Savage Sword of Conan Vol 1 65

	Published
	June, 1981
"The Fangs of the Serpent"
	Writer Michael Fleisher; Penciler Gil Kane; Inker Gil Kane; Letterer John Morelli; Editor Louise Jones;
"Death of the Mind - Rebirth of the Soul"
	Writer John Buscema; J. Marc DeMatteis; Penciler John Buscema; Inker John Buscema; Editor Louise Jones;

Appearing in "The Fangs of the Serpent"

Featured Characters:

Conan (Also appears in recap)

Supporting Characters:

Unnamed necromancer/crone (First appearance)
Shamash-Shum-Ukin (Also appears in recap)

Antagonists:

Tamera (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
Xka'Ahk (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
Unnamed lady (First appearance)
Unnamed lady's Kushite servants (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
Zamboulan guards
Shamash-Shum-Ukin's Egyptian henchmen (First appearance)

Other Characters:

Zuagirs (Referenced)
Satrap of Zamboula (Mentioned)
Unnamed ferryman (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
F'sarr Bel Trann (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
Alhambra (Recap)
"A certain carpenter" (Mentioned)

Deities and Invocations:

Ishtar (Invoked)
Set (Mentioned)
Crom (Invoked)
Mitra (Invoked)
Aton (Invoked)
Morrigan (Invoked)
Macha (Invoked)

Races and Species:

Humans
Birds
Demons
Horses
Sharks (Referenced)
- Dinosaurs (Recap) (Only in flashback)

Locations:

Earth
- Turan
  - Kharamun Desert
    - Zamboula
- Tarantia (Referenced)
- Vendhya (Referenced)
- Shadizar (Referenced)
- Khorshemish (Mentioned)
- Khitai (Mentioned)
- Cimmeria (Mentioned)
- River Styx
- Stygia (Hyboria)
  - Sukhmet
  - Gana-Seht
- Vilayet (Referenced)
- Kush (Mentioned)
- Hyrkania (Mentioned)
- Brythunia (Mentioned)
- Akbitana (Recap)
  - Well at the Center of Time (Recap)
- Atlantis (Recap) (Only in flashback)
- Egypt (Mentioned)
Seven Hells (Invoked)

Items:

Amulet (First appearance)
Fangs of Xka'akh (First appearance)

Vehicles:

Ferryman's barge (Only appearance)^[1] (Destruction)

Events and Eras:

Hyborian Age

Synopsis for "The Fangs of the Serpent"

While in Zamboula, Conanis is warned by a necromancer (an entrails-reader) of the danger of Xka'Ahk. He rescues the Brythunian servant girl Tamera from Shamash-Shum-Ukin's men. She says that by using the Fangs of Xka'Ahk they can destroy the demon.

Appearing in "Death of the Mind - Rebirth of the Soul"

Featured Characters:

Bront (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

Soreana (First appearance)

Antagonists:

Inquisitor (Only appearance)^[1]

Other Characters:

Citizen 09339-NC7

Locations:

Earth-81165 (First appearance)
- Backworld (First appearance)

Items:

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "Death of the Mind - Rebirth of the Soul"

Citizen 09346-NW2 is condemned for crimes against society, mind-wiped, and exiled to the planet Backworld.

Notes

The Fangs of the Serpent:
- The story references Savage Sword #7, the previous and first appearance of Shamash-Shum-Ukin.
- Shamash-Shum-Ukin states that four or five millenia from then, there's "a certain carpenter who'll be performing miracles". While it seems an obvious reference to Jesus Christ, the datation seems wrong, as the Age of Conan is set about 10,000 BC.

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