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Lost Marvels No. 3
Savage Tales of the 1980s
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For 13 months in the mid-1980s, Marvel assembled some of its strongest artists and writers to tell gritty, harrowing, and blackly humorous adventure stories ranging from gangster noir to historical battlefields, to the deadly old West, to post-apocalyptic futures. Unseen for nearly 40 years, here is...
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See moreThe latest volume in Fantagraphics' Lost Marvels series, collecting all eight issues of the long-out-of-print, tough-minded 1980s run of Savage Tales, will hit you like a punch in the face.
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Description
For 13 months in the mid-1980s, Marvel assembled some of its strongest artists and writers to tell gritty, harrowing, and blackly humorous adventure stories ranging from gangster noir to historical battlefields, to the deadly old West, to post-apocalyptic futures.
Unseen for nearly 40 years, here is some of the most shocking work by artists John Severin, John Buscema, Sam Glanzman, Val Mayerik, Ron Wagner, Gray Morrow, Wayne Vansant, Herb Trimpe, Michael Golden, Joe Jusko, Mary Wilshire, Arthur Suydam, Will Jungkuntz, Vincent Waller, and Ken Steacy. The writers include Chuck Dixon, Bill Wray, Don Kraar, Robert Kanigher, Denny O'Neil, Doug Murray, and Archie Goodwin.
Stories include Severin and Dixon’s By Rail to Vladivostock, Murray and Golden’s The Nam, 1967, Glanzman's Of War and Peace: The Trinity, Jungkuntz's Blood & Gutz series, and Trimpe's Skywarriors series.
Savage Tales of the 1980s reprints all 8 issues of the magazine's run, the first time they have been seen in print since 1986—nearly 40 years ago! They are reproduced in facsimile format, including colour covers.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9798875001390
Publisher: Fantagraphics
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 17 February 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: Fantagraphics
Illustration: 528 Illustrations
Contributors:
- By John Severin
- Illustrated by John Severin
- Illustrated by John Buscema
Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 223.0mm
Height: 296.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 528
About the Author
Archie Goodwin(1937-1998) is best known as an editor and writer for Warren, DC, and Marvel Comics. He co-created, with Walter Simonson, Luke Cage and Spider-Woman, and rebooted the Vampirella character. He also wrote newspaper comic strips, notably Star Wars, drawn by Al Williamson. He won multiple awards and authored the first graphic novel on the NYT Best-Seller list. Michael Golden is an American comic book artist and writer. He co-created characters Bucky O'Hare with Larry Hama, and Rogue with Chris Claremont. He is known for his extensive work with Marvel and DC as a cover artist and an interior artist, and for his work on series The 'Nam and The Micronauts. John Powers Severin (1921-2012), who had a "realistic" comics style, specialized in war, western, and humor comics. One of Mad's founding artists, he worked for with Cracked magazine for forty-five years. John Buscema (1927 - 2002) was an American comic book artist and one of the mainstays of Marvel Comics during its 1960s and 1970s ascendancy into an industry leader and its subsequent expansion to a major pop-culture conglomerate.
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