Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 38

Part of the A Gazetteer of the Hyborian Age arc
Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 #38
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Art by: Earl Norem
Alternate Covers
1 - Textless Cover
Art by: Earl Norem
Release Date	January 9, 1979
Cover Date	March, 1979
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Jim Shooter

1. "The Road of the Eagles"
Appearances · Synopsis
Story is an adaptation of the original material by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
Writer(s)	Roy Thomas
Penciler(s)	John Buscema
Inker(s)	Tony DeZuniga
2. "A Gazetteer of the Hyborian Age, Part VI"
Appearances · Synopsis
Credits not yet listed

Appearing in "The Road of the Eagles"

Featured Characters:

• 🢐 Conan 🢒, Kozak

Supporting Characters:

• Red Brotherhood / Vilayet Pirates (First appearance)
  • Ivanos (First appearance)
  • Hermio (First appearance)
• Yuetshi villagers (First and only known appearance; dies)
  • Vinashko (First and only known appearance; dies)
• Roxana, the Zamorian (First and only known appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
• Prince Teyaspa (First and only known appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)

Antagonists:

• Artaban's party (First appearance)
  • General Artaban of Shahpur (First and only known appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
  • Turanian Navy soldiers
• Hyrkanians (First appearance)
  • Kurush Khan (First and only known appearance; dies)
  • Dayuki (First and only known appearance; dies)
• "Ancient people" / Brylukas / Vampires (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Turan
  • King Yildiz (Only in flashback)
  • Khushia (Only in flashback)
  • Yezdigerd (Mentioned)
• Unnamed merchantman ship's crew (First and only known appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
• Kozaks (Mentioned)
• Zaporoskans (Main story and flashback)
  • Gleg the Zaporoskan (First and only known appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
  • Uzbek (First and only known appearance; dies)

Deities and Invocations:

• Erlik (Invoked)
• Ishtar (Invoked)
• Crom (Invoked)
• Khosatral (Invoked)
• Mitra (Invoked)
• Ymir (Invoked)
• Tarim (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• "Ancient people" / Brylukas / Vampires (First appearance)
• Gods (Invoked)

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and flashback)
  • Hyboria (Main story and flashback)
    • Vilayet Sea (Main story and flashback)
      • Encampment of the Vilayet Pirates (Only in flashback)
    • Cimmeria (Mentioned)
    • Colchian Mountains (Mentioned)
    • Turan (Mentioned)
      • Khorusun (Mentioned)
    • Hyrkania
      • Valley of the Akrim (First appearance)
        • Unnamed Yuetshi village (First appearance)
        • Akrim River (Mentioned)
        • Stronghold of Gleg the Zaporoskan (First appearance)
        • Tombs of an ancient people (First appearance)
        • Eagles' Road (First appearance)
    • Corinthia (Mentioned)
    • Shahpur (Mentioned)
    • Zamora (Mentioned)
    • Zaporoska River (Mentioned)
    • Iranistan (Mentioned)
    • Vendhya (Mentioned)
    • Sogdia (Mentioned)

Items:

• Black Lotus (Mentioned)

Vehicles:

• Conan's ship (First appearance)
• Artaban's galley (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)

Events and Eras:

• Hyborian Age

Synopsis for "The Road of the Eagles"

• Synopsis not yet written

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

Locations and groups:

• Nahareh (Referenced)
• Naked Desert (Referenced)
• Nameless Continent (See Mayapan) (Referenced)
• Nameless Isle (Referenced)
• Nebthu (Referenced)
• Nemedia (Referenced)
• Nezvaya River (Referenced)
• Night, Mountains of (Referenced)
• Nilus of Nile River (Referenced)
• Ninus, Fountain of (Referenced)
• Nippr (Referenced)
• Nordheim (Referenced)
• North Creek (Referenced)
• Northern Capital (Referenced)
• Nuadwuddon, Great Grove of (Referenced)
• Numalia (Referenced)
• Oasis of Akrel (Referenced)
• Oasis of Aphaka (Referenced)
• Oasis of Khajar (Referenced)
• Oasis of Kidessa (Referenced)
• Ogaha Creek (Referenced)
• Old Zembabwei (Referenced)
• Onagrul (Referenced)
• Onayaga (Referenced)
• Ophir (Referenced)
• Oriskonie (Referenced)
• Otter Picts (Referenced)
• Pah-Dishah (Referenced)
• Paikang (Referenced)
• Paliana (Referenced)
• Palian Way (Referenced)
• Panther Picts (Referenced)
• Pass of Shamla (Referenced)
• Pathenia (misspelled "Panthenia") (Referenced)
• Pearl, Islands of (Referenced)
• Pelishtia (Referenced)
• Pellia (Referenced)
• Pergona (Referenced)
• Peshkhauri (Referenced)
• Phalkar (Referenced)
• Pictish Islands (Referenced)
• Pictish Wilderness (Referenced)
• Pictland (Referenced)
• Picts (Referenced)
• Place of Ghosts (Referenced)
• Place of Skulls (Referenced)
• Pleasure Island (Referenced)
• Pohiola (Referenced)
• Poitain (Referenced)
• Ptahuacan (Referenced)
• Pteion (Referenced)
• Punt (Referenced)
• Purple Lotus Swamp (Referenced)
• Python (Referenced)

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

• Synopsis not yet written

Notes

• The Road of the Eagles is adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp.

See Also

• 2 image(s) from Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 38
• 2 reprint(s) of Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 38

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