- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited)
- Pencils
- John Buscema (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (credited) (figures); Terry Austin (backgrounds)
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Oliver Wein)
- Letters
- John Costanza (credited)
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Lupalina the Wolf-Mistress [Samandra]; Lupalina's Wolf Pack; Stefanya; Merdoramon (flashback); Themas Herklar (mentioned); Zoqquanor (dead); Mitra (mentioned); Gwineer; Ishtar (mentioned); Ursla the Bear-Woman (flashback); Baron Torkal Moh; Men-At-Arms (die); Shokkoth (flashback, dies); Elviriom (mentioned); Thalkalides (mentioned); Dweller in the Pool [Pthassiass]
- Synopsis
- Setting: Western border wastelands and Castle Ravengard. Conan and Lupalina invade Castle Ravengard and rescue Stefanya. Conan wounds Torkal Moh (unknown if he dies).
- Reprints
- in Conan (Condor, 1979 series) #6
- in Conan le Barbare (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #3 (octobre 1979)
- in Conan de barbaar (Oberon, 1981 series) #11 (december 1981)
- in Conan el Bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #95 ([agosto 1986])
- in Conan (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 1990 series) #10/1993 ([september] 1993)
- in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #81 (December 1993)
- in Conan el bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #50 (diciembre 1999)
- in The Chronicles of Conan (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #7 - The Dweller in the Pool and Other Stories (March 2005)
- in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #2 (2019)
- in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Epic Collection (Marvel, 2020 series) #4 - Queen of the Black Coast (2021)
- Keywords
- Blue-Fire Amulet; Border Kingdom; Castle Ravengard; deer; Phalkar (province); rats; the Gifting Tree
Part 4 of 6. Adapted from the Belmont novel "Kothar and the Conjurer's Curse" by Gardner F. Fox.
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Letters from Mike Luckenbill, Conald R. McLemore, Frank S. Lovece, Rich Lyczak, Dean Mullaney and John Parker.