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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2019 16:39:39 GMT -5
SAVAGE AVENGERS ANNUAL #1GERRY DUGGAN (W) • RON GARNEY (A) • Cover MIKE DEODATO VARIANT COVER BY RON GARNEY A barbarian walks into a brothel and thus begins another adventure in the life of Conan of Cimmeria. Human traffickers finally meet an immovable human. Black Widow is drawn into the intrigue by following the trail of bodies left by Kulan Gath’s henchman, and a last prayer from one of the trafficked women summons an unexpected angel, the Son Of Satan himself, Daimon Hellstrom. It’s the Marvel team-up you didn’t know you needed until now. Pre-order Savage Avengers Annual # 1 or go to hell.
48 PGS Parental Advisory $4.99 Release Date: 30 October 2019 |
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Post by Taurus on Jul 25, 2019 14:40:39 GMT -5
Does Conan fight Rino in this book?
That would be pretty cool (sarcasm, lots of it).
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Post by johnnypt on Jul 25, 2019 16:24:30 GMT -5
Does Conan fight Rino in this book? That would be pretty cool (sarcasm, lots of it). That might actually be cool!  Not sure how active the character is these days though. I just remember him from the old 60s cartoon running headfirst into trains. |
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Post by stubbs on Jul 26, 2019 3:45:00 GMT -5
Some art from Garney for the annual:  |
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Post by wolfshead on Jul 26, 2019 11:25:21 GMT -5
They're so "scratchy" they look more like lay-outs than finished work. Why must everything with Conan, except for Esau's covers looked rushed, sloppy or cartoony?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2019 0:35:01 GMT -5
 Variant cover by Ron Garney. |
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Post by johnnypt on Oct 23, 2019 12:44:26 GMT -5
Some art from Garney for the annual: Is Phoebe over in the corner singing Smelly Cat? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2019 14:17:09 GMT -5
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Post by mindboggled on Oct 25, 2019 18:45:32 GMT -5
I don't understand why Marvel continues to give Gerry Duggan Conan stories to write when he is clearly bad at it.
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Post by wolfshead on Oct 26, 2019 7:51:58 GMT -5
Marvel pays peanuts, we get monkeys.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2019 2:20:20 GMT -5
SAVAGE AVENGERS ANNUAL #1GERRY DUGGAN (W) • RON GARNEY (A) • Cover MIKE DEODATO VARIANT COVER BY RON GARNEY A barbarian walks into a brothel and thus begins another adventure in the life of Conan of Cimmeria. Human traffickers finally meet an immovable human. Black Widow is drawn into the intrigue by following the trail of bodies left by Kulan Gath’s henchman, and a last prayer from one of the trafficked women summons an unexpected angel, the Son Of Satan himself, Daimon Hellstrom. It’s the Marvel team-up you didn’t know you needed until now. Pre-order Savage Avengers Annual # 1 or go to hell.
48 PGS Parental Advisory $4.99 Release Date: 30 October 2019 |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2019 14:28:24 GMT -5
 A couple of reviews: SAVAGE AVENGERS ANNUAL #1
The trio in Savage Avengers Annual is even more irregular than the standard issue of Savage Avengers. Writer Gerry Duggan and artist Ron Garney deliver a delightful but unexpected trio in Conan, Hellstrom, and Black Widow, and it’s actually a shame that they don’t meet each other until halfway through the issue, because we would’ve read a whole book of their clashing personalities. They played off each other extremely well, especially Widow and Conan, and the moments of brutality are shocking but creative, and not just shocking for shocking’s sake. This isn’t mandatory reading, but if you’ve enjoyed the series thus far and want to see a delightful side adventure, this could very much be your jam. -- Matthew Aguilar
Rating: 3 out of 5Link: comicbook.com/comics/2019/10/30/new-comic-reviews-dc-marvel-image/#5I am not a huge fan of Annuals, especially for books that have been out less than a year, but I really hope this one gives Savage Avengers a shot in the arm. While I like this series enough, I thought the first arc started out stronger than it ended and it still feels like it is a limited series rather than an ongoing. Let’s see if this Annual can change all of that…
The issue opens up with a bit of human trafficking and maybe the one person who will try to make sure it won’t happen for much longer. Yea, it’s not a feel-good type of beginning, but things pick up when we head off to…Hell. I never thought I’d ever say that! That’s where we met up with Daimon Hellstrom as he quickly heads north if you know what I mean.
The issue heads to Brazil next and we see our man Conan who is up to so sins of the flesh…or he would be if the ladies were doing what they are being paid to do. Yep, Gerry Duggan is making things a bit too realistic for my liking here! That continues with Conan getting into a bar fight that ends with a couple of gory deaths and Conan hanging with the ladies again…and more. The “more” means that he agrees to kill some slavers for them and then…more. Wink Wink.
Okay, I see what Duggan is doing here. Even though Conan is in the modern-day world, he still ends up doing the things he usually does like killing slavers. It makes total sense, but I want a little more than that from this book since there are a couple of Conan books on the shelf that already let Conan be Conan.
Again, the Son of Satan shows up to get the party started and we get a team-up that I never expected and it gets even cooler when Black Widow shows up. After a brief mention that all of this might just tie into Kulan Gath, the team start making a plan of attack, until Conan just attacks the slavers on horseback Cimmeria-style!
After the slavers are taken care of, Daimon shows just how much he resembles Bettleguise (at least when trying to call him) and we do get an idea of how Conan will be able to get back home if and when he wants to. The issue ends with a loose idea of what Kulan Gath’s next plan involves and Conan getting shit faced. At least some things are right in the world!
This was an okay issue that had some over the top action yet still struggled to bring the excitement. The dialogue was fine and the art fit the story well, but I guess the problem was actually that there just wasn’t much story. It all seemed like a quick set up to get us a tidbit of information to steer the series in its next direction. I need more than that to keep reading and it’s getting harder to justify with each issue.
Final Thoughts:
Savage Avengers still feels like a book looking for both a purpose and an identity and unfortunately, this Annual provides neither. It’s a forgettable story that gets us going towards the next phase of the story, but besides that, there isn’t much to write home about. To make matters worse, that little bit could have been thrown into the next regular issue as one or two splash pages to save us all some money. I am shifting from liking this book to wanting to like it and I just hope I don’t go further down that ladder.
5.5/10
Link: weirdsciencemarvelcomics.com/2019/10/30/savage-avengers-annual-1-review/ |
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Not sure how active the character is these days though. I just remember him from the old 60s cartoon running headfirst into trains.
