Conan the Barbarian is a legendary sword-and-sorcery hero created by writer Robert E. Howard in the 1930s. Known for his incredible strength, cunning, and relentless survival instinct, Conan hails from the harsh land of Cimmeria.
My Rating “Frozen Faith Part 03 – Gods Of The North” The daughter of Ymir traipsed around the icy field as the Vanir gave battle to Conan and his Aesir allies. One by one, they all fell, each by the other’s hand. However, it would be Conan the Cimmerian, the black-haired disciple of Crom, who […]
My Rating “Battle Of The Black Stone” “A Stone’s Throw Away” Jim Zub begins this issue of Savage Sword Of Conan with a preface of back history, so to speak. In this introduction, we find out just what inspired the writers and producers at Titan Comics in the pre-production days of their Conan revival. Zub
My Rating “Frozen Faith Part 02 – Daughter’s Gaze” In the far north of Asgar, Conan joins a group of battle-weary Aesirmen as they fight against an encroaching force of Vanir raiders. The young Cimmerian had little interest in the northmen and their blood-feuds, but when the red-haired savages attacked an undefended colony of women
My Rating “Frozen Faith Part 01 – Cold Comfort” Free from the black stone curse, Conan the Barbarian leaves Venarium to seek his fortune in the frozen northlands of Asgard. During his travels, the memories of a harsh childhood begin to resurface. Why had his father been so vague when Conan asked about their god
My Rating “The Age Unconquered Part 04 – Call From The Depths” Across time, the Cimmerian did travel. To what force gave tow, he could not fathom. All that mattered to Conan at that very moment was staring back at him with blazoned eye sockets. The necromancer, born in a time long before the sons
My Rating “Lair Of The Beast-Men!” Conan awoke in the underground realm of the rapacious beastmen. His last memory was that of giving chase to a frightened young woman through the snow-covered countryside of Aesgaard. Then the Cimmerian was ambushed by two concealed slavers who had mastered the art of winter camouflage. It was there,
My Rating “Something Slimey This Way Comes” Today’s Kitty Pryde’s birthday, and to celebrate, Professor-X has put together a little surprise party for the young up-and-comer. But where is the entertainment he scheduled? As Charles Xavier enters his office to make a phone call or two, Cerebro’s mutant detection alarms begin to ring throughout the
My Rating “Conan: Wolves Of The Tundra” The trap had been laid, or so the family thought. A savage, created by the very curse which flowed through their own veins, had been systematically killing those responsible for infecting him. Now the beast was at their front door looking to end the nightmare with a ferocious
My Rating “The Age Unconquered Part 03 – Call From The Depths” Know thee, Tiger King, that in your dwindling kingdom of Atlantis, a distant son of Crom shall appear from times unseen. And thus, set the stage for a grim resurgence of evil. In the halls of thy ancestors, you and yours shall battle
My Rating “Prelude: The Staring Sigil” James Allison sat behind his typewriter staring at a blank piece of paper loaded onto the platen. It had been almost two weeks since he wrote anything new, and the stress was beginning to wear on him. The memories had always come to him in patterns. His past lives,
