It's hip! It's edgy and cool! It's the 90s! It's-- actually not that bad. This month's First Issue on the First is Ka-Zar #1 (1997),...

Wild Cards: House Rules Edited by Georgie RR Martin and Melissa M. Snodgrass If you don't know who the sucker is at the table, it's you. ...

Conan the Champion by John Maddox Roberts Three non-Howard Conan franchise paperbacks from my recently purchased box of books, three...

Green vs. Carpenter Conan and the Death Lord of Thanza by Roland J. Green is a big step up from Conan of the Red Brotherhood by Leonard...

What if the Punisher's family had not died? The tenth issue of What if...? volume two answered that question, but prior to its publication, the answer might have looked something very like Mark Hazzard: MERC.

CONAN THE MAGNIFICENT by Robert Jordan An online discussion about Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series and the then-ongoing adaptation...

Written by Leonard Carpenter, Conan of the Red Brotherhood is a passable entry in the Conan franchise, replete with all the elements...

Shade the Changing Man #1  It is our second "First Issue on the First" and this month's title features the actual first appearance of...

Dreadstar and Company #1 "Fabulous first issue!" the cover cries, which is as good a place as any to start this blog's new "First Issue...

VIGIL by Robert Masello In spite of the clever title for this review, Masello's Vigil is not about anything vigilante-related. With that...

A larger square-bound edition of reprint material repackaged as a Ka-Zar comic, this is actually composed of guest appearances from other...

Fantastic Four: Big Town #1 What did I just read? Written by Steve Engleheart with art and inks by Mike Mckone and Mark Mckenna, assisted...

The dreaded deadline doom caught me. No Conan reviews today. Instead, enjoy this quick trip with Thing and Black Bolt in Marvel...

"Swords Against Stygia!" Several of the first pages are given over to catching up any new readers on how Conan and Belit came to be...

This cover has blurbs a plenty! The central image is very strong but was obviously composed to accommodate a lot of cover copy, and the...

Conan the Barbarian Annual #5 Writer - Roy Thomas Pencils - John Buscema Inks - Ernie Chan. “At last! The WEDDING NIGHT of King Conan and...

Just as one might think the Cimmerian was done with all these delays and side quests, leaving behind the Hyborian version of the Valley...

This is the third issue of the three-part epic that recasts REH's Valley of Iskander into a Conan tale set in the Hyborian Era. Conan has...

Well, after years of never finding this one in the wild, and refusing to buy it online, I finally know how the story turned out. Of...

Following the fill-in issue of the previous month, the overarching story gets back on track. A handy recap on the title page catches...