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Conan the Barbarian_vol.01 (1970 - 1994)
  • Issue #89 [7.5] VF -
ISBN/UPC: 0-71486-02498-0-8

Published: 
  • August 1978

Condition: 
7.5 (VF-)
Off White/White Pages

*We use the same grading scale that CGC uses;

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Here is the Standardized CGC Scale for your reference:
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10.0 | (GM) ...................... Gem Mint
  9.9 | (MT) ...................... Mint
  9.8 | (NM/M) .................. Near-Mint/Mint (*Sometimes referred to as M-)
  9.6 | (NM)(+) ................. Near-Mint Plus (+)
  9.4 | (NM) ...................... Near-Mint
  9.2 | (NM)(-) .................. Near-Mint Minus (-)
  9.0 | (VF/NM) ................ Very Fine/Near-Mint
  8.5 | (VF)(+) .................. Very Fine Plus (+) 
  8.0 | (VF) ....................... Very Fine
  7.5 | (VF)(-) ................... Very Fine Minus (-)
  7.0 | (FN/VF) ................. Fine/Very Fine
  6.5 | (FN)(+) .................. Fine Plus (+)
  6.0 | (FN) ....................... Fine
  5.5 | (FN)(-) ................... Fine Minus (-)
  5.0 | (VG/FN) ................ Very Good/Fine
  4.5 | (VG)(+) .................. Very Good Plus (+)
  4.0 | (VG) ...................... Very Good
  3.5 | (VG)(-) ................... Very Good Minus (-)
  3.0 | (GD/VG) ................ Good/Very Good
  2.5 | (GD)(+) .................. Good Plus (+)
  2.0 | (GD) ....................... Good
  1.8 | (GD)(-) ................... Good Minus (-)
  1.5 | (FA/GD) ................. Fair/Good
  1.0 | (FA) ....................... Fair
  0.5 | (Poor) .................... Poor

*For complete info regarding each grade, please refer to CGC main website.

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Issue Title: "The Sword and the Serpent."

Contributors:
  • Cover Artist(s). . . John Buscema & Ernie Chan
  • Writer/Scripts . . . Roy Thomas
  • Penciler(s). . . . . . John Buscema
  • Inker(s) . . . . . . . . Ernie Chan
  • Colorist(s). . . . . . 
  • Letterer(s). . . . . .
  • Editor(s). . . . . . . . Roy Thomas, Jim Shooter
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Appearing in: 

"The Sword and the Serpent."

Featured Characters:
  • Conan
Supporting Characters:
  • Bêlit (Also impersonated by the Serpent-Men)
  • Zula (Also impersonated by the Serpent-Men)

Antagonists:
  • Stygian guards
  1. Akhose (First appearance)
  • King Ctesphon III (Neftha)
  • Thoth-Amon
  • Unnamed Man-Serpent (First and only known appearance; dies)
  • Serpent Men (Some killed) (Impersonate Bêlit, Zula, and the Black Corsairs, including M'Gora)

Other Characters:
    • Zamballahs (Mentioned)
    • Black Corsairs (Mentioned) (Also impersonated by the Serpent-Men)
    • M'Gora (Impersonated by the Serpent-Men)
    • Atrahasis (Mentioned)
    • Picts (Mentioned)
    • Hyperboreans (Mentioned)
    • Stygian Royal Torturer (Mentioned)
    • Nim-Karrak (Mentioned)
    • Black Ring (Mentioned)
    • Ptor-Nubis (Mentioned)
    • Shu-Onoru (Mentioned)
    • Hath-Horeb (Mentioned)
    • Bekhet (Mentioned)
    • Red Sonja (Mentioned)

                        Deities and Invocations:
                        • Derketa (Invoked)
                        • Jullah the Forgotten One (Invoked)
                        • Elder Gods (Invoked)
                        • Bel, God of Thieves and Pirates (Invoked)
                        • Macha (Invoked)
                        • Nemain (Invoked)
                        • Crom (Invoked)
                        • Gods of the Southern Isles (Invoked)
                        • Mitra (Invoked)
                        Races and Species:
                        • Humans
                        • Elder Gods (Invoked)
                        • Man-Serpents
                        • Unicorns from Kush (Mentioned)
                        • Serpent Men
                        • Gods (Invoked)
                        Locations:
                        • Stygia
                        1. Luxur
                        2. Kheshatta, the City of Magicians (Mentioned)
                        • Cimmeria (Mentioned)
                        • Hyrkania (Mentioned)
                        • Black Countries (Mentioned)
                        1. Zamballah (Mentioned)
                        2. Kush (Mentioned)
                        3. Southern Isles (Mentioned)
                        • Shem (Mentioned)
                        • Khitai (Mentioned)
                        • Halls of Jullah (Invoked)
                        Items:
                        • Serpent Ring (First appearance)
                        • Serpent-Amulet (Mentioned)

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                        *Above Info obtained from: 
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