Conan the Barbarian #23
Date:	Febaruary, 1973
Cover:	Gil Kane
Writer:	Roy Thomas
Penciller:	Barry Smith
Inker:	Dan Adkins John Buscema Chic Stone
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Letterer:
Editor:	Roy Thomas
Title:	"The Shadow of the Vulture"

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Major CharactersEdit

• Conan (Previous appearance in CB-21; next appearance in CB-24).
• Red Sonja (First appearance; previous chronological appearance ??; next appearance in CB-24).

Minor CharactersEdit

• Ghannif (First and only appearance to date). King of Pah Dishah.
• Yezdigerd (Previous appearance in CB-20; next appearance in CB-25).
• Mikhal-Oglu (First appearance; dies in this issue). Turanian mercenary. Also called the Vulture.
• Melissandra (Previous appearance in CB-21; next appearance in CB-24).
• Eannatum (Previous appearance in CB-21; next appearance in CB-24).

LocationEdit

• Makkalet, Pah-Dishah, and south of Pah-Dishah.

Time FrameEdit

• Several days. This story takes place three weeks after CB-21.

SynopsisEdit

Conan reaches the city of Pah-Dishah with a request of help for the beseiged city of Makkalet. He delivers the message and leaves, despite the king's interest in his "barbaric tales." He heads south. Meanwhile, at Makkalet, Yezdigerd is visited by Mikhal Oglu - the Vulture. The prince sends the Vulture to find and punish Conan for the scar the barbarian gave him some weeks back. The Turanian forces track Conan down in a village south of Pah-Dishah. The Cimmerian is herded back to Makkalet and rescued by the newly arrived armies pof Pah-Dishah, led by the warrior woman Red Sonja. Conan is now stuck with Melissandra and Eannatum, who tried to have him killed. Conan stumbles across a group of spies for Yezdigerd attempting to send messages. They tied him up but he is found by Sonja. Conan is freed and sets a trap for the Vulture, knowing he is on his way. A day later a package arrives in the Turanian camp - the head of the Vulture.

NotesEdit

• Freely adapted from the Robert E. Howard story "The Shadow of the Vulture."

ReprintedEdit

• Conan Saga #7
• Essential Conan
• The Chronicles of Conan Volume Four: The Song of Red Sonja and Other Stories