Conan the Barbarian Vol 1 79

Part of the Lost Valley of Iskander arc
Conan the Barbarian Vol 1 #79
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Art by: John Buscema, Ernie Chan and Irv Watanabe
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Art by: John Buscema, Ernie Chan and Irv Watanabe
Cover Date	October, 1977
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Archie Goodwin

1. "The Lost Valley of Iskander!"
Story is an adaptation of the original material by Robert E. Howard and T.H. White
Writer(s)	Roy Thomas
Penciler(s)	Howard Chaykin
Inker(s)	Ernie Chan
Colorist(s)	Don Warfield
Letterer(s)	John Costanza
Editor(s)	Roy Thomas Archie Goodwin

 I shall decide that, Bardylis! And if I decide he is lying -- he shall horribly DIE!! 

—King Ptolemy

Appearing in "The Lost Valley of Iskander!"

Featured Characters:

•  Conan / "Amra" 

Supporting Characters:

• Bêlit (Only in flashback)
• Neftha (Only in flashback)
• Gol-Thir (Recap)
• King Mer-Ath (Only in flashback)
• Bardylis (First appearance)
• King Ptolemy (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Dragons from the sea (Recap)
• Hawk-Riders of Harakht (Recap)
• Hun-Ya-Di's party
  • Hun-Ya-Di (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
  • Ak-Ner (Only appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
  • Fa-Tah (Only appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)

Other Characters:

• Set (Invoked)
• King Ctesphon (Mentioned)
• Gods (Mentioned)
• Set (Invoked)
• Mitra (Invoked)
• Crom (Invoked)
• "Iskander" / Alexander the Great (Only in flashback)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Giant hawks (Recap)
• Dragons from the sea (Recap)
• Gods (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Stygia
  • Styx River (Recap)
  • Harakht (Only in flashback)
    • Pit of Shadows (Recap)
  • Southern Hills (First appearance)
    • Valley of Iskander (First appearance)
      • Attalus (First appearance)
  • Luxur (Mentioned)
• Black Coast (Mentioned)
• Cimmeria (Mentioned)

Items:

• Eyes of Set (First appearance)

Events and Eras:

• Hyborian Age

Synopsis for "The Lost Valley of Iskander!"

• Synopsis not yet written

Notes

• The Lost Valley of Iskander is freely adapted from the story The Valley of Iskander by Robert E. Howard, a tale of El Borak discovering the legendary valley in which live Greek descendants of Alexander the Great.
  • The original story when first penciled by Howard Chaykin had the inhabitants of the valley to be Atlantean descendants of men left there by King Kull, but Roy Thomas had had enough for a time of lost races from the past, and decided to take a page from T.H. White's The Once and Future King, in which old Merlin "lives backwards".
• Goodwin is consulting editor.

See Also

• 4 image(s) from Conan the Barbarian Vol 1 79
• 1 reprint(s) of Conan the Barbarian Vol 1 79

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