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Zula the Black Barbarian!
"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...
Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 23, 20242 min read
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No one takes Conan hostage! Or do they?
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...
Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 21, 20242 min read
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Conan sleeps with demons? Yup!
Conan the Barbarian Annual #5 Writer - Roy Thomas Pencils - John Buscema Inks - Ernie Chan. “At last! The WEDDING NIGHT of King Conan and...
Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 19, 20242 min read
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Conan in Black Canaan
Just as one might think the Cimmerian was done with all these delays and side quests, leaving behind the Hyborian version of the Valley...
Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 16, 20244 min read
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King Conan of Iskander?
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...
Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 14, 20242 min read
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Conan and the Valley of Iskander: Part II
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...
Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 12, 20242 min read
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Conan and the Valley of Iskander
Following the fill-in issue of the previous month, the overarching story gets back on track. A handy recap on the title page catches...
Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 9, 20242 min read
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Not as savage, but still the sword of Conan!
Originally presented in Savage Sword of Conan #1, this reprint of "The Curse of the Undead Man" by Roy Thomas and John Buscema serves as...
Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 7, 20242 min read
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Conan looks a little too scared in this opening shot.
Conan the Barbarian #74 Written by Roy Thomas with pencils by John Buscema and inks by Ernie Chan, the cover blurb screams “One hundred...
Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 6, 20242 min read
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There's a Conan on the road, his brain is squirming like a toad
Great cover featuring both a huge pagan idol and a giant red monster. Another great Kane composition with Chan finishes that really give...
Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 5, 20242 min read
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Conan and Belit score some herb!
Written by Roy Thomas, drawn by John Buscema, and inked by Ernie Chan, this issue features one of those classic misleading covers from...
Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 2, 20241 min read
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Marchers of Valhalla was better
Love that cover by Gil Kane and Ernie Chan with Chan's trademark heavy rendering and Kane's classic composition, complete with that one...
Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 1, 20243 min read
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Conan is no Marcher of Valhalla
"The City in the Storm" was written by Roy Thomas, drawn by John Buscema, and inked by Ernie Chan (formerly Chua, see the letters page...
Greg O'Driscoll
Jan 31, 20244 min read
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Conan heads to Faring Town
The Demon of the Deep is once again a comic freely adapted from a REH original by Roy Thomas. This time is is Out of the Deep. The art is...
Greg O'Driscoll
Jan 30, 20242 min read
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This "Tribe" appears in a Conan crossover
CTB #67 Cool cover on this one. Has to be Kane pencils again. Interior art is by John Buscema with inks by "The Tribe". The Tribe was a...
Greg O'Driscoll
Jan 29, 20241 min read
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The World's Most Savage Hero!
CTB #57 Here we have a great Gil Kane cover with his classic signature elements, especially the floating heads in the background blocked...
Greg O'Driscoll
Jan 26, 20242 min read
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When Conan was also Kothar
CTB #48 Looks like another Kane cover, layout/pencils at least. A blurb notifies us of "the return of Red Sonja" and another announces...
Greg O'Driscoll
Jan 24, 20242 min read
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The House of Ara-Buscema
CTB #38 Who did the cover on this? It definitely looks like a mixture of styles. The composition is very Gil Kane, but the inking isn't...
Greg O'Driscoll
Jan 22, 20243 min read
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If his bones are gold, you steal his skeleton!
CTB #37 Story by Roy Thomas and art by Neal Adams, based upon an idea by REH, this tale guest-stars Juma the Black. Not the most...
Greg O'Driscoll
Jan 19, 20242 min read
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The Adaptation of Asshurbanipal
CTB #35 The familiar team of Thomas, Buscema, and Chan give us The Hell-Spawn of Kara-Shehr. Freely adapted from "The Fire of...
Greg O'Driscoll
Jan 17, 20242 min read
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