Conan the Barbarian #145 – “Son of Cimmeria” – Alan Zelenetz/Richard Howell/Bob Camp
This one starts with a group of older Cimmerians reminiscing about the Battle of Venarium, where Conan first tasted battle. These memories have been prompted by the fact that Conan has returned to Cimmeria for a visit and is now leading a war band into the mountains to eliminate a troublesome Pict raiding party. Pelon, the son of one of the old men, is a member of Conan’s group, although his father considers him a sub-par warrior. Out in the mountains,
the men are talking about their first encounters with women and Conan relates his experience with Ursla (which we saw in issue 48). They’re interrupted when the Picts try a sneak attack on their camp. Conan pushes Pelon to safety and leads the others against the Picts, slaughtering them after a long fight. On the way back, Pelon annoys a polar bear and it attacks Conan, almost killing him before the others can slay it. In the excitement, Pelon is dragged off to a nearby cave where a youngster named Conobar accuses him of killing one of his pets (the polar bear) and says he’ll pay for such foolishness. Pelon tells Conobar that Conan is his protector and will come to save him, so Conobar goes outside to wait. When 
Conan arrives, he’s reluctant to fight someone so young but Conobar gives him no choice. They fight and while the other Cimmerians rescue Pelon, Conan ends up killing Conobar. Of course you can see where this is going, especially after Conobar mentions that he’s fifteen years old, his mother is dead, and he was raised by bears. Conan realizes to late that Conobar was Ursla’s son … and probably his as well. This is a decent story, although I’m not sure if it’s considered canon or not. The big reveal is pretty easy to guess, especially since Conobar is drawn to look a lot like Conan.
Conan the Barbarian #146 – “Night of the Three Sisters” – Mary Jo Duffy/John Buscema/Bob Camp, Bret Breeding
This one starts with Conan in a tavern, drinking away the last of his gold. An uppity patron pisses him off and he tosses the guy aside easily, which starts a big brawl that everyone but Conan is involved in. A couple of sisters (Ceres and Mala) observe Conan through the ruckus and decide he can help them, so they spirit him away magically before he can be grabbed by the town guards. Turns out they were brought to their hideout by a spell cast by a third sister (Estregone), who isn’t too impressed with the drunken specimen her sisters have brought back. Her opinion doesn’t change when Conan tries to put the moves on Ceres, but Mala gives Conan something to sober him up and uses her own feminine wiles to distract him.
They finally tell him that they need his protection so they can steal a valuable magical artifact from a wizard called Quiquayquod. Conan’s always up for a little thievery (although he doesn’t know Estregone has no intention of sharing the loot with him), so he accompanies them through a magical portal to an underground hellscape. Conan protects the sisters from various menaces (snakes, pterodactyls) and they return the favour by using their magic. When they find the wizard’s tower, Conan climbs through a high window into a treasury where he loses himself in avaricious dreams for a while. Unfortunately, the wizard has caught the sorcerous sisters and tells his men to kill them and Conan. Conan fights back and the three sorcerers use their spells to take out quite a few guards too. They barricade themselves in the treasury where they reveal 
they only wanted Quiquayquod’s ring of power, which can take them back to their own world. Conan is pissed off that they used him, but Mala casts a spell to make him drunk again so the sisters can escape. Before going into the portal, Mala gives Conan a bag of gold and a kiss and he suddenly finds himself on a horse outside a town with an aching head , a bag of gold, and no memory of how he got there. This is a pretty good issue with a D&D flavour to it. The three sorcerous sisters are interesting, with their different personalities and varied array of spells; I wouldn’t mind seeing more of them and learning their backgrounds. I get the feeling these are characters Jo Duffy already had in mind, maybe from a D&D game or something.