• Richard C. West, ed.
• Art Editor: Ivor A. Rogers
• 1970
• The Tolkien Journal whole number 13

front cover: Bilbo and giant spider -- Pete Poplaski

Dedication: In Memoriam: Francis Christensen: He was gold that did not rust

• "Introduction" (editorial) p. 2
• "Tolkien and Spiders" -- Bob Mesibov (pp. 3-5)
• "Errata to Orcrist no. 3" -- The Editor (p. 5)
• "Progress Report on the Variorum Tolkien" -- Richard C. West (pp. 6-7)
• "A Dose of Double Dactyls" -- Diverse Hands (pp. 8-10) [Royce Buehler, Carleton W. Carroll, Paulette Carroll, Duane Dobry, William F. Orr, Richard C. West]
• "Letters" from Lloyd Alexander (16 January 1969) and Bonniejean Christensen (3 December 1968)
• "Power in The Lord of the Rings" -- Alexis Levitin (pp. 11-14)
• "Report from the West: Exploitation of The Hobbit" -- Bonniejean Christensen (pp. 15-16) [Don and Fred Bluth musical, Down in Middle Earth]
• "An Ace Mystery: Did Tolkien Write His Own Retraction?" -- Bonniejean Christensen (p. 16)
• "The Insurrection of the Toolies from Twee" -- Joe Snow (pp. 17-18)
• "Satire" -- Paulette Carroll (pp. 19-20) [Free University course on fantasy]
• "A Proposal for a Doctoral Dissertation in the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison" -- Deborah Webster Rogers (pp. 21-23) [dissertation on J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis; proposal accepted 19 May 1970]

Illustrations by: Laura Haglund (pp. 5, 13, 14, 16, 19 ); Pete Poplaski (pp. 3, 8, 12, 14, 15, 20); Ivor Rogers (p. 11, 17, 18); Deborah Webster, Sr. (pp. 5, 19)

Back cover: Nazgul in flight -- Laura Haglund