The greatest hero in sword-and-sorcery history. This is the legend of Conan!
Collecting 13 issues of the classic Conan magazine, Savage Sword of Conan and featuring 18 Conan stories from 1987 written by the likes of Chuck Dixon, Larry Yakata and Don Kraar, and drawn by Gary Kwapisz, Andy ubert and Val Mayerik. The omnibus also includes the graphic novel, Conan The Reaver written by Don Kraar and drawn by the legendary John Severin.
Stories include: Cursers of the Light (Conan accepts what at first appears to be a simple bodyguard assignment to protect an Aquilonian lady. But when they stop at a crumbling castle for the night, Conan and the lady become trapped in bloody intrigue.) Blind Vengeance (Fleeing the scene of calamitous defeat on the battlefield, Conan and his fellows discover a village of farmers who’ve been blinded by a cruel warlord. Conan and his fellow warriors train the villagers for the warlord’s return.) The Waiting Doom (Red Sonja is back! Onan and Sonja are searching for an alien idol – but the idol brings death to whomever possesses it! And before they can even reach the idol, they’re going to have to get past a horde of killers and the inhuman monster that guards the idol! Also included are: Winter of the Wolf, Three Lives for N’Garthl, Fool’s Night, Seventh Isle of Doom, The Tolltaker, The Lost Legion, The Brawl, Lair of the Lizard God, The Mine, Garden of Blood, The Caravan, Girl of the Haunted Wood, Nightmare, The Crimson Citadel, Feast of the Stag, Gift of the Pirate King.
Chuck Dixon is a veteran comic book writer and is considered the most prolific American comic book writer of all times with over 40,000 pages of comics in publication, and thousands of titles to his name including a record run on Batman (where he co-created the villain Banealong with Graham Nolan) and also his seminal work on The Punisher. His other work includes extensive runs on titles as diverse as Conan the Barbarian, Nightwing, The Simpsons and SpongeBob Squarepants. He adapted J.R.R. Tolkein’s The Hobbit into one of the most successful graphic novels in publication and just one of his entries on the New York Times bestseller list. He is also the author of the bestselling SEAL Team 6 novels from Dynamite.
With over 116 comic book credits to his name, Gary Kwapisz is one of the defining Conan artists of the 1980s. he’s also drawn Wolverine, Ka-Zar, Moon Knight, Hawkworld, Punisher War Journal, Airboy, Badger and Civil War Adventure.
The greatest hero in sword-and-sorcery history. This is the legend of Conan!
Collecting 13 issues of the classic Conan magazine, Savage Sword of Conan and featuring 18 Conan stories from 1987 written by the likes of Chuck Dixon, Larry Yakata and Don Kraar, and drawn by Gary Kwapisz, Andy ubert and Val Mayerik. The omnibus also includes the graphic novel, Conan The Reaver written by Don Kraar and drawn by the legendary John Severin.
Stories include: Cursers of the Light (Conan accepts what at first appears to be a simple bodyguard assignment to protect an Aquilonian lady. But when they stop at a crumbling castle for the night, Conan and the lady become trapped in bloody intrigue.) Blind Vengeance (Fleeing the scene of calamitous defeat on the battlefield, Conan and his fellows discover a village of farmers who’ve been blinded by a cruel warlord. Conan and his fellow warriors train the villagers for the warlord’s return.) The Waiting Doom (Red Sonja is back! Onan and Sonja are searching for an alien idol – but the idol brings death to whomever possesses it! And before they can even reach the idol, they’re going to have to get past a horde of killers and the inhuman monster that guards the idol! Also included are: Winter of the Wolf, Three Lives for N’Garthl, Fool’s Night, Seventh Isle of Doom, The Tolltaker, The Lost Legion, The Brawl, Lair of the Lizard God, The Mine, Garden of Blood, The Caravan, Girl of the Haunted Wood, Nightmare, The Crimson Citadel, Feast of the Stag, Gift of the Pirate King.
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Chuck Dixon is a veteran comic book writer and is considered the most prolific American comic book writer of all times with over 40,000 pages of comics in publication, and thousands of titles to his name including a record run on Batman (where he co-created the villain Banealong with Graham Nolan) and also his seminal work on The Punisher. His other work includes extensive runs on titles as diverse as Conan the Barbarian, Nightwing, The Simpsons and SpongeBob Squarepants. He adapted J.R.R. Tolkein’s The Hobbit into one of the most successful graphic novels in publication and just one of his entries on the New York Times bestseller list. He is also the author of the bestselling SEAL Team 6 novels from Dynamite.
With over 116 comic book credits to his name, Gary Kwapisz is one of the defining Conan artists of the 1980s. he’s also drawn Wolverine, Ka-Zar, Moon Knight, Hawkworld, Punisher War Journal, Airboy, Badger and Civil War Adventure.
