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Greg O'Driscoll
Apr 302 min read
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...
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cyborgcaveman
Feb 282 min read
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...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 262 min read
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...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 232 min read
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...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 212 min read
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...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 142 min read
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...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 92 min read
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...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 72 min read
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...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 62 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...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 52 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...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 21 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...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 13 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...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Jan 314 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...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Jan 291 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...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Jan 262 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...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Jan 242 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...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Jan 223 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...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Jan 192 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...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Jan 172 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...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Jan 152 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...
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