Conan the Barbarian issues 29 - 42

Issue 29	Two Against Turan	20 : 1/1
	Date August 1973 Writer Roy Thomas Artist John Buscema Inks Ernie Chua Cover Gil Kane, Ernie Chua Characters Oxmraxes, Eithraill Location Aghrapur, Turan Summary Conan is rescued from an angry mob by Oxmraxes, only to be knocked out by guards and rescued again by Eithraill. Conan springs Oxmraxes from prison, only to discover that he is the spiritual twin of Eithraill and the two are to join, with boasts of the devastation of Turan. Conan breaks the spell and the two die. He is discovered by guards and forced to join the Turan army again. Comments Adapted from the REH story Two Against Tyre. Rating

Issue 30	The Hand of Nergal	19 : 1/1
	Date September 1973 Writer Roy Thomas Artist John Buscema Inks Ernie Chua Cover Gil Kane, Ernie Chua Characters Hildico, Atalis, Munthassen Khan Location Yaralet, Turan Summary Conan is brought from the battlefield by a slave girl to meet two plotters against the king of Yaralet who possesses the Hand of Nergal. Conan found the Talisman of the Heart earlier. The group encounter the king and are defeated by the power of the Hand. The slave girls saves them using the Talisman. Comments Adapted from the unfinished REH Conan story The Hand of Nergal, subsequently completed by Lin Carter. Rating

Issue 31	The Shadow in the Tomb	19 : 1/1
	Date October 1973 Writer Roy Thomas Artist John Buscema Inks Ernie Chua Cover Gil Kane, John Romita Characters Malthuz Location Hills of Turan Summary Accompanying Turan soldiers, Conan is cornered in a cave by hill-men who challenge them to fight their champion. Conan tells of an earlier encounter with a magical sword and its guardian. Conan defeats the hill-man champion, who carries the same sword. Comments Includes flashback of earlier adventure which takes place between #2 and #3. A similar story to #92 and the flashback takes place immediately afterwards. Rating

Issue 32	Flame Winds of Lost Khitai	19 : 1/3
	Date November 1973 Writer Roy Thomas Artist John Buscema Inks Ernie Chua Cover Gil Kane, Ernie Chua Characters Narim-Bey, Amytis, Kassar, Tsein Hui Location Wan Tengri, Khitai Summary Conan is sent to spy on Wan Tengri. He steals from a wizard and tries to sell his loot. He is discovered by guards and flees though the house of Tsein Hui. He is guided through an underwater tunnel by a mysterious woman. She transforms into a monster whom Conan just manages to defeat, emerging half-dead the other side of the tunnel. Comments Adapted from Flame Winds by Norvell Page. Rating

Issue 33	Death and the Seven Wizards	19 : 2/3
	Date December 1973 Writer Roy Thomas Artist John Buscema Inks Ernie Chua Cover John Romita, Herb Trimpe Characters Bourtai, Kassar Location Wan Tengri, Khitai Summary Bourtai discovers the injured Conan and together they flee the guards, taking refuge in a den of thieves. Here he learns of the story of the seven wizards and the princess. Hearing Kassar is imprisoned they set out to rescue him. Conan emerges from a tunnel into the arena of the wizards and faces three challenges, defeating the first two he encounters a figure called Death. Comments Adapted from Flame Winds by Norvell Page. Rating

Issue 34	The Temptress in the Tower of Flame	19 : 3/3
	Date January 1974 Writer Roy Thomas Artist John Buscema Inks Ernie Chua Cover Gil Kane, Ernie Chua Characters Bourtai, Kassar Location Wan Tengri, Khitai Summary Conan defeats Death and learns how to defeat the wizards from her. A fight breaks out between the wizards over this information. Conan escapes and goes to the Flame Tower. He defeats the guards, frees the princess and destroys the flame machine. A revolution starts and the wizards are overthrown. He refuses an offer to stay and leaves, taking some treasure which soon turns to dust. Comments Adapted from Flame Winds by Norvell Page. Rating

Issue 35	The Hell-Spawn of Khara-Shehr	19 : 1/1
	Date February 1974 Writer Roy Thomas Artist John Buscema Inks Ernie Chua Cover Gil Kane, Ernie Chua Characters Bourtai, Kai Shaah Location Kara-Shehr, deserts to the south of Turan Summary Conan rescues a dying man from brigands who tells them of an ancient city and a fabulous jewel. They find the city and the jewel, but are attacked and bested by the brigands, led by Kai Shuah who steals the jewel and unleashes its demonic guardian. Kai Shuah and Bourtai are killed and Conan escapes alone. Comments Adapted from the REH story The Fire of Asshurbanipal. Rating

