Issue Details

Issue	#74
Published	May 1977
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.30 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Roy Thomas

Cover Details - "The Serpent from the River Styx!"

Characters	Conan; Belit; sea-serpent
Genre	sword and sorcery
Pencils	Gil Kane
Notes	Cover artist info by Tim Stroup.

17 page Conan the Barbarian story "The Battle at the Black Walls!"

Characters	Conan; Belit; Thoth-Amon (dream); King Athrahasis (flashback); Nim-Karrak (flashback); Neftha
Synopsis	Setting: Tigris & black-walled sea-port city of Khemi; Thoth-Amon visits Conan in a dream; Conan and Belit rescue Neftha from a Stygian ship, fight a sea-serpent and torch the Khemi navy.
Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	John Buscema
Inks	Ernie Chan
Colors	George Roussos
Letters	Joe Rosen
Reprinted	in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #89

1 page The Hyborian Page letters page

Letters

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1 page Captain America; Hostess Cup cakes advertisement "Captain America and the Sore Sir's Apprentices"

Characters	Captain America [Steve Rogers]; The Sore Sir's Apprentices
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Sal Buscema
Inks	Frank Giacoia
Notes	Comics ad for Hostess Cup Cakes from ITT Continental Baking Company.