Conan the Barbarian Vol 1 50

Conan the Barbarian Vol 1 #50 Published May, 1975 Editor-in-Chief Marv Wolfman Cover Artist Gil Kane Klaus Janson Gaspar Saladino "The Dweller in the Pool!" Writer Roy Thomas Penciler John Buscema Inker Dick Giordano Terry Austin Colourist Janice Cohen Letterer John Costanza Adapted from original material by Gardner F. Fox Editor Roy Thomas Previous Issue Next Issue Conan the Barbarian #49 Conan the Barbarian #51

Appearing in "The Dweller in the Pool!"

Featured Characters:

• Conan

Supporting Characters:

• Stefanya (Main story and flashback)
• Lupalina, the Wolf-Woman / Samandra, the Wise-Woman (Main story and flashback)

Antagonists:

• Carnivorous plants
• "The Dweller in the Pool" / Pthassiass (Death)
• Elviriom, Creeper in Shadows (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
• Thalkalides of the Dark Heart (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
• Unos (First appearance)
• Jailers (First appearance)
• Demons

Other Characters:

• Gwineer
• Crom (Invoked)
• Mitra (Invoked)
• Ishtar (Invoked)
• Chrysala (Only appearance; dies)^[1] (Only in flashback)
• Torkal Moh (Mentioned)
• Ravengard soldiers (Mentioned)
• Thomond (Only appearance; dies)^[1] (Only in flashback)
• Themas Herklar (Only appearance; dies)^[1] (Main story and flashback)
• Phalkar's Army (Mentioned)
• Merdoramon the Mage (Mentioned)
• Zoqquanor (Only in flashback)
• Ayilla (Only in flashback)
• Raama, Binder of Demons (Invoked)
• Ape Lords (Invoked)
• Jarkan Val (First appearance)
• Unnamed condemned man (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
• Karnol, the Death-God (Invoked)
• Shoggoth (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Carnivorous plants
• Demons
• Horses (Only in flashback)

Locations:

• Hyboria
  • Border Kingdom
    • Ravengard land
      • Ravengard fortress
        • Gifting Tree
    • Phalkar (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
      • Alkarion (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
    • Sfanol (Only in flashback)
    • Kaddonia (Mentioned)
  • Cimmeria (Mentioned)
  • Hyperborea (Invoked)
• Hell (Invoked)

Items:

• Amulet of Blue Fire
• Dinars (Mentioned)

Vehicles:

Events:

• Hyborian Age
  
  

Synopsis for "The Dweller in the Pool!"

The giant monster Pthassiass wastes no time in attacking Conan and his companions, quickly gobling up the unfortunate serving girl Gwineer. Conan's blows barely do any damage to the creature, but he notices that it seems to avoid the living, magical garden itself. Conan manages to lure it into the plants, and the tendrils and vines attack and flay Pthassiass as Conan and Stefanya retreat with the amulet. When the reunite with Lupalina, the wold-woman reveals that she does indeed know Stefanya, and reveals the girl's history. She is the daughter of Thormond, the lord of Phalkar, whose demise was plotted by the wizards Thalkaldies and Elviriom. Lupalina, when she was called Samandra and was merely the lady-in-waiting to the Chrysala, Stefanya's mother, helped the wizards, but had a change of heart and saved the baby instead of killing her as the wizards expected. Thormond was killed in a rockslide "accident" and the wizards' puppet, Themas Herklar, was put on the throne. But Herklar seems to have had a change of heart, and it is to him that Conan is meant to deliver the amulet of protection, under the noses of the wizards. Lupalina uses her magic to spy on their enemy, expecting to see the wizards, but instead see a young man sitting on the throne, exuding evil, who can shoot beams of fire from his eyes. Lupalina realizes greater magics are at work and quickly breaks off the scrying. She reveals that the amulet can teleport Conan to the castle at Phalkar, and Conan goes in hopes of finding Themas Herklar. He finds him in the dungeon, a tortured, broken man, and discovers that the young man, Unos, was in fact a being of evil magic created by the wizards. Suddenly, the two are attacked by subhuman creatures who lurk in the dungeons, and Conan teleports back to his companions. They vow to bring the wizards down.

Notes

• The issue is freely adapted from the Belmont novel Kothar and the Conjurer's Curse by Gardner F. Fox.
• Inks by Giordano (figures) and Austin (backgrounds).
• synopsis by YardIHS

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