A READER'S GUIDE TO SWORD & SORCERY COMICS 1970s

If the 1960s was the decade that saw the explosion of Sword & Sorcery books then it wasthe 1970s that saw a similar boom in the world of comics. More S&S title were published in the 1970s than any other decade. Fueled by the Lancer's Conan paperbacks of the 1960s, Sword & Sorcery was back and bigger than ever since the days of Robert E. Howard and Weird Tales.

Marvel dominated the field with Conan the Barbarian and related titles, but soon challengers came along. The rebel publishing company Atlas tried to steal Conan's thunder with Ironjaw. DC succeeded with REH/ERB crossblend in The Warlord though several other titles did not do as well. Gold Key had Dagar the Invincible. Even Warren experimented with the sub-genre in their horror magazine Eerie, with Dax. Marvel responded with more Howard titles Kull the Destroyer, Red Sonja (a Howard-roy Thomas hybrid) and Solomon Kane.

Sword & Sorcery Comics 1960s

1970

1. "The Caliegia" (January 1970)

2. "Eyes of the Basilisk" (January-February 1970)

3. "Great Battles in History: Shiraz!" (January 1970)

4. "The Skull of Silence" (March 1970)

5. "Sword and the Sorcerers" (April 1970)

6. "Flight Into Fear" (May 1970)

7. "A Journey Into Wonder" (May 1970)

8. "Amazona" (May 1970-July 1971)

9. "Avenged by Aurora" (June 1970)

10. "The Beast in the Swamp" (July 1970)

11. "Minanker's Demons" (August 1970)

12. "The Bloodstaff" (September 1970)

13. "The Vorpal Sword" (September 1970)

14. "Godslayer" (September 1970)

15. Conan the Barbarian (October 1970 - December 1993)

16. "Frozen Beauty" (November 1970)

17. "Sanctuary" (November 1970)

Sword & Sorcery Comics 1971