Issue Details

Issue	#13
Published	August 2009
Cover Price	2.99 USD
Pages	40
Editing	Philip R. Simon; Scott Allie (consulting editor); Patrick Thorpe (assistant editor); M. Joshua Elliott (designer); Ryan Hill (digital production)

Cover Details

Characters	Conan; Princess Yasmela; Natohk
Genre	sword and sorcery
Pencils	Joseph Michael Linser (signed)
Inks	Joseph Michael Linser (signed)
Colors	Joseph Michael Linser

1 page credits "Conan"

Script	Robert E. Howard (quotation)
Pencils	Tomas Giorello
Letters	typeset
Notes	This page contains the indicia and credits for this issue with an accompanying illustration and quotation.

23 page Conan story "Black Altar [Black Colossus: Part Six of Six]"

Characters	Conan; Natohk (death); Princess Yasmela; Amalric; Thoth-Amon (cameo)
Synopsis	While the Khorajan army defeat's Natohk's forces in battle, Conan rescues Princess Yasmela from Natohk himself, slaying him in the process.
Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Timothy Truman
Pencils	Tomas Giorello
Inks	Tomas Giorello
Colors	Jose Villarrubia
Letters	Richard Starkings; Comicraft

1 page Conan promo (ad from the publisher) "Coming This Year..."

Synopsis	A look at upcoming Conan issues.
Pencils	Timothy Truman; Joseph Michael Linser; Darick Robertson
Inks	Timothy Truman; Joseph Michael Linser; Darick Robertson
Colors	Joseph Michael Linser; ?
Letters	typeset

1 page Lockbox 313 letters page "Lockbox 313"

Script	Philip R. Simon
Pencils	Mike Mignola; Joseph Michael Linser
Inks	Mike Mignola; Joseph Michael Linser
Colors	Joseph Michael Linser; ?
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters from Captain Nathaniel Jaime, Mark Munroe, and T. William Gans with an accompanying preview of the next issue's cover and a preview of the cover of the Solomon Kane: The Castle of the Devil trade paperback.

Half page The Adventures of Two-Gun Bob story "I was born in the little ex-cow-town of Peaster, about 45 miles west of Fort Worth..."

Synopsis	Howard describes his birthplace.
Genre	biography
Script	Robert E. Howard (original story); Jim Keegan (adaptation); Ruth Keegan (adaptation)
Pencils	Jim Keegan; Ruth Keegan
Inks	Jim Keegan; Ruth Keegan
Colors	Jim Keegan; Ruth Keegan
Letters	Jim Keegan; Ruth Keegan
Notes	This story is based on an October 1930 letter between Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft and a September 1931 letter between Robert E. Howard and Wilfred Blanch Talman.