(Cover Date: April, 1971)

Summary: Conan kills a fat Kothian after he gets offended over Conan's questions about the secret of the Tower of the Elephant. Conan meets Taurus at the tower who has killed the lone guard. They kill the silent lions in the garden below the tower. The two climb up the Tower. In the jewel filled chamber at the top, Taurus is killed by a giant black spider. Conan manages to kill the spider & goes inside the tower to find the chained, blind elephant-man, Yag-Kosha. He tells Conan how his people came to Earth long ago. As the lone survivor, he was enslaved by the sorcerer Yara. Conan thrusts his sword through Yag-Kosha's chest per his request. He takes the Heart of the Elephant gem to Yara below. After holding the gem, the sorcerer shrinks into the gem where he is pursued by a whole Yag-Kosha. The gem vanishes in Conan's hands. When the tower begins to shake, Conan runs out of it before it crashes to the ground.

Comments: The scene on the cover does not take place in the story. more