I was getting the same kind of memory, so I've just now opened AF v1 #24, and we now have a definitive answer from the pen (or typewriter or...) of Byrne himself! And, letterer Rick Parker! Has he ever steered us wrong before?
Shaman: "Three of the beasts have been utterly destroyed... but three remain."
Which puts the number at six.
rplass: Thanks for mentioning the throne and the bit of AF #3... I wanted to mention them, but forgot.
- Le Messor
"Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative."
- Kissinger