Descrizione
GLI ALBI DEI SUPER – EROI
collana
eterogenea, instabile, variegata, assortita, poliedrica e mista, a
carattere di vero e proprio cronicario di super-eroi di scarto, tutti
iscritti alle liste di collocamento e con domanda di prepensionamento
già compilata ed inoltrata, e che altrimenti non avrebbero trovato
collocazione neanche nelle liste del partito democratico
serie CONAN N. 3
L’ ANTRO DELLA TIGRE
ALBO ORIGINALE DEL 1973
CONDIZIONI :BUONISSIME, LIEVE ABRASIONE VERTICALE SUL BORDO SINISTRO DI COPERTINA, ABRASIONE VERTICALE SUL BORDO DESTRO DI RETROCOPERTINA, L’ ALBO E’ DI BUSTA MA NON PROVIENE DA RACCOLTA
GRANDISSIMA DISPONIBILITA’ DI TUTTI I SUPEREROI CORNO E NON
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Zephra
Villains:
- Zakula
Locations:
- Zamora
Synopsis
Traveling through a remote Zamorian village while returning to
Shadizar, Conan ends up in the middle of a sorcerer’s tax collecting
scam. The village has not paid its 40 pieces of gold, so the sorcerer
sends a demon-tiger to collect. Conan battles, and loses against, the
tiger, but it decides not to kill the barbarian and slinks off, changing
into its true shape, a beautiful woman. The townsfolk tell Conan that
she is the daughter of the sorcerer, Zukala. The girl, Zephra, returns
to her father but for some reason is so pale snd sickly she falls into
her father’s arms. Meanwhile, Conan agress to slay the sorcerer in
return for a sword that had caught his eye. Conan sneaks into Zukala’s
fortress and watches as the sorcerer summons a demon, Jagta-Noga, to
punish the villagers. Conan is discovered by Zephra, and explains her
odd behavior — she saw a vision of her fated to love Conan, and Conan
standing over her dead body. The two are interrupted by Zukala, who runs
off when Conan shatters his mask, the source of his power. Enough of
the mask remains for a few magical tricks, however, and commands his
daughter to turn into the tigress and slay the Cimmerian. She refuses,
however, but Jaggta-Noga returns to defend the wizard. Zephra leaps
between demon and barbarian. Zephra is dealt a near-killing blow, and,
horrified, Zukala sends the demon away. Zukala vanishes with his
daughter, who, while still alive, is no longer as loyal to her father as
she had been, and this saddens the sorcerer more than anything else.
Conan takes the gold left behind, decides it’s payment enough, and
continues to Shadizar.
Notes
- “Zukala’s Daughter” is inspired by the Robert E. Howard poem, “Zukala’s Hour”.
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Maldiz
Villains:
- Fafnir
- Night-Cult
- Night-God
Locations:
- Zamora
- Shadizar
Synopsis
Conan, seeking his fortune in Shadizar, encounters to thieves, Fafnir
and Blackrat, arguing over booty. Conan decides to take the treasure
himself and quickly takes care of the two incompetent thieves. He enters
a bar and strikes up a conversation with a local wench, Jenna. Conan
narrowly aviods yet another bar fight and leaves with Jenna, who has
more or less attached herself to the barbarian – or perhaps the
surprising amount of gold in his purse. She takes Conan to her uncle,
Maldiz, a blacksmith, so he may melt down Conan’s suspicious-looking
gold coins into a new shape. Word has spread about the earlier robbery,
and both Jenna and Maldiz put two and two together. With his now
untraceable gold in his purse, Conan takes a moment to enjoy Jenna’s
company under a palm tree, but that moment is quickly ended when he is
knocked unconscious from behind by a trio of red-robed men. Curiously,
they take only the girl, and leave the gold behind. Conan seeks help
from Maldiz, who recognizes Conan’s description of the men, and declares
Jenna lost. The men are followers of the Night-God, who sacrifice a
young girl every month to their evil lord. Conan heads towards their
temple, steals a robe, and enters the evil cult’s lair. He arrives just
as the Night-God’s priestess, Hajii, completes her prayer, and puts out
the brazier, plunging the open-roofed temple into darkness. Conan takes
the opportunity to sneak to Jenna, but discovers the secret of the
Night-God, it is a giant bat-like creature who swoops in to devour its
sacrifice. It grabs Jenna in its talons, but Conan leaps upon the
monster’s back. Hajii manages to grab Conan and all are flown into the
skies. Conan thrusts his torch repeatedly into the beast’s eyes and
body, while Hajii desperately tries to stop the barbarian from slaying
her god. Conan is victorious, and the monster plunges to the ground,
disorienting Conan long enough for Hajii to pull a dagger and strike in
vengeance. Luckily, the priestess forgot about Jenna, who knocks Hajii
out with the brazier before Conan can be killed. However, when Conan
wakes, he discovers Jenna and the gold long gone.
“Delusion For a Dragon Slayer” / DELUSIONE PER UN DRAGONE ASSASSINO
Synopsis
A man is killed by a wrecking ball and becomes aware that heaven is
the realization of one’s dreams, but one must have the proper character
to achieve the goals. After the ball lands on him, he opens his eyes to
find that he has become a heroic barbarian ship captain in a fantasy
world so far from the mundane reality that he lived upon Earth. He
attempts to lead his men that depend upon him through the waves, but
fails to take into account the reef due to his vanity, and the men are
lost at sea. As he washes ashore, he comes upon a beautiful woman who is
guarded by a fearsome beast. Instead of challenging the beast in a fair
fight, he cowardly stabs it in the back with his sword. The woman is
terrified of him and backs away, but he cares nothing of her concern and
takes her by force. A huge shadow descends upon him, and just before he
is devoured by a dragon, he realizes he was never a good person but
merely worshiped at an alter of quiet evil.
|
  |
