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Post by Stephen Day on Feb 16, 2019 2:31:31 GMT
Now having read both starts to Conan the Barbarian and Savage Sword of Conan I have to say that so far I'm pleased with Conan's return to Marvel and the Marvel Universe. Am I alone in that? If so, what are you looking forward to? If not, where would you prefer Conan's adventures to be published?
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Post by Amoebas on Feb 16, 2019 3:38:27 GMT
Kurt Busiek's run of Conan at Dark Horse with (mostly) Cary Nord is the only time I've gotten into Conan outside of the Thomas/BWS early days.  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2019 3:44:39 GMT
Kurt Busiek's run of Conan at Dark Horse with (mostly) Cary Nord is the only time I've gotten into Conan outside of the Thomas/BWS early days. That was indeed a great run for the character. |
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Post by mothman on Feb 16, 2019 8:01:46 GMT
Agreed about Busieks run.
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Post by neverready on Feb 18, 2019 7:08:51 GMT
Marvel's Conan the Barbarian #4, The Tower of the Elephant, is one of the books that really pulled me into comics far too long ago to bear remembering. I followed that book to the end of Roy Thomas's run, along with King Conan and The Savage Sword of Conan, but I drifted away when Michael Fleischer was handed the title. I followed Kurt Busiek's run at Dark Horse and feel that he surpassed Thomas in his treatment of Conan which, considering my absolute love of Thomas's take on the character, makes that a high water mark in my estimation. The excellence of Cary Nord's art plays no small role in that.
I also followed and enjoyed Tim Truman's treatment of Conan at Dark Horse, as well as Barry Windsor-Smith's adaptation of The Jewels of Gwahlur. I've only seen the first issue of Jason Aaron's Conan the Barbarian at Marvel, but he's one of my current favorites so I expect great things to come from him.
My only doubts about Marvel's reacquisition of Conan is this forthcoming Savage Avengers series, which sounds absolutely fucking horrible to me.
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