- Script:
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils:
- John Buscema
- Inks:
- Ernie Chan
- Colors:
- Roger Slifer
- Letters:
- Joe Rosen
- Job Number:
- LF578
- Genre:
- sword and sorcery; fantasy
- Characters:
- Conan; Amboola of Kush (death); Queen Tananda; Lord Aahmes; Lord Tuthmes; Afari; Muru; Shubba; Ageera; Diana of Nemedia; Falaha
- Synopsis:
- Meroe, capital of Kush: Conan saves Queen Tananda from an angry mob and is made captain of her guards. Tuthmes uses a swine-demon to kill Amboola, he presents Diana to Queen Tananda as a slave. Conan takes interest in Diana.
- Reprints:
Part 1 of 2 adaption of the short story "The Snout in the Dark" by L. Sprague DeCamp & Lin Carter