Conan the Barbarian Vol 1 89

	Published
	August, 1978
"The Sword and the Serpent!"
	Writer Roy Thomas; Penciler John Buscema; Inker Ernie Chan; Letterer Joe Rosen; Editor Roy Thomas; Jim Shooter;

When we lost sight of you, we feared for your life. But -- what the devil are those things with heads like reptiles?

-- Bêlit to Conan

Appearing in "The Sword and the Serpent!"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Stygian guards
- Akhose (First appearance)
King Ctesphon III (Neftha)
Thoth-Amon
Unnamed Man-Serpent (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
Serpent Men (Some killed) (Impersonate Bêlit, Zula, and the Black Corsairs, including M'Gora)

Other Characters:

Zamballahs (Mentioned)
Black Corsairs (Mentioned) (Also impersonated by the Serpent-Men)
- M'Gora (Impersonated by the Serpent-Men)
Atrahasis (Mentioned)
Picts (Mentioned)
Hyperboreans (Mentioned)
Stygian Royal Torturer (Mentioned)
Nim-Karrak (Mentioned)
Black Ring (Mentioned)
- Ptor-Nubis (Mentioned)
- Shu-Onoru (Mentioned)
Hath-Horeb (Mentioned)
Bekhet (Mentioned)
Red Sonja (Mentioned)

Deities and Invocations:

Races and Species:

Locations:

Stygia
- Luxur
- Kheshatta, the City of Magicians (Mentioned)
Cimmeria (Mentioned)
Hyrkania (Mentioned)
Black Countries (Mentioned)
- Zamballah (Mentioned)
- Kush (Mentioned)
- Southern Isles (Mentioned)
Shem (Mentioned)
Khitai (Mentioned)
Halls of Jullah (Invoked)

Items:

Vehicles:

Events and Eras:

Bêlit is described as a "Hyrkanian She-Pirate", possibly as a confusion with Red Sonja.