Dates
- Cover date
- June 1975
- On sale
- March 18, 1975
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
pencils: Gil Kane, Barry Windsor-Smithinks: Tom Palmer, Frank Springer, Vince Colletta, Dan Adkins, Sal Buscemaletters: Danny Crespi, Joe Rosen, Sam Rosenscript: Roy Thomascolors: Phil Rachelson
Stories
- Swords of the South! · 30 pages
- The Lurker Within · 19 pages
Conan saves Lady Aztrias of Numalia from a pack of wolves. She hires Conan to steal from the wealthy merchant Kallian, who temporarily houses a mysterious bowl from Stygia, said to contain a great treasure. Conan burgles the merchant's house, finds the bowl empty and Kallian dead. The city guard appears and Lady Aztrias accuses him of killing Kallian. The real killer was in the bowl, however: a serpent-man, a big snake with a human head. Conan kills the serpent-man and saves Demetrio. In a vision, Conan sees the Stygian sorcerer Thoth-Amon.
Reprinted in
Conan Saga (1987), Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (2018), Conan: The Hour of the Dragon (2019), Conan The Barbarian: The Original Comics Omnibus (2024)