John Ryan Editor Emeritus-Robert Byrd |
| Front cover | Boris Vallejo | 1 |
| Ti: | Stalker in a Savage Land | 17 |
| Cr: | W-Gerald F. Conway P/L-John Buscema I/F-Tony DeZuniga L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.] |
| Rm: | The first two and a half pages are reprints from the first chapter of the story last issue. |
| Ch: | Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder) |
| Rp: | Reprinted in ... |
| Ti: | The Unspeakable Shrine 1/2 | 10 |
| Cr: | W-John Jakes, Doug Moench P/L-Steve Gan I/F-Steve Gan L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.] |
| Rm: | There is one additional page with the recap/intro. |
| Ch: | Brak the Barbarian (PreHist) |
| Ti: | The dream temple of Kandu Ra | 16 |
| Cr: | W-Gerald F. Conway P/L-John Buscema I/F-Crusty Bunkers L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.] |
| Ch: | Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder) |
| Rp: | Reprinted in ... |
| Feature(s) |
| Type | Title | Credits | Pgs. |
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| Frontispiece | Ka-Zar fighting lion-men, defending a woman | Alfredo P. Alcala | 2 | | Text with art/photos | Photo from a monster movie (T-Rex attacking another dinosaur) with text introducing the story "Stalker in a Savage Land". | ? | 1 | | Text with art/photos | Creating a fantasy hero: Jandar of Callisto | Lin Carter | 4 | | Text with art/photos | Photo from a monster movie (three dinosaurs fighting) with text introducing the story "The dream temple of Kandu Ra". | ? | 1 | | Text with art/photos | A few word from the editorial "We" (art: a picture of Ka-Zar) | Gerald F. Conway | 1 |
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| 8 | 1975/01 | | |
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| Front cover | Steve Fabian | 1 |
| Ti: | The billion-year war | ? |
| Cr: | W-Gerald F. Conway P/L-John Buscema I/F-Tony DeZuniga L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.] |
| Ch: | Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder) |
| Rp: | Reprinted in ... |
| Ti: | The Unspeakable Shrine 2/2 | ? |
| Cr: | W-John Jakes, Doug Moench P/L-Steve Gan I/F-Steve Gan L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.] |
| Ch: | Brak the Barbarian (PreHist) |
| Ti: | ? | ? |
| Cr: | ? |
| Rm: | Reprint from Jann of the Jungle |
| Feature(s) |
| Type | Title | Credits | Pgs. |
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| ? | Ka-Zar of the pulps! | ? | ? |
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| 9 | 1975/03 | Mature Content | $0.75 |
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| BkCr: | EdIntAsi-David Anthony Kraft, John David Warner Ed-Gerald F. Conway ConsEd-Donald F. McGregor, Len Wein E-i-C-Marv Wolfman ArtDir-John Romita Sr. Dsgn-Barbara Altman, Marcia Gloster Prod-Len Grow Director of Circulation-John Ryan Editor Emeritus-Roy Thomas |
| Front cover | Michael William Kaluta | 1 |
| Ti: | Dark island of doom / Beneath the palace of pain | 35 (17-18) |
| Cr: | W-Gerald F. Conway P/L-Steve Gan I/F-Steve Gan L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.] |
| Ch: | Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder) |
| Rp: | Reprinted in ... |
| Ti: | The golden blood-beasts of Daka-Jur! | 15 |
| Cr: | W-Gerald F. Conway, Carla Joseph-Conway P/L-The Tribe I/F-The Tribe L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.] |
| Ch: | Shanna the She-Devil (Shanna O'Hara-Plunder) |
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| Type | Title | Credits | Pgs. |
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| Frontispiece | Ka-Zar and Zabu fighting a dinaosaur holding a woman in its claws | Michael J. Zeck | 1 | | Text with art/photos | Lo, this Savage Source! (art: picture of Shanna, Ka-Zar and Zabu) | ? | 1 |
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| 10 | 1975/05 | | |
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| Front cover | Boris Vallejo | 1 |
| Ti: | Requiem for a haunted man | ? |
| Cr: | W-Gerald F. Conway P/L-Russ Heath I/F-Crusty Bunkers L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.] |
| Ch: | Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder) |
| Rp: | Reprinted in ... |
| Ti: | Blood purge! | ? |
| Cr: | W-Carla Joseph-Conway P/L-Ross Andru I/F-Vincent Colletta L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.] |
| Ch: | Shanna the She-Devil (Shanna O'Hara-Plunder) |
| Feature(s) |
| Type | Title | Credits | Pgs. |
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| Frontispiece | ? | Rick J. Bryant | ? | | ? | The running of Ladyhound | John Jakes, Rick J. Bryant, Michael Whelan | ? |
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| 11 | 1975/07 | Mature Content | $0.75 |
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| BkCr: | AsoEd-John David Warner Ed-Archie Goodwin ConsEd-Len Wein E-i-C-Marv Wolfman Dsgn-Barbara Altman, Nora Maclin Prod-Len Grow Editor Emeritus-Roy Thomas Circulation-Tom Montemarano |
| Front cover | Michael Whelan | 1 |
| Ti: | Marauder in a cage of time | 34 |
| Cr: | W-Doug Moench P/L-Steve Gan I/F-Rico Rival L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.] |
| Ch: | Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder) |
| Rp: | Reprinted in ... |
| Ti: | Tales of the Savage Land: Intruder! | 10 |
| Cr: | W-Archie Goodwin P/L-Russ Heath I/F-Russ Heath L-[N.G.] C-[N.A.] |
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| Type | Title | Credits | Pgs. |
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| Frontispiece | Ka-Zar and Zabu posing before a mountain (and maybe the setting sun) | Sandy Plunkett | 1 | | Text with art/photos | Factful features and fantastic frivolity formed and fermented from frugal-minded armadilloes! (art is from the story "Intruder") | Russ Heath | 1 |
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