- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- John Buscema
- Inks
- Ernie Chan
- Colors
- Roger Slifer
- Letters
- Joe Rosen
- Job Number
- LF578
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Amboola of Kush (death); Queen Tananda; Lord Aahmes; Lord Tuthmes; Afari; Muru; Shubba; Ageera; Diana of Nemedia; Falaha
- Synopsis
- 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
- in Conan (Condor, 1979 series) #48
- in Superserien (Månriddaren) (Hemmets Journal, 1981 series) #5/1982, #6/1982
- in Super Marvel (Egmont, 1981 series) #5/1982 (17. maj 1982) [pages 1-9]
- in Månebaronen (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1981 series) #5/1982 (uke 20 1982) [pages 1-9], #6/1982 (uke 24 1982) [pages 10-17]
- in Super Marvel (Egmont, 1981 series) #6/1982 (21. juni 1982) [pages 10-17]
- in Conan el Bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #27 (enero 1984)
- in Conan le Barbare (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #18 (avril 1984)
- in Conan bok (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1998 series) #3 - Svart jungel (2000) [2. translation]
which is reprinted- in The Chronicles of Conan (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #13 - Whispering Shadows and Other Stories (December 2007)
- Keywords
- Kush; Meroe
Part 1 of 2 adaptation of the short story "The Snout in the Dark" by L. Sprague DeCamp & Lin Carter
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Letters
- typeset
Letters from Lee Breakiron, Mike Bates