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I actually like the "Cimmeria" poem adaptation better in color. Although both versions have their merits.
Reprinted here as a backup story to Thomas and Windsor-Smith's "Red Nails" adaptation (itself reprinted from
SAVAGE TALES magazine, issues 2 and 3, 1973)
ROBERT E. HOWARD'S CONAN THE BARBARIAN
https://viewcomiconline.com/robert-e-howard-s-conan-the-barbarian-full/A decorative border frame was added to each page in this 1983 reprint version.
And previous to that reprint, here's the first full reprinting of Thomas and Smith's "Red Nails" adaptation, in MARVEL TREASURY 4, in 1975. And while I like the comic book printing better than the offset re-colored 1983 version, it's in somewhat butchered form in this 1975 version, with about 10% at the bottom of each page shaved off, presumably to fit it on the pages in the different treasury size. I picture Barry Windsor-Smith being pissed as hell when he saw how his pages were altered in this edition. But y'know... better at least in this form, than not reprinted at all. In an era before comic shops, when back issues were almost non-existent.
MARVEL TREASURY EDITION 4, 1975
https://viewcomiconline.com/marvel-treasury-edition-04/Here's the story in its original black-and-white magazine form, in SAVAGE TALES magazine.
SAVAGE TALES 2 and 3, Oct 1973 and Feb 1974.
https://viewcomiconline.com/savage-tales-issue-2/Here's the original black and white limited edition print version of "Something Ic Waes" (version limited to 1,000 signed/numbered copies)
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0oJImk8JTh8/VX0O6FXrO7I/AAAAAAAA3bs/l0gDYq9uZ3E/s1600/00ic.jpghttps://capnscomics.blogspot.com/2020/05/something-ic-waes-by-barry-smith.html
