Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 33

Part of the A Gazetteer of the Hyborian Age arc
Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 #33
Previous Issue	Savage Sword of Conan #32
Next Issue	Savage Sword of Conan #34
Art by: Earl Norem
Release Date	July 4, 1978
Cover Date	September, 1978
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Jim Shooter

1. "The Curse of the Monolith"
Appearances · Synopsis
Story is an adaptation of the original material by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
Writer(s)	Roy Thomas
Penciler(s)	Gene Colan
Inker(s)	Pablo Marcos
2. "A Gazetteer of the Hyborian Age, Part III"
Appearances · Synopsis
Credits not yet listed
3. "Blades of the Brotherhood"
Appearances · Synopsis
Credits not yet listed
Story is an adaptation of the original material by Robert E. Howard

Appearing in "The Curse of the Monolith"

Featured Characters:

• 🢐 Conan 🢒 (Only in flashback)

Supporting Characters:

• Turanian troopers (Main story and recap)
  • Khusro (First appearance)
  • Multai (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Golden Pheasant faction (First appearance)
  • Duke Feng (First and only known appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
• Amorphous thing on the monolith (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Bardella (Mentioned)
• Tarim (Invoked)
• King Yildiz (Only in recap)
• Juma the Black (Only in recap)
• Yolinda (Only in recap)
• King Shu (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
• King Hsia (Mentioned)
• Crom (Invoked)
• Erlik (Invoked)
• Ishtar (Invoked)
• White Peacock faction (Mentioned)
• Jagas (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Horses
• Gods (Invoked)
• Tigers (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and recap)
  • Hyboria (Main story and recap)
    • Turan (Main story and recap)
      • Aghrapur (Mentioned)
        • Bardella's House of Pleasure (Mentioned)
      • Hyrkanian steppe (Only in flashback)
    • Talakma Mountains (Only in recap)
    • Khitai (Main story and recap) (Also appears in recap)
      • Kushan (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
        • Kushan (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
          • Monolith of King Hsia (First appearance)
    • Cimmeria (Mentioned)
  • Atlantis, Western Sea (Mentioned)
• Hell (Invoked)

Events and Eras:

• Hyborian Age
• Great Cataclysm (Referenced)

Synopsis for "The Curse of the Monolith"

In a strange land east of Turan, young Conan faces unspeakable horror--and a fearsome power such as he has never known before!

Appearing in "A Gazetteer of the Hyborian Age, Part III"

Locations and groups:

• Galparan (Referenced)
• Galzai (Referenced)
• Gamburu (Referenced)
• Gate of Simura (Referenced)
• Gazal (Referenced)
• Gazali (Referenced)
• Ghanara (Referenced)
• Ghanata (Referenced)
• Gharat Temple (Referenced)
• Ghaza (Referenced)
• Ghor (Referenced)
• Ghori, Forst (Referenced)
• Ghost Swamp (Referenced)
• Ghosts, Gorge of (Referenced)
• Ghouls, Forest of (Referenced)
• Ghulistan (Referenced)
• Giant Waterfall (Referenced)
• Gleg, Castle of (Referenced)
• Golamira, Mount (Referenced)
• Goralian Hills (Referenced)
• Gorge of Diva (Referenced)
• Gorge of Ghosts (Referenced)
• Graaskal Mountains (Referenced)
• Grasslands of Kush (Referenced)
• Gray Apes, Mountains of (Referenced)
• Gray Lotus Swamp (Referenced)
• Great Desert (Referenced)
• Great Grove of Nuadwyddon (Referenced)
• Great Salt Marsh (Referenced)
• Great Stone Skull (Referenced)
• Great Wall of Khitai (Referenced)
• Grondar (Referenced)
• Guarralid (Referenced)
• Gunderland (Referenced)
• Gundermen (Referenced)
• Gurashah (Referenced)
• Gwadiri (Referenced)
• Hanumar (Referenced)
• Harakht (Referenced)
• Haunted Lands (Referenced)
• Haunted Pyramids (Referenced)
• Hawk Picts (Referenced)
• Himelian Mountains (Referenced)
• Ho, Lake (Referenced)
• Hybori (Referenced)
• Hyborian Kingdoms (Referenced)
• Hyperborea (Referenced)
• Hyrkania (Referenced)
• Hyrkanians (Referenced)
• Hyrkanian Steppe (Referenced)

Synopsis for "A Gazetteer of the Hyborian Age, Part III"

• Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "Blades of the Brotherhood"

Featured Characters:

• Solomon Kane

Supporting Characters:

• Jack Hollister (also named "John Hollister" (First and only known appearance) (Main story and flashback)
• Mary Garvin (First and only known appearance)

Antagonists:

• Sir George Banway (First and only known appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
• Jonas Hardraker, the Fishhawk (First and only known appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
• Sam (First and only known appearance)
• Ben Allardine (Death)

Other Characters:

• Sir Rupert, Magistrate (First and only known appearance)
• Dick Randel (First and only known appearance)
• God/The Lord (Yahweh) (Invoked)
• French Army (Mentioned)
• Zeus (Invoked)
• Brotherhood of Buccaneers (Only in flashback)
• Unnamed young girl (Corpse, skeleton or other remains) (Only in flashback)
• Unnamed young girl's father (Mentioned)
• Sir Galahad (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Earth
  • England
    • Unnamed coastal village (First and only known appearance) (Main story and flashback)
    • Devon (Mentioned)
    • Dover, Kent (Mentioned)
  • Caribees (Only in flashback)
  • Channel (Mentioned)
  • Baltic (Mentioned)
  • Portugal (Mentioned)
• Moon (Invoked)

Vehicles:

• <Jonas Hardraker, the Fishhawk's ship (First appearance)
• The Flying Heart (Only in flashback)

Synopsis for "Blades of the Brotherhood"

Off on a trail of vengeance, Solomon Kane--Puritan adventure-hero--blazes a bloody path across a continent.

Notes

• The Curse of the Monolith is adapted from the story by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter.
• Blades of the Brotherhood is adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard.
  • The story was adapted a second time in Solomon Kane #3 (January, 1986).
• This issue also includes the article "the tribes from time's abyss", detailing the story of the Picts during the Hyborian Age, by Fred Blosser.

See Also

• 3 image(s) from Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 33
• 3 reprint(s) of Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 33

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