Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 138

Alternate Covers: Textless Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 #138 Published July, 1987 Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter Cover Artist Joe Jusko "Lair of the Lizard God" Writer Chuck Dixon Penciler Gary Kwapisz Inker Ernie Chan Colourist Black and White "The Mine" Writer Charles Dixon Penciler Fraja Bator Inker Fraja Bator Letterer D. Klein Previous Issue Next Issue Savage Sword of Conan #137 Savage Sword of Conan #139

Appearing in "Lair of the Lizard God"

Featured Characters:

• Conan / Amra (Part of the mercenaries)

Supporting Characters:

• Mercenaries for Aquilonia (First appearance)
  • Fox, Bossonian (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
  • Ymac, from Aesgaard (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
  • Njall, from Aesgaard (First appearance)
    • Sloth (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
• Valeria of the Red Brotherhood
• Rhonk (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
• Unnamed Pict crone (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Picts
• Otah, the Lizard God (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Picts (Mentioned)
  • Ktonpha (Mentioned)
• Fort Tuscelan garrison
  • • Cook (First appearance)

Deities and Invocations:

• Crom (Invoked)
• Mitra (Invoked)
• Gods of the Deep (Invoked)
• Gods of the Seas (Invoked)
• God of the Wood (Invoked)
• Ymir (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Dogs
• Crocodiles or Alligators
• Birds
• Sharks (Mentioned)
• Elephants (Mentioned)
• Gods (Invoked)
• Dragons

Locations:

• Pictish Wilderness
  • Pictish stronghold (Mentioned)
  • Fort Tuscelan
  • Territory of the Ktonpha (First appearance)
    • Unnamed ancient city (First appearance)
    • Unnamed village (First appearance)
  • Black River (On map only)
• Aquilonia (Referenced)
  • Farms of western Aquilonia (Referenced)
  • Bossonian Marches (Mentioned)
• Cimmeria (Mentioned)
• Western Sea (Mentioned)
• Aesgaard (Mentioned)
• Gehenna (Either Gehenna the afterlife or the city of Gehenna) (Invoked)

Items:

• Gold Coins (Mentioned)

Vehicles:

Events and Eras:

• Hyborian Age
  
  

Synopsis for "Lair of the Lizard God"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "The Mine"

Featured Characters:

• King/General Kull (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

• Valusian army (Main story and flashback)
  • Unnamed soldier (Possibly Alecto)
  • Black Legion (Only in flashback)

Antagonists:

• Phaedria (Mentioned)
• Valusian army's engineers (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Clystra, general of the engineers (First appearance) (Only in flashback)

Other Characters:

• Borna (Mentioned)

Deities and Invocations:

• Valka (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Horses (Mentioned)
• Puffer Fish (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Valusia
  • City of Wonders
  • Zaphaar (First appearance) (Only in flashback)

Events and Eras:

• Pre-Cataclysmic Age
  • Siege of Zaphaar (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
    
    

Synopsis for "The Mine"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  

Solicit Synopsis

Conan quits his life as a hard-pressed mercenary on the bloody Pictish frontier for the promise of gem-laden wealth deep in Pictish territory. But secretly behind the quest for fabulous jewels is the warrior-woman Conan loves to hate, Valeria of the Red Brotherhood.

Notes

The summary list Ernie Chan for "The Mine", but not the credits in the first page of the story.

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