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| Publisher |
Marvel |
| Artist |
Barry Windsor-Smith |
| Writer |
Robert E. Howard |
| Published | April 1971 |
"The Tower of the Elephant" (Robert Ervin Howard)Another adaption of a Robert Howard Conan story, heavily influenced by the work of HP Lovecraft, a contemporary of Howard's. We start of in Arenjun, thief city of Zamora. We are in a tavern and a fat dude telling everyone how to steal wenches. Someone asks him about the charms of his captive that he stole for money and the Kotharian mentions Elephant Tower and who should show up to ask ? Why our favorite Cimmerian does Conan. So they all start to talk about the tower and the guard and the jewels and treasure inside. So the fat Kotharian gets offended and he and Conan have a bar brawl.Conan wins, killing the Kotharian. Our barbarian walks to the tower. While we see just inside of it is the priest Yara who yells at the guard for not knowing he was outside and wanting in. We see the priest let in but we also see him floating, feet not touching the ground. Conan is outside scaling a wall. It appears he is on the inside gate to the tower. While running he trips over the lifeless corpse of the guard just killed minutes ago by a thief named Taurus of Nemedia. the prince of thieves as he is known by. Taurus wonders why Conan is there too and Conan says to steal a jewel called The Elephant's Heart. So the two team up to get the jewel. However there is a trap outside. Deadly quiet lions. Taurus blows powder from the black lotus that knocks the lions unconscious or dead. Taurus throws the grappling hook up and it catches. Trouble though one of the lions wakes up Conan is fighting it and after defeating it they climb up the tower.They make it to the top and as Conan looks for more guards. Taurus leaves Conan to go inside. Conan goes to the now closed door and hear Taurus's cries. Door opens and Tarus is dead. Conan goes inside and sees gems and riches strewn about the room. He is then struck as a giant spider hits him with its venom. Conan lifts a small box of gems and throws it at the large spider killing it. Conan finds a hidden...
