The Savage Sword of Conan recovers the essence of its classic publication conceived by the charismatic Roy Thomas, in magazine format, in black and white, with tales of the characters created by Robert E. Howard
As it happened with the old format of Conan’s Savage Sword From Wonder In the seventies of the last century, whose stories are collected Conan Library. The Savage Sword of Conan; Titan Comicsas well as its publisher in Spain, Comics Sandwichesthey recovered the original black and whitetogether with magazine format. Also report the art type Cover girlarticles and stories; all accompanied by a nostalgic, wild and impressive cover that recalls the art of the legendary Frazetta.
This recovery of the classical style of the second Conan title is accompanied by a Map of the Hyborian Age and with a representation of Belit like pinups – there are also pinups Conan And Solomon Kane-, perhaps too dark, which does not allow to clearly appreciate all the details represented in it. Obviously these errors could be due to the fact that this is the first issue of a new era of publications, after the Marvel’s ephemeral publication recovering the rights of the heirloomwho joined the Marvel Universe and influenced him, as seen in Savage Avengers.
Classic content in a new phase of The Wild Sword of Conan
The publication begins with an introduction from the legendary fist Roy Thomasafter a cover by another veteran of The Wild Sword of Conan as Joe Jusko. Thomas summarizes the history of the magazine, establishing a perfect starting point for both veteran and new readers of the publication. In this introduction Roy Thomas refers to planning story to be published in the next issues.
THE main story is the one played by Conan and titled according to this role as: Conan and the Dragon Hordescripted by John Arcudi and the one designed by Max von Fafner. It is a self-contained story, which keeps the reader interested with narrative twists that show the push and pull between the different characters. Conan shows his most strategic track and appears drawn with precision and ferocity.
The story is not about witchcraft, but rather is about pure sword story against primordial monsters that survived from previous eras and clashes between the leaders of the upper class that will drag Conan into combat. In addition, the participation of the engineer and his siege engines are another resource that Arcudi knows how to develop, giving more interest to the story.
Somon Kane He is the protagonist of the secondary story, entitled Lord of the Huntscripted and illustrated by Zircher Patchwhich is probably even better than the main Conan story. Here is a mysterious disappearance in the country of Wales halfway between the Renaissance and modernity, with a terrifying fog like in Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles, which ends suspended – the classic narrative cliffhanger -, making it essential to buy the sequel, in issue 2 of the collection, to know the outcome.
short stories in prose
Two short prose stories are inserted between the vignettes of The Savage Sword of Conan, although some might prefer the photo essays from the 1970s. In the story of Jim Zub, Sacrifice in the sands -inspired by Jusko’s cover-, the writer does a good job in a two-page narrative, which can be classified as engaging and poetic.
On the other hand, the proof of Jeff Shank, Solomon Kane. An articlewith Solomon Kane perfectly accompanies the story, constituting a good starting point for those unfamiliar with the work of Robert E. Howard and its various fantastic worlds, both of the Hyborian Age and of others conceived in the mind of the American author; which also has its place with the poem The Way of the Kings, with a Cimmerian design of Gerardo Zaffino.
In short, this new classic starting point for The Savage Sword of Conan is a good idea. recover the wildest essence of the characterrecovering a traditional format, published in September by Panini Cómics, with dimensions of Dimensions: 20.5×27.5 cmin a length of 80 pagesbound rustictranslated into Spanish by Joan Josep Mussarra.
The legendary Conan is back, in his original black and white and magazine format! In this first and surprising issue, with the cover of the legendary Joe Jusko, we present you a Conan story by John Arcudi and Max Von Fafner, the return of Solomon Kane, written and drawn by Patrick Zircher, an electrifying prose story, by Jim Zub, spectacular pin-ups and much more. With an introduction by Roy Thomas. You can’t help but be at the beginning of a new era of adventures!