Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Ernie Chan. Night of the Gargoyle, script by Roy Thomas, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]; setting: City of Thieves in Zamora; Conan fights a gargoyle & saves Arlinna; adapted from the non-Conan story The Purple Heart of Erlik by Robert E. Howard; Story continues in Savage Sword of Conan 1. Letter to the editor from Deam Mullaney (Eclipse Comics). The letters page also contains Marvel Value Stamp series A # 24 (the Falcon by Sal Buscema).