Conan the Barbarian #137 – Marvel (1982) 8.0 VF Newsstand Edition

Conan the Barbarian #137 – Marvel (1982) 8.0 VF Newsstand Edition

Conan joins Grendl's Traveling Fighters in "Titan's Gambit."Cimmeria. Bolo, a giant simpleton stands paying 'cat's cradle' in the throne room of King Arvenger of Voldhom. He is introduced to the king by Twillo, an accompanying dwarf, as a reigning fight-champion. The local champion ,a grizzly bear is released for the fight against Bolo. As the dwarf, Twillo, plays a haunting tune from a wooden flute, Bolo is transformed into a berserk rage - breaking the bear's back. The flute's tune is the same that Bolo heard as a child when soldiers murdered his parents. Upon hearing it, Bolo changes from a child-like halfwit into a hulking, beserk brute...Meanwhile, Conan sits enjoying some wenches and grog in a tavern two-hundred miles away. A brawl soon ensues with the taverns other patrons, who prove no match for Conan who promptly lays them all out.This catches the interest of Grendl, a traveller who hires 'champions' for entertaining fighting bouts in the local towns. The ultimate prize is a...