Giant-Size Conan #4
In "Swords of the South!", Conan finds himself caught in a deadly game of deception when Lady Aztrias of Numalia hires him to steal from the wealthy merchant Kallian—only to turn on him when Kallian is found dead and the bowl said to hold a great treasure proves empty. Written by Roy Thomas and illustrated by Barry Smith, with inks by Dan Adkins and Sal Buscema, this 1975 Marvel classic unfolds with relentless tension as Conan confronts a serpent-man killer hidden within the bowl’s shadow. The cover by Gil Kane and Tom Palmer captures the grim, exotic menace of the tale.
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Conan saves Lady Aztrias of Numalia from a pack of wolves. She hires Conan to steal from the wealthy merchant Kallian, who temporarily houses a mysterious bowl from Stygia, said to contain a great treasure. Conan burgles the merchant's house, finds the bowl empty and Kallian dead. The city guard appears and Lady Aztrias accuses him of killing Kallian. The real killer was in the bowl, however: a serpent-man, a big snake with a human head. Conan kills the serpent-man and saves Demetrio. In a vision, Conan sees the Stygian sorcerer Thoth-Amon.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).