Fantastic!

"This is the demon I'm supposed to fight? Really?"



Conan was having an off day.



Goddamn Genie flashers.



Oops! I did a racism.



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Fabulous as always, Bruce.

(1) Looks like dude is about to get cleaved between the horns by that big sword and the laser eyes of the goofus beastie. Meanwhile he's only got that short scimitar and he's waving it ineffectually at the naked babe.

Is she the witch from Hell's Kitchen, and are we talking about the section of NYC or does she wrangle pots and pans for Satan's dinner?

(2) This was probably airbrushed on the side of a van in the late 70s.

(3) I'm pretty sure we had "Basilisk" at the old place, it looks familiar. "This cover has EVERYTHING!" Translucent hunkbutt, devil's dumplings, no scabbard (not that the sword would do much), a horse with antelope horns, and absolutely no basilisks to be seen. Primo Rowena; surprised Saddam Hussein didn't have this one in his collection.

(4) I have no idea what the red critter is supposed to be, nor how its body is supposed to move. Faux Manchu and the chick from #1 go to the same nail salon.

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#1. Just his luck - he gets distracted by the naked lady, and mutated-housecat-monster-demon (MHMD?) rings his bell with the sword and laughs at his "inadequacy" because its X-ray vision reveals all....

#2. That "scimitar" looks pretty rounded, not sharp at all. It won't do a darn thing to sea-snake (it is *shaped* like a snake, but with the head of Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent) except maybe bruise it thoroughly....

#3. Hm. If the sword is ineffective against Translucent Hunkbutt, at least she's got her dagger in reserve. Hey, wait a minute....

#4. I protest the typecasting of wizards as Faux Manchu caricatures!

1. Goat horns x 2 + blonde
2. Blonde
3. Goat horns
4. Blonde

>2 GSSex-noob: #4: it's a busy nail salon. The translucent flasher looks like he goes there too. (In the case of Faux Manchu, one would think nails that long would get in the way of doing Science! - the actual historical Mandarins did cut their nails on their writing hand. )

@EoDO: I submit that the horse in #3 could be considered blonde. Other than that, I think you're saying this is a gathering of horny blondes? The SF readers of that time would heartily approve.

@bam2001: The finest nail salon in all the Fantasy Worlds! Possibly located in Manhattan, given her sobriquet.

I can't figure out who the face of the man vs. serpent reminds me of. Nor what's the deal with his ear position. He looks a bit ineffectual. Blonde isn't doing a damn thing to help. Maybe the snake is her pet and she's sicced it on the guy.

I think the horns on blonde #1 are possibly ossicones, meaning she's part giraffe.

Or maybe they haven't reached full maturity yet, so still covered in velvet.

Is she the one who set the beastie on the dude, and he realizes his sword isn't gonna do any good against it, so he's swinging at the blonde?