Jim Starlin - Savage Tales 5 Page 9

"Yup, I do like you."  :)  I get it!  Exquisite storytelling and pure illustration.  Love that transition starting from the half head shot (that expression!) to the last panel.  Sweet example.  Big congrats, Al!

A study in seduction! And it blends well with the rest of the story too (up to its risque last words...). Thanks a lot!

Why not to love her, after all? ;) One of the sexiest Conan pages I've ever seen, with a special mention for panels 4 to 9!

Thanks Davide! Who said Conan did not have any hedonistic view on life?

I love how her fingers dance upon his broadsword and then it's stuck to the ground when she's finshed handling it.  Simple and effectively raw animal magnetism that hits upon some cosgasmic themes in this page. 

Now that I think of it, the girl Naia seems to bear more than a passing resemblance to Heater Delight, the sly courtisane that duly tricked Pip the Troll in Warlock 12. Small wonder, isn't it!...

Simply love it- 

Thanks Kirk! This is, after all, a very simple sequence, but it is beautifully told...

Gorgeous page. Love the sequencing!

Thanks Rick! Jim Steranko had pioneered this technique a few years before to sashay around the Comics Cose limitations, but it is also a very efficient storytelling approach!

Such a great and memorable page. Part of the peak Starlin years.

Thanks Scott! It's true that the Captain Marvel/Warlock cycles tend to dominate this period of Jim Starlin so much that his other works get overlooked. But, it's clear he could do no wrong, whatever the story...

Magnifique pièce par le maître Starlin - bravo !!

Merci Adom ! Conan dans tous ses états...

A truly fantastic page. I remember they reprinted this in the regular Conan comic as a fill-in (something in the back of mind says it was issue 64 but I could be wrong) and had to edit this page to make it less, um, racy. I had my eye on this page too, but knew I did not have much of a chance. Thank you for posting. 

Thanks Simon! I have not seen the reprint, but I can imagine it had to be slightly modified to accommodate 4-color publication... Even though I think nobody had to stretch imagination too far to figure out how things turned out with the various ladies (in distress or not) that Conan kept meeting throughout his adventures... Savagz sword, indeed...

Wow! What a gorgeous Stalin/Milgrom page! I love the way Starlin kept changing the POV from panel to panel. The multiple close-ups he used for the seduction scenes is so cinematic! Beautiful inks by Milgrom with a very creative use of different screen tones. It's a beauty, congrats!

Thanks Bill! I agree, of course, this is all I like in a Starlin/Milgrom page!

Scandalous!!!!!

Thanks Gene! A little mischief doesn't hurt, right?

I love early unexpected pieces

Thanks Nils! I agree there are always treasures to be found: that's one of the best aspects of our hobby!

I shouldn't have clicked, now I have to go buy another back issue to see this rest of this one!

Thanks Mark! I won't spoil you, promised! But I confirm it's worth tracking...