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- Cover date
- April 1977
- On sale
- February 1, 1977
- Pages
- 68
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- The Battle of the Towers [The People of the Black Circle, Chapter 3, Part I] · 9 pages
Conan learns that the Afguli clans have turned on him, so he plans to rescue Yasmina alone but is joined by Kerim Shah and his men who agree to join Conan.
- Part II: Yasmina Knows Stark Terror [The People of the Black Circle, Chapter 3] · 9 pages
Yasmina awakes to find she has been captured by the Master of Yimsha.
- Part III: The Castle of the Wizards [The People of the Black Circle, Chapter 3] · 16 pages
Conan, Kerim Shah, and his men battle the acolytes of the Black Seers.
- A Handbook Shall Be Born · 3 pages
- Crimson Blades of Dark Vendhya · 5 pages
- Rattle of Bones · 10 pages
An evil tavern keeper saves Kane from Gaston and is in turn slain by the skeleton of a sorcerer.
Publisher’s description
The Death Wizards have Conan’s life in their hands in “The Battle of the Towers!" In this issue: The Battle of the Towers the third part of the adaptation of Robert E. Howard's People of the Black Circle by Roy Thomas, John Buscema and Alfredo Alcala~To reach the looming tower of the Black Seers, Conan must first pass the magical tower of their sorcerous acolytes - or die in the trying!~Fred Blosser's review of Robert Weinberg's The Annotated Guide to Robert E. Howard's Sword and SorceryA review of Robert E. Howard's The Swords of Shaharazar by Fred Blosser with illustrations by Michael W. KalutaA Rattle of Bones a tale of Solomon Kane by Roy Thomas and Howard ChaykinA frontispiece pin-up by Tim Conrad
Reprinted in
Conan Saga (1987), Savage Sword of Conan (2007), Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (2019), The Savage Sword of Conan: Reforged (2025), The Saga of Solomon Kane (2009), Solomon Kane: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (2020)