Issue 36	Beware Hyrkanians Bearing Gifts	19 : 1/1
	Date March 1974 Writer Roy Thomas Artist John Buscema Inks Ernie Chua Cover John Romita, Ernie Chua Characters Yildiz, Naim-Bey, Amytis, Feyd-Ratha Location Aghrapur, Turan Summary Conan arrives back in Aghrapur and an impressed king makes him a royal guard. He takes Amytis as a lover. He is shown a looted headless statue, the head is brought as a gift by a priest. Once reunited the statue comes alive and attacks the king, Conan saves him by killing the controlling priest. Rating

Issue 37	The Curse of the Golden Skull	19 : 1/1
	Date April 1974 Writer Roy Thomas Artist Neal Adams Inks Neal Adams Cover Neal Adams Characters Juma, Yolinda, Rothath Location Northern Turan Summary While escorting the Princess Yolinda they are ambushed and Conan, Juma and the princess are taken to a mysterious valley and the golden sorcerer. Conan and Juma are sent to the gold mines where they discover a giant slug beast, which chases them out and devours the sorcerer. They rescue the princess. Comments Adapted from the REH story The Curse of the Golden Skull. Originally planned as a longer black and white story for Savage Tales. Rating

Issue 38	The Warrior and the Were-woman	19 : 1/1
	Date May 1974 Writer Roy Thomas Artist John Buscema Inks John Buscema Cover John Buscema, Gil Kane Characters Naim-Bey, Amytis, Feyd-Ratha, Gimil-Ishbi, Lilitu Location Aghrapur, Turan Summary Returning to the capital in triumph Conan is stalked by a curse. Amytis tells him of a priest who will lift it. Conan obtains a charm and battles the were-creatures before discovering his real enemy is Naim-Bey, who he leaves to the creatures and rides away, deserting Turanian service. Comments Adapted from the REH story The House of Arabu. John Buscema starts to ink his own art. Rating

Issue 39	The Dragon of the Inland Sea	19 : 1/1
	Date June 1974 Writer Roy Thomas Artist John Buscema Inks John Buscema Cover Gil Kane, Ernie Chua Characters Ben-Hussal, Rachalla, Ghul-Azalel Location Keshaan, Turan Summary Conan is ambushed by bandits in the desert and rescued by a noble and his niece who are on their way to a village to battle a mad priest and a monstrous crocodile. Conan is captured and the girl about to be sacrificed. Conan escapes and defeats the monster and kills the mad priest, restoring the noble to power. Rating

Issue 40	The Fiend from the Forgotten City	15 : 1/1
	Date July 1974 Writer Roy Thomas Artist Rich Buckler Inks Ernie Chua Cover Rich Buckler, Ernie Chua Characters Libro, Alonia Location Ababenzzar, Turan desert Summary Conan is led to an ancient city in search of riches by Libro. He discovers a gang of thieves with a huge diamond and a mysterious woman. He is saved from the thieves by a devil summoned by Libro which then turns on him. He is saved by the woman. Libro is killed and the woman reveals herself as a goddess and reclaims the diamond. Comments Adapted from a plot by Michael Resnick. Story originally planned for a Giant-Size issue. Includes a reprinted sword and sorcery story The Changling by Steve Ditko. Rating

Issue 41	The Garden of Life and Death	18 : 1/1
	Date August 1974 Writer Roy Thomas Artist John Buscema Inks Ernie Chua Cover Gil Kane, Ernie Chua Characters Zhaddorr Location Oasis of Shar-Al-Tjinin, desert near Zamoria Summary Conan rescues a girl from an angry mob and then, chased by bandits, she leads him to an oasis. They are captured. Conan escapes and the bandits are attacked by a monstrous tree. Conan defeats it and the girl is revealed to be a creation of the tree. Conan kills a newly emerged version of the girl. Comments Inspired by Shambleau by C. L. Moore. Rating

Issue 42	Night of the Gargoyle	18 : 1/1
	Date September 1974 Writer Roy Thomas Artist John Buscema Inks Ernie Chua Cover Gil Kane, Ernie Chua Characters Arlinna, Lun-Faar, Tavashtri Location Arenjun, Zamora Summary A girl is blackmailed into stealing a valuable artefact from Lun-Faar by the Baron. Conan rescues her from thieves and she knocks him out. She fails to steal the artefact and Lun-Farr releases the gargoyle to kill her sponsor. Conan meets her again and they witness the Baron being killed by the gargoyle. Conan is attacked and survives long enough to break the spell over the creature, which returns to exact revenge on Lun-Faar. Comments Adapted from the REH story The Purple Heart of Erlik. Rating