Black Colossus

by Robert E. Howard


Originally published in Weird Tales, Popular Fiction Publishing Co. (June, 1933)

Reprinted in Conan the Babarian, Gnome Press, Inc., NY (1954)

Adapted in black and white in the comic magazine Savage Sword No. 02 edited by Roy Thomas, artwork by John Buscema and Alfredo Alcala, Marvel Comic Group, NY (October 1974)

Current source: Conan the Freebooter, by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp, published by Prestige Books, Inc., distributed by Ace Books, New York, NY (19??)




Rufia's interest seems to have lasted no longer than the loot that Conan brought from Asgalum, or he may have traded her for a better horse before taking service under Amalric of Nemedia, mercenary general of Queen-Regent Yasmela of the little border kingdom of Khoraja. Here he soon works his way up to the rank of captian. Yasmela's brother, the king of Khoraja, is a prisoner in Ophir, and her borders are assailed by nomadic forces gathered by a mysterious veiled sorcerer, Natohk.
The Night of Power, when Fate stalked through the corridors of the world like a colossus just risen from an age-old throne of granite-"
-E. Hoffmann Price, The Girl from Samarcand



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