This book is perfect for fans of Robert E. Howard and his immortal creation, Conan the Barbarian. Filled with high adventure, savage combat and rollicking two fisted action!
In Conan, Howard forged not only a whole new genre – sword and sorcery, but also created a truly legendary character and a thousand pale imitators. After 90 years Conan still going strong!
CROM!
Now 27 and mourning the death of his beloved Bêlit, when Conan is approached by the Thieves Guild to act as muscle for a heist in Shadizar they’re planning, Conan agrees, hoping that some mindless wanton violence will drown the pain he’s feeling. Despite the mission being a success, the gang inadvertently unleash a trio of vengeful, dark and deadly spirits who guarded the treasure. Now freed the spirits proceed to possess each member of the group leaving Conan as the last man standing and forced to find a way to stop them or suffer the same fate. It is a fight unlike any he has ever faced before and one that will take him to a place of legend and myth.
In this the second volume of the new Conan The Barbarian adventures writer Jim Zub teams up with the legendary artist Doug Braithwaite for a truly extraordinary and savage new tale.
Jim Zub Best known, apart from Conan, for Skullkickers which launched in 2010 and ran for 33 issues.He is a writer, artist, and editor who got his break in 2001 with his first comic Makeshit Miracle. He went on to write for IDW, Marvel and Cartoon Network and has written for Street Fighter, Samurai Jack, Thunderbolts, Uncanny Avengers, Dungeons and Dragons, Wolverine and created Wayward. In 2019 Zub wrote Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons: Chapter II: Painscape which was nominated for the 2022 Eisner ‘Best Graphic Album’. Over his career he has won and been nominated for numerous awards including the Web Cartoonists’ Choice Award, Yalsa, Animex, and the Jos Shuster Canadian Comic Award for Outstanding Writer.
Doug Braithwaite Hailing from the United Kingdom, Doug is wildy considered to be one of the true great comic book artists of the modern era. He started his career drawing Transformers for Marvel UK, before going on to work on Rogue Trooper and Judge Dredd for 2000AD, then on to draw Doom Patrol, Batman, The Flash, Green Arrow, and The Brave and the Bold for DC, before moving over to Marvel to draw The Punisher, Captain America, The Incredible Hulk and Secret Invasion. In 2011,Doug was one of 62 comic book creators to set two Guinness Book of Records – The Fastest Production of a Comic Book, and the Most Contributors to a Comic Book.
This book is perfect for fans of Robert E. Howard and his immortal creation, Conan the Barbarian. Filled with high adventure, savage combat and rollicking two fisted action!
In Conan, Howard forged not only a whole new genre – sword and sorcery, but also created a truly legendary character and a thousand pale imitators. After 90 years Conan still going strong!
CROM!
Now 27 and mourning the death of his beloved Bêlit, when Conan is approached by the Thieves Guild to act as muscle for a heist in Shadizar they’re planning, Conan agrees, hoping that some mindless wanton violence will drown the pain he’s feeling. Despite the mission being a success, the gang inadvertently unleash a trio of vengeful, dark and deadly spirits who guarded the treasure. Now freed the spirits proceed to possess each member of the group leaving Conan as the last man standing and forced to find a way to stop them or suffer the same fate. It is a fight unlike any he has ever faced before and one that will take him to a place of legend and myth.
In this the second volume of the new Conan The Barbarian adventures writer Jim Zub teams up with the legendary artist Doug Braithwaite for a truly extraordinary and savage new tale.
Creators
Jim Zub Best known, apart from Conan, for Skullkickers which launched in 2010 and ran for 33 issues.He is a writer, artist, and editor who got his break in 2001 with his first comic Makeshit Miracle. He went on to write for IDW, Marvel and Cartoon Network and has written for Street Fighter, Samurai Jack, Thunderbolts, Uncanny Avengers, Dungeons and Dragons, Wolverine and created Wayward. In 2019 Zub wrote Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons: Chapter II: Painscape which was nominated for the 2022 Eisner ‘Best Graphic Album’. Over his career he has won and been nominated for numerous awards including the Web Cartoonists’ Choice Award, Yalsa, Animex, and the Jos Shuster Canadian Comic Award for Outstanding Writer.
Doug Braithwaite Hailing from the United Kingdom, Doug is wildy considered to be one of the true great comic book artists of the modern era. He started his career drawing Transformers for Marvel UK, before going on to work on Rogue Trooper and Judge Dredd for 2000AD, then on to draw Doom Patrol, Batman, The Flash, Green Arrow, and The Brave and the Bold for DC, before moving over to Marvel to draw The Punisher, Captain America, The Incredible Hulk and Secret Invasion. In 2011,Doug was one of 62 comic book creators to set two Guinness Book of Records – The Fastest Production of a Comic Book, and the Most Contributors to a Comic Book.
