Is it ever explained why Conan doesn’t try and bring his chick back like she did for him?

Not sure, but I always thought it was because he just kind of died and she on the other hand had a snake shot through her body.
When he came back to life he was probably just REALLY thirsty. If Valeria came back to life she’d probably just die again because of the snake arrow hole through her body. :idk:

Either that or just like every guy, he got tired of her shite and saw this as an opportunity to abort the relationship.

Tide Saint has it right. Valeria was the price, and you can never take it back.

Besides, Valeria always had a fatalistic personality. "Do you want to live forever?" she asks. Clearly she doesn't. Why do that to her?

Valeria wanted her life to mean something. In the end, it does. Her sacrifice allows Conan to continue his mission of avenging his family. She even returns from the dead in a flash to aid him once more. "Even if I were dead, I would return to fight by your side," she says. Her will makes it so, without the intervention of demonic magic. It's pure that way.

If you ever read Howard’s books Conan was always changing compatriots

I have indeed read a lot of Howard and a fair amount of Conan. But book Conan and film Conan are very different. I would picture book Conan looking towards such practices as unclean sorcery.

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If you ever read Howard’s books Conan was always changing compatriots

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there's only one book.

Valeria was Howard's favorite, but her appearances were controversial because of the way she was described and illustrated.

Weird Tales was thought of as an unseemly semi-vulgar magazine. Working for them likely didn't win a lot of friends in hickville TX.