The Tower of the Elephant

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"The Tower of the Elephant"
Short story by Robert E. Howard
An interior panel of "The Tower of the Elephant" comic adaptation by Roy Thomas featuring the art of John Buscema and Alfredo Alcala. The original short story was written by Robert E. Howard and first appeared in a 1933 issue of Weird Tales magazine.
Original title	The Tower of the Elephant
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Fantasy
Publication
Published in	Weird Tales
Publication type	Pulp
Publisher	Rural Publishing Corporation
Publication date	March 1933
Chronology
Series	Conan the Cimmerian
The Scarlet Citadel   Black Colossus

"The Tower of the Elephant" is one of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard. Set in the fictional Hyborian Age, it concerns Conan infiltrating a perilous tower to steal a fabled gem from an evil sorcerer named Yara. Its unique insights into the Hyborian world and atypical science fiction elements have led the story to be considered a classic of Conan lore, and it is often cited by Howard scholars as one of his best tales.^[1]