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Conan vs. the Death Lord of Thanza
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...
cyborgcaveman
May 135 min read
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What if... the Punisher's family had not died?
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.
cyborgcaveman
May 12 min read
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Robert Jordan's Wheel of Conan
CONAN THE MAGNIFICENT by Robert Jordan An online discussion about Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series and the current ongoing...
cyborgcaveman
Apr 255 min read
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Conan of the Red Brotherhood
Written by Leonard Carpenter, Conan of the Red Brotherhood is a passable entry in the Conan franchise, replete with all the elements...
cyborgcaveman
Apr 226 min read
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Ch- Ch- Ch- Changes!
Shade the Changing Man #1Â It is our second "First Issue on the First" and this month's title features the actual first appearance of...
cyborgcaveman
Apr 12 min read
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Can Vigil up the ante?
VIGIL by Robert Masello In spite of the clever title for this review, Masello's Vigil is not about anything vigilante-related. With that...
Greg O'Driscoll
Apr 30, 20242 min read
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Cue up the theme song by Conway Twitty!
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...
cyborgcaveman
Feb 28, 20242 min read
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Graviton drags down Marvel Two-In-One Annual
The dreaded deadline doom caught me. No Conan reviews today. Instead, enjoy this quick trip with Thing and Black Bolt in Marvel...
Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 26, 20242 min read
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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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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
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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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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