"The Pit and the Parasite"
Conan and Hobb enter the City-state of Zahmann, requesting audience with Queen Yaila and Lord Godrik. They are shown to the throne room, but discover that it is a trap, and that Yaila and Godrik are under the spell of Kulan Gath. Conan had seen Gath slain many years prior(see Conan the Barbarian #15), but death has no meaning for one such as Gath. Conan is thrown into the dungeon, while Hobb escapes. Hobb meets a Kothian rebel, Imojen, who is on a mission to free the rebel Prince Borrin, captured by Gath. Conan awakens in the dungeon, finding Prince Borrin there, but that the dungeon is a living thing that holds them fast and draws their blood. Conan frees himself and wounds the creature, which withdraws. Conan helps the others face Kulan Gath, who flees.