CONAN THE KING (1984) #30

Action, suspense and intrigue lovers, this one is for you! Conan recruits a new Black Dragon. Chief Adviser Trocero quits and Conan replaces him with the secret mastermind behind all the attempts on his life–Baron Maloric! How long will it be before the second most powerful man in Aquilonia becomes the most powerful? Baron Maloric’s not telling!A wizard is searching for a secret talisman of power. But he refuses to tell King Conan what it is or why he needs it! It is a search cloaked in mystery and surrounded by murder!King Conan confronts a conflict that he cannot ignore when into his court bursts…Red Sonja! Is Conan still a man, or has his crown turned Hyborea’s greatest barbarian into a wimp? Red Sonja demands to know. And Conan must find the truth in « Call of the Wild. »It’s Hyborean adventure and intrigue at its pulse-pounding best, when King Conan readies to defend Aquilonia from without–while trusted courtiers plot his assassination from within! « The Sleeping Lion » premieres new regular scripter Don Kraar! Why are the Picts invading Aquilonia? And where did they get their sophisticated war machines? If King Conan cannot discover that answer, it will mean the end of Aquilonia! But the time he needs has run out–for the Picts have slain his elite guard, the Black Dragons!