Conan the Barbarian Vol 1 89

Conan the Barbarian Vol 1 #89 Published August, 1978 Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter Cover Artist John Buscema Ernie Chan "The Sword and the Serpent!" Writer Roy Thomas Penciler John Buscema Inker Ernie Chan Letterer Joe Rosen Editor Roy Thomas Jim Shooter Previous Issue Next Issue Conan the Barbarian #88 Conan the Barbarian #90

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 (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:

• 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.

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