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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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


If he isn't Conan then he oughtta be!
CTC #17 - cover blurb The Devil-God of Bal-Sagoth! Great cover by Gil Kane and Frank Brunner. The opening splash page by Kane and inked...
Greg O'Driscoll
Jan 15, 20242 min read


These are not the Morlocks you're looking for.
Marvel Team Up #135 Spider-Man and Kitty Pryde headline “In the Lair of the Morlocks”, written by Bill Mantlo with art by Ron Frenz and...
Greg O'Driscoll
Nov 8, 20232 min read


Time and distance make a seminal sci-fi novel hokey.
THE CORNELIUS CHRONICLES by Michael Moorcock Four complete novels in one volume: The Final Programme, A Cure for Cancer, The English...
Greg O'Driscoll
Nov 6, 20234 min read


The Boston Tea Party-- in the Everglades.
Adventure into FEAR with the Man-Thing #16 No cover blurb is needed on this twenty cent Bronze Age beauty! The issue title is “Cry of the...
Greg O'Driscoll
Nov 3, 20231 min read


Goodwin Does the New Universe Justice
Justice #1 Justice was one of a raft of new titles created for Marvel's New Universe. Back in the 80s, Jim Shooter wanted to create a...
Greg O'Driscoll
Nov 1, 20232 min read


The Barbarian of Oz
BARBARIAN OF WORLD'S END by Lin Carter Yet another adventure novel by science-fantasy's most (or least, depending on how you look at it)...
Greg O'Driscoll
Sep 4, 20231 min read


The weird combo of football and comic books.
Kickers Inc. #1 I gave this one a clean miss back in the day. Sports, sports comics, and generally anything sports-related was not my...
Greg O'Driscoll
Sep 1, 20232 min read
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