The Savage Sword of Conan, #229 Newsstand

Published: January 1995

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The Savage Sword of Conan #229

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Issue Contents:
Featuring the Savage Blades of Red Sonja and Kull.
1 page Sword and Sorcery
Credits
Assault on Acheron
Story 1 25 pages sword and sorcery
Storyline

Time-tossed Conan and Red Sonja face the deadly sorcerer, Xaltotun in the city of Python, capital of Acheron.

Characters
  • Conan
  • Red Sonja
  • Xaltotun
  • Mahalat
  • Mynas
Credits
Story Notes

Storyline continued from SSoC #226.

A Lady for the Burning
Story 2 10 pages sword and sorcery
Storyline

Sonja encounters a city where they ritually burn a man's belongings upon his death, including his wife.

Characters
  • Red Sonja
Story Notes

This story occurs not long after the events of SSoC #207-210.

Conan the Adventurer Program Guide (the Animated TV Show)
Story 3 15 pages sword and sorcery
Storyline

Part 2 of a program guide to the animated tv series.

Characters
  • Conan
Credits
Story Notes

Illustrated with character designs by Ron Rudat, stills from the animated show, and illustrations by Ernie Chan.

King Kull: Enslaved (Rotath - Part 1)

Featuring King Kull

Story 4 10 pages sword and sorcery
Storyline

Young Kull the Atlantean, late of the Sea-Mountain tribe, swims away after killing a childhood friend to spare her being burned at the stake. He is captured by a Lemurian pirate ship and enslaved.

Characters
  • King Kull
  • Sareeta (in flashback)
  • Arthog
  • Captain Tokor
Credits
Roy's Ramblings (about Acheron)
Story 5 1 page sword and sorcery
Storyline

A (sort of) history of Acheron.

Credits
Conan on a Horse vs Barbarians and Monsters (1)
Story 6 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Outside back cover.