Descrizione
serie CONAN N. 6
IL TALLONE DI THAK
ALBO ORIGINALE DEL 1974
Contiene inoltre : SHANNACONDIZIONI : OTTIME, QUALCHE LIEVISSIMO SEGNO DI CALCO IN COPERTINA, ALCUNE USURE DI MODESTA E MINIMA ENTITA’ IN COSTOLA, L’ ALBO NON E’ DI BUSTA GRANDISSIMA DISPONIBILITA’ DI TUTTI I SUPEREROI CORNO E NON
Featured Characters:
Villains:
- Thak
Synopsis
Part 1: Rogues in the House
Conan sits in chains in a Corinthian jail, betrayed by Jenna. Murilo, a Corinthian lord comes to the jail with an offer to free the barbarian if he kills Nabonidus, the secret head of the city, as the lord is concerend with the Red Priest’s pillaging ways. The plan hits a snag when Murilo’s agent in the jail, Athicus, is imprisoned himself. Murilo decides to take matters into his own hands and deal with the Red Priest himself. Meanwhile, Conan escapes on his own, seeking vengeance on Jenna. He finds and kills Igon on the way, then throws Jenna off the roof into the steaming garbage in the alley. He then turns his sights on Nabonidus.
Part 2: The Talons of Thak
Conan sneaks onto the priest’s grounds, narrowly avoiding trapped sewer tunnels and encounters Murilo, who has been sneaking through the sewer tunnels himself after confronting Nabonidus and discovering the prierst is in reality a brutish ape-monster. Further investigation in the tunnels finds the unconscious body of Nabonidus himself. The priest comes to and explains that the creature Murilo encountered was Thak, an ape-man captured as a cub by Nabonidus to be a servant. Thak began to get ambitions of his own and cold-cocked his master, taking his place on the throne. Conan also discovers that Murilo is not as noble as he seems, as he had been selling state secrets. The three rogues go to confront Thak and observe him through two-way mirrors rampaging through the house. Eventually, the men are trapped in a locked room as Thak storms at them. Conan and Murilo manage to slay the giant beast. Nabonidus takes the opportunity to try and sneak away, but is slain by a thrown dagger from Conan. Conan decides to leave Corinthia entirely.
Traduzione in linea con il personaggio, quindi anch’ essa piuttosto barbara : Talons of Thak è stato reso per assonanza come “Il Tallone di Thak”, quando sarebbe stato più preferibile e corretto “gli Artigli di Thak”.
“And a Jungle Queen Is Born” or ” Shanna the She-Devil ! ” / SHANNA ! (1a parte)
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Featured Characters:
- Shanna the She-Devil – (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Ivory Dan Drake (First appearance) (Death)
- Vole (First appearance)
- Zarg (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Kula (First appearance)
- Mbolo (First appearance)
- Julani (leopard, mother of Ina and Biri, killed by a zoo guard, Shanna then wears her pelt) (First appearance) (Only in flashback) (Death)
- Gerald O’Hara (First appearance) (Only in flashback) (Death)
- Dr. Parkins (zoo director) (Only in flashback)
- Dr. Gallo (Only in flashback)
- George (Only in flashback)
Synopsis
Shanna grew up in the African wilderness. Her father accidentally shot her mother while hunting, leading Shanna to hate guns, machos and stalkers.
She was one of a trio of characters (the others being Night Nurse and Tigra / The Cat) created during an initiative by Stan Lee to promote female oriented comics written and/or created by female writers and artists.
That’s her classic and first debut in Marvel comics universe, here attacked by Zarg.
Continued to next issue….
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