#53

Synopsis

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.

Reprinted from

• Tales of Suspense #9— N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]
• Tales of Suspense #13— N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]
• Tales of Suspense #37— N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]
• Journey into Mystery #109— N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]
• Tales of Suspense #82— N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]
• Tales of Suspense #83— N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]
• Tales of Suspense #84— N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]
• Conan the Barbarian #7— N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]
• Man-Thing #2— N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]

Credits

Script

Steve Gerber, Stan Lee, Larry Lieber

Plot

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jim Starlin, Val Mayerik, Barry Windsor-Smith, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Herb Trimpe

Inks

Frank Giacoia, Steve Ditko

Adaptation

Roy Thomas

Alterations

Marie Severin

Original story, uncredited

Robert E. Howard

Plot, uncredited

Stan Lee

Uncredited

Sal Trapani, Sal Buscema, Dan Adkins, Chic Stone, Frank Giacoia, Dick Ayers, Jack Kirby, Doug Wildey, John Forte, Don Heck