Conan the Barbarian Vol 1 89

Conan the Barbarian Vol 1 #89
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Next Issue	Conan the Barbarian #90
Art by: John Buscema and Ernie Chan
Release Date	May 16, 1978
Cover Date	August, 1978
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Jim Shooter

1. "The Sword and the Serpent!"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Roy Thomas
Penciler(s)	John Buscema
Inker(s)	Ernie Chan
Letterer(s)	Joe Rosen
Editor(s)	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:

• Conan

Supporting Characters:

• Bêlit (Also impersonated by the Serpent-Men)
• Zula (Also impersonated by the Serpent-Men)

Antagonists:

• Stygian guards
  • Akhose (First appearance)
• King Ctesphon III (Neftha)
• Thoth-Amon
• Unnamed Man-Serpent (First and only known appearance; dies)
• 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:

• Derketa (Invoked)
• Jullah the Forgotten One (Invoked)
• Elder Gods (Invoked)
• Bel, God of Thieves and Pirates (Invoked)
• Macha (Invoked)
• Nemain (Invoked)
• Crom (Invoked)
• Gods of the Southern Isles (Invoked)
• Mitra (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Elder Gods (Invoked)
• Man-Serpents
• Unicorns from Kush (Mentioned)
• Serpent Men
• Gods (Invoked)

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:

• Serpent Ring (First appearance)
• Serpent-Amulet (Mentioned)

Vehicles:

• Tigress (Mentioned)

Events and Eras:

• Hyborian Age

Synopsis for "The Sword and the Serpent!"

• Synopsis not yet written

Notes

• Shooter is consulting editor.
• The colourist is not credited.

Trivia

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

See Also

• 3 image(s) from Conan the Barbarian Vol 1 89
• 1 reprint(s) of Conan the Barbarian Vol 1 89

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