Conan #1
Conan #1 (1979) kicks off with the Cimmerian rescuing Lady Aztrias of Numalia from a pack of wolves, setting him on a dangerous path when she hires him to steal a mysterious bowl from the wealthy merchant Kallian. Written by Robert E. Howard and Roy Thomas, with art by Barry Smith and inks by Sal Buscema and Dan Adkins, the story unfolds as Conan breaks into Kallian’s home, only to find the bowl empty and the merchant dead—accused by Aztrias herself as he’s cornered by the city guard. The real threat, however, lies within the bowl: a serpent-man with a human head, a creature from Stygia that Conan must face. The cover by Barry Windsor-Smith and John Verpoorten captures the tale’s primal intensity.
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Conan saves Lady Aztrias of Numalia from a pack of wolves. She hires Conan to steal from the wealthy merchant Kallian, who temporarily houses a mysterious bowl from Stygia, said to contain a great treasure. Conan burgles the merchant's house, finds the bowl empty and Kallian dead. The city guard appears and Lady Aztrias accuses him of killing Kallian. The real killer was in the bowl, however: a serpent-man, a big snake with a human head. Conan kills the sepent-man and saves Demetrio. In a vision, Conan sees the Stygian sorcerer Thoth-Amon.
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