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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.