Conan the Barbarian Vol 1 59

Conan the Barbarian Vol 1 #59
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Next Issue	Conan the Barbarian #60
Art by: John Buscema, John Romita and Gaspar Saladino
Release Date	November 18, 1975
Cover Date	February, 1976
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Gerry Conway

1. "The Ballad of Bêlit!"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Roy Thomas
Penciler(s)	John Buscema
Inker(s)	Steve Gan
Colorist(s)	Michele Wolfman
Letterer(s)	Joe Rosen
Editor(s)	Roy Thomas

Appearing in "The Ballad of Bêlit!"

Featured Characters:

• Conan

Supporting Characters:

• Black Corsairs
  • Bêlit (Origin revealed) (Main story and flashback)
  • N'yaga (Main story and flashback)

Antagonists:

• Nim-Karrak (First appearance)
• Mound-Dwellers (First appearance) (Only in flashback)

Other Characters:

• Stygian sailors and soldiers
  • Unnamed priest of Set
• Set (Invoked)
• King Ctesphon (Mentioned)
• King Atrahasis (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
• Bird-Riders (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Uzumi (First and only known appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
• Ishtar / Ashtoreth / Derketa (Mentioned)
• Adonis (Mentioned)
• Dagon (Statue)
• M'Gora (Only in flashback)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Horses (Only in flashback)
• Bird-That-Run (First appearance)
• Dolphins (Mentioned)
• Leopards (Only in flashback)
• Baboons (Only in flashback)
• Mound-Dwellers (First appearance) (Only in flashback)

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and flashback)
  • Western Ocean
  • Hyboria (Main story and flashback)
    • Black Coast (Main story and flashback)
      • Kush (Only in flashback)
      • Southern Isles / Silver Isles (Only in flashback)
    • Stygia (Only in flashback)
      • Khemi (Only in flashback)
      • Luxur (Mentioned)
      • River Styx (Mentioned)
    • Nemedia (Mentioned)
    • Shem (Only in flashback)
      • Pelishtia (First appearance) (Unnamed) (Only in flashback)
        • Asgalun (First appearance) (Only in flashback)

Items:

• Silver Eye of Dagon (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)

Vehicles:

• Stygian galley
• Tigress

Events:

• Hyborian Age

Synopsis for "The Ballad of Bêlit!"

plot summary from the Conan wiki

See Also

• 3 image(s) from Conan the Barbarian Vol 1 59
• 2 reprint(s) of Conan the Barbarian Vol 1 59

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