- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- John Buscema (breakdowns); Ernie Chan (finished art)
- Inks
- Ernie Chan
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver
- Letters
- Joe Rosen
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Tamris; Kagal (dies); Shallam (dies); Caldix
- Synopsis
- Conan loses at gambling. Kagal takes Tamris from Conan by force and flees to manse. Conan follows and finds Kagal killed by Caldix who is in a mastiff's body. Conan defeats Caldix and rescues the girl.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- City of Akkharia; gambling; ruins
Adapted from story by Robert E. Howard.
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Letters
- typeset
Letters from Jeffrey Lowndes, Mitch Smith, Carl Finley.