Item Biography
"Night of the Rat!"
*Khitai: ancient, mysterious, deadly. Here a dead monarch's son is installed as king, and the princess he's chosen as his bride makes her way to the royal wedding amidst a legion of deadly cultists, all dedicated to seeing her die. The outlaw Rat Cult must sacrifice a Khitan princess once every fifty years to their monstrous, graven Rat God. Their plan to kidnap the princess is flawless, and would probably work were it not for a certain steel-thewed Cimmerian who happened to be attending the wedding.
* Source: frontispiece.
Story written by Michael Fleisher, penciled by John Buscema, inked by Ernie Chan, and lettered by Richard Parker and Johnny Le Squid; 50 pages.
"The Hill of Horror!"
* It's huge. It's monstrous. It's deadly. It's waiting for Conan. Up there. His steely eyes set, his determined scowl wrinkling his face, the Cimmerian curse his dark gods and begins his climb.
* Source: frontispiece.
Story written by Alan Zelenetz, penciled by Ron Wilson, inked and airbrushed by Dave Simons; 6 pages.
Frontispiece illustration by Gary Kwapisz; cover painting by Earl Norem.