The Savage Sword of Conan 1974 #17 - back issue - $8.00

When Yar Afzal is killed by Khemsa's sorcery, Conan and Yasmina must flee the Wazuli camp.

Conan and Yasmina flee the Wazulis but are attacked later by Khemsa and Gitara. During the battle, four wizards appear and take their revenge on Khemsa and take Yasmina from Conan.

9,500 B.C.: The Aquilonian empire has fallen and the Hyrkanian horde ravages the world. The coming ice age drives the nothern tribes south. Yet another global cataclysm reshapes the continents to their current forms.

Bran Mak Morn seeks the assistance of a witch.

Bran Mak Morn holds the sacred stone of subterranean beast-men hostage until they carry out his revenge on the Romans.

On sale date from the Comic Reader #138.

• The War of the Wizards! - Credits from letter page.
• - Includes a map of The Hyborian Age of Conan.
• [The People of the Black Circle, Chapter 2] Part I, On to Yimsha - Adapted from the short story "People of the Black Circle" by Robert E. Howard.
• [The People of the Black Circle, Chapter 2] Part II: The Mountain of the Black Seers - Adapted from the short story "The People of the Black Circle" by Robert E. Howard. Continues next issue.
• Of Buccaneers and Barachan Pirates - Article about Robert E. Howard's influences.
• Hyborian Age - chapter 6 (of 6): The Darkness and the Dawn - Robert E. Howard adaptation. Letters credit from Walt Simonson via GCD Errors list, October 2009.
• [Worms of the Earth, Part III] Curse of the Black Stone - Adapted from the short story "Worms of the Earth" by Robert E. Howard.
• [Worms of the Earth, Part IV] A Toppling of Towers - Adapted from the short story "Worms of the Earth" by Robert E. Howard.
• Ad - Cover to next issue.
• - Letters from Ed O'Reilly, Larry Lisowski, E. T. Caldwell, and Stephen Brooke.