Binge Reading The Savage Sword of Conan

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Diversions of the Grooviest Kind recently ran a Savage Sword of Conan cover gallery.  Man, it brought back some great memories of me binge reading the Savage Sword of Conan.

I started reading comic books when I was in elementary school.  Each year as I got older my comics buying dwindled.  As a senior in high school I was down to just regularly buying Master of Kung Fu, Marvel Team-Up, and an occasional odd issue of whatever popped out at me.

As a senior, John Beatty and I started hanging out again [I first met him in junior high but when I moved on to high school we drifted apart].   John turned me on to the world of comics fandom and other mainstream comics that were worth checking out.  John loaded me down with a bunch of Savage Sword of Conan magazines which I took home and devoured.  It was great having several months worth of stories to dive into.

Thanks to Diversions of the Grooviest Kind for their post that sparked the memory and thanks again to Big John for the loan of the magazines nearly 40 years ago!