The Savage Sword of Conan #3
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "At the Mountain of the Moon-God [Chapter One]," Conan finds himself caught between betrayal and survival as a royal emissary ignores his warnings, leaving only Conan and Jamal to flee the treacherous Khozgari. With the Misty Mountains looming and demons of the summit rising from the fog, the pair are forced into a desperate flight—only to be separated when Jamal falls to the monsters. Conan soon takes Shanya, the daughter of a Khozgari chief, as a hostage, unaware that her fate is already entwined with the dark secrets of Shangara, the ruler of the summit people. Written by Roy Thomas, Björn Nyberg, and L. Sprague de Camp, with dynamic art by Tony DeZuniga, and a striking cover by Mike Kaluta, this issue blends ancient dread with relentless action in a 1974 Marvel classic.
Blackmark, scorned by Queen Lyllith and condemned to die in the arena, faces the monstrous Flame Lizard in a trial of survival. As he is led to the sands, a hidden mark on his body catches the eye of Balzamo, who recognizes it as a sign of the ancient power of Amarix. With King Kargon watching and Nephus at his side, Blackmark must prove his worth in the arena—where only one will walk away alive.
In a tale of brutal honor and desperate mercy, Kull of Atlantis arrives just as Sareeta—once a bride to a Lemurian pirate—faces execution for dishonoring her people. With a single, swift strike, he spares her agony, but his act of compassion brands him a traitor to his own kind. Now hunted by his tribesmen, Kull flees into the shadows, his fate uncertain.
Conan and Jamal flee a treacherous king’s emissary, only to be cornered by the Demons of the Summit in the Misty Mountains. With Jamal dead and Shanya—daughter of a Khozgari chief—taken by Shangara, the leader of the summit people, Conan must face the horrors of the high peaks to reclaim her.
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Reprinted in Une Aventure de Conan #1 (1976), Conan Annual #3 (1977), Une Aventure de Conan #5 (1977), Une Aventure de Conan #6 (1978), Une Aventure de Conan #7 (1978), Die Sprechblase #19 (1979), Die Sprechblase #20 (1979), The Savage Sword of Conan #20 (1979), Super Conan #6 (1983), A Espada Selvagem de Conan #1 (1984), Conan #3/1985 (1985), Conan #4/1985 (1985), Conan #5/1985 (1985), Conan #6/1985 (1985), Conan Saga #12 (1988), Conan Saga #13 (1988), Conan Saga #38 (1990), Conan Saga #51 (1991), Conan #2/1997 (1997), La Aventura de Conan: Antología 15 Años #[nn] (1997), Conan album #36 (2001), Conan #1 (2002), Savage Sword of Conan #1 (2007), The Savage Sword of Kull #1 (2010) + 11 more
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