A princess has visions of a dark wizard bent on destroying her kingdom! Did Mitra truly speak to her and say her saviour is... Conan?

In this issue:

The Black Colossus by Roy Thomas, John Buscema and Alfredo Alcala. Conan faces the nameless, deadly Thing which came to the princess Yasmela at night - and which waited for him in the trackless desert wastes beyond Khoraja"

The Testing of Blackmark by Gil Kane

The Beast from the Abyss: A Tale of Kull by Steve Englehart, Howard Chaykin and The Crusty Bunkers

The opening chapter of Lin Carter's book The Chronicles of the Sword: An Informal History of Sword-And-Sorcery Fiction