- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited); Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)
- Pencils
- John Buscema (credited)
- Inks
- Sal Buscema (credited as S. Buscema); John Severin (credited as J. Severin) (pages 4-5)
- Colors
- Marie Severin (credited)
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited)
- Job Number
- 1302Z
- Feature Logo
- Conan the Barbarian
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Chumballa Bey (antagonist); Brule, the Spear-Slayer (flashback); Conan the Barbarian (featured); Eannatum; Kharam-Akkad (death) (antagonist); Kull the Conqueror (flashback); Melissandra; Tarim; Tuzun Thune (death) (first appearance); Yezdigerd
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Prince Yezdigerd prepares to storm Makkalet.
- Reprints
- in Conan (Condor, 1979 series) #3
- in Conan (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #3 (1er trimestre 1978) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]; moins 0,6 page [minus 0.6 page]]
- in Conan de barbaar (Oberon, 1979 series) #3 (1979)
- in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #11 (Maio 1983)
- in Conan el Bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #81 ([febrero 1986])
- in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #8 (December 1987)
- in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #11/1991 ([oktober] 1991)
which is reprinted- in Conan Le Barbare (Semic S.A., 1990 series) #38 (août 1993)
- in Conan el bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #25 (enero 1999)
- in Essential Conan (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (July 2000) [black and white]
- in The Chronicles of Conan (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #4 - The Song of Red Sonja and Other Stories (2004)
- in Conan el Bárbaro. Edición 35 Aniversario (Planeta DeAgostini, 2017 series) (Marzo 2017)
- in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (2018)
- in Conan le barbare : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2019 series) #1973 (décembre 2020)
- Keywords
- Akkad; City of Makkalet
Pages 4 and 5 are based on the Robert E. Howard, King Kull short story "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune".