Magnum #7/1988

In the harsh winter of war, Rittmeister Hans von Hammer returns to his airfield to find the ranks unsettled—new pilot Ernst, known as Oksen, has drawn the ire of his comrades after choosing to pursue an unarmed enemy plane, leaving another pilot to die. When von Hammer confronts him, Oksen stands defiant, challenging the veteran to a duel that will test not just skill, but the very code of honor they both claim to uphold.

In "Belits sang," Conan listens as N’yaga recounts the tale of Bêlit, the warrior queen whose bloodline was stolen by her uncle Nim-Karrak, who murdered her father and seized the throne of Asaglun. Raised in secret by N’yaga and taught to believe she was the daughter of the goddess Derketa, Bêlit rose to become the fiercest warrior of her tribe—until jealousy from Chief Uzumi sent her on a doomed mission to reclaim a relic from the Mound-Dwellers. Now a pirate, she sails the seas not for plunder, but for vengeance, her name a legend whispered in the wind.