The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives #2
In "The Dweller in the Dark," Barry Windsor-Smith’s iconic art brings Roy Thomas’s tale to life as Conan rises to captain the royal guard of Zahmahn and finds himself entangled with Queen Fatima. When a scandalous moment with the servant girl Yaila leads to their imprisonment in a dungeon beneath the city, they must face the terrifying Dweller in the Dark—only to find that survival demands a shocking choice. With the cover by Barry Smith capturing the story’s grim intensity, this issue stands as a pivotal moment in Conan’s journey through the Hyborian Age.
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Conan becomes Captain of the royal guard in the small city-state of Zahmahn as well as the lover of Queen Fatima. When the Queen catches Conan with the servant girl Yaila in a delicate situation, she leaves them in the dungeon to be devoured by the Dweller in the Dark. They manage to escape, however, and Conan throws the Queen to the monster. According to tradition, Zahmahn can only be ruled by a female sovereign, so Conan nominates Yaila as the new queen.
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