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
Cover Date	August, 1978
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Jim Shooter

1. "The Sword and the Serpent!"
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 (Only 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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