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