Savage Sword of Conan #166-169

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SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #166 (November 1989)
By Gerry Conway & Mike Docherty

APPEARANCES:
King Conan & his King’s Dagger crew (inc Gobo) & his new crew (inc Janta), Kuzko residents (inc Sinchi, Yuhar, Huayna, Atahulph, Lord-Inka (Manko Capak), the Coya (Manko’s sister)), Lord-Inka (Yupanqui, Manko’s brother) & his men, Malquis (Manko’s father, mummified)

SYNOPSIS:
Caught in a storm at sea for eight days, King Conan is shipwrecked. After fighting a giant one-eyed octopus, Conan and the only other survivor (Gobo) seek shelter. They’re attacked by some warriors; Conan defeats them, but “surrenders” to see if he can get a ship from them. After some shenanigans in Kuzko, the Lord-Inka tells Conan he wants him to steal his father’s corpse from his brother. As he leaves to do so, Gobo overhears Lord-Inka’s plan to kill Conan when the mission is done. Conan finds the corpse and meets Yupanqui, who says his sister stole the throne from him. Yupanqui, a necromancer, has the mummy attack Conan, but he dismembers it, shocking Yupanqui. Gobo arrives, knock out the necromancer and tells Conan of the plot against him. Conan displays the mutilated mummy in Kuzko’s town square; the populace revolts and Yupanqui is made the new Lord-Inka. Conan gets his new ship and crew.

NOTE:
When Conan’s ship is wrecked and he thinks he’s going to die, his only thought is to wonder what color his son’s eyes are.

SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #167 (December 1989)
By Gerry Conway & Mike Docherty

APPEARANCES:
King Conan & his ship’s crew (inc Gobo, Janta), Malagu tribe (inc Humaliwa (chief, also in fb), Anpakh (shaman, also in fb), Rikha), Shuta tribe (inc Ninka, also in fb), Bruka (chief)), Antaph cult (in fb), Kutas (great bear, Earth-God, in fb), Son of the Earth-God, Chuma hunters (in fb)

FLASHBACK:
Long ago, Chuma hunters tried to kill the great bear but they ended up as constellations, hunting it forever. After a bad harvest season, Anpakh, new shaman for the Malagu tribe, attacks the Shuta tribe and takes Ninka captive.
SYNOPSIS:
King Conan and his ship’s crew stop to get supplies, but they’re shot at with arrows by unseen attackers. Suddenly, birds drop fire on Conan’s ship; they stop the fire but the ship now has no mast. That night the ship is attacked and Conan and some of his crew is abducted. Conan wakes up and learns he’s going to be sacrificed to a giant bear. Conan escapes with a lady (Ninka), sets the bear on fire and runs into the cave, finding another opening. Ninka takes Conan to her tribe where Conan gets high and sees himself turn into a lion. The next day Conan leads the Shuta in an attack on the Malagu. Anpakh is killed and the tribes are friends again. When his ship is repaired Conan sets sail again toward home.

SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #168 (January 1990)
By Gerry Conway & Mike Docherty

APPEARANCES:
King Conan & his ship’s crew (inc Gobo, Janta), Inupak (also in fb) & his tribe, God Below (a whale), giant walrus

FLASHBACK:
Inupak was fishing when the God Below arrives and drove off all the fish.
SYNOPSIS:
Conan’s ship (now named “Amra”) is run aground on an ice floe when a giant whale sends a wave at them. They make camp and search for food until they’re attacked by a massive walrus. Once Conan kills the walrus they meet Inupak, who takes them to his village; Conan notices his people are starving. Inupak tells Conan about the God Below. Conan demands to see the god and decides to go fishing for it. Conan and his men construct a giant crossbow, which Conan uses to harpoon the beast. After some tussling Conan kills it and Inupak and his tribe feast on it. Conan sets sail once again.

SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #169 (February 1990)
By Gerry Conway & Mike Docherty

APPEARANCES:
King Conan & his crew (inc Gobo, Janta), his advisors (Gen. Pallantides (also in fb), Count Trocero (in fb), Prospero (also in fb)) & his army (also in fb, inc Black Dragons (in fb)), Queen Zenobia (also in fb), Prince Conn (also in fb), Akhmet Ta (a Turanian, also in fb) & his Brothers of the Skull (also in fb), Tarantia residents (others in fb, inc Barthal (in fb)), various princes (in fb), Hawkwind (Pallantides’ horse)

FLASHBACK:
Conan is assumed dead, so various princes try to court Queen Zenobia. She dismisses them, but two weeks later Akhmet Ta and his Brothers of the Skull arrive and Akhmet Ta ensorcells Zenobia. She orders the Tarantian army to patrol the marshes and Tarantia fell into a lawless ruin.
SYNOPSIS:
King Conan arrives in Tarantia to find it’s changed in his absence. He’s accosted by toll keepers, so he kills some and drives the others away. Conan recognizes Pallantides’ horse in front of a tavern and confronts him. Once he recognizes Conan beneath the beard, Pallantides tells Conan what’s up. Conan tells Pallantides to find Prospero and get the army back. He tells Gobo and Janta to take a secret passage to his throne room and meet him there in an hour. Then, Conan shaves his beard. He approaches his palace and battles the Brothers of the Skull, realizing too late they’re zombies. He’s defeated and brought inside, as a prisoner. Akhmet Ta orders the hypnotized Zenobia to kill Conan, but when she sees him her hypnosis is broken. Conan fights the zombies until Gobo arrives, chased by an army of rats. The rats kill Akhmet Ta and the zombies fall. Pallantides arrives with Prospero and Conan is reunited with his son, Prince Conn.

NOTE:
Surprisingly for a Marvel comic magazine from 1990, Akhmet Ta calls Zenobia a bitch.

The second story, a Red Sonja tale, was covered elsewhere.

The third story, a King Kull yarn, is already in the MCP.

Chronologies!

AKHMET TA
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ANPAKH
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BRUKA
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CONAN
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CONN
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COYA
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GOBO
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HUMALIWA
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INUPAK
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JANTA
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KUTAS
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LORD-INKA/MALQUIS
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LORD-INKA II/YUPANQUI
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LORD-INKA III/MAKO CAPAK
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NINKA
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PALLANTIDES, GEN.
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PROSPERO
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QUEEN ZENOBIA
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TROCERO, COUNT
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