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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2016 16:10:26 GMT -5
CONAN THE SLAYER #5 The barbarian, the new chief, and the Kozaki raiders pursue the murderer to his hideout, Gorey Castle. When they are met by a horde of undead, Taraslan takes matters into his own hands . . . but is he in over his head? Superstar writer Cullen Bunn (Harrow County, Uncanny X-Men) and artist Sergio Dávila (Red Sonja, Swords of Sorrow) team up to bring a new chapter of Conan’s story to life! CREATORS Writer:Cullen Bunn Artist:Sergio Davila Colorist:Michael Atiyeh Cover Artist:Admira Wijaya Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy Publication Date: November 30, 2016 Format: FC, 32 pages; Ongoing Price: $3.99 UPC: 7 61568 00021 4 00511 link www.darkhorse.com/Comics/30-771/Conan-the-Slayer-5
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Post by deuce on Aug 25, 2016 18:11:19 GMT -5
This really is looking like a good run. However, "Gorey Castle" is an uninspired name, IMO.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2016 15:35:41 GMT -5
A couple of teaser pages from the upcoming issue.
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Post by salant on Nov 29, 2016 17:21:51 GMT -5
There's now 6 more preview pages up at www.darkhorse.com/Comics/30-771/Conan-the-Slayer-5
Writer Cullen Bunn is a REH fan, as is Tim Truman. So no big surprise that this series is proving to be the best Conan monthly in the years since CONAN THE CIMMERIAN. Much the same IMO can be said for the art of Sergio Davila. Anyone pissed off by the writing of Brian Wood and then the art of Brian Ching should check this series out!
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Post by lordyam on Nov 30, 2016 3:36:16 GMT -5
Just read it. At first it seems eh....but the ending changes everything. It's pretty much guaranteed to shock you to the core.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2016 11:55:26 GMT -5
I'll be picking this issue up tomorrow.
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Post by ascalante on Nov 30, 2016 14:20:19 GMT -5
The art is looking good in these previews. Good effort on the drawing and coloring looks balanced. I'm looking forward to reading this!!
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Post by Jason Aiken on Nov 30, 2016 18:40:27 GMT -5
I think this is another issue you have to put in the 'win' column. Conan fighting the undead is nothing new in comics, but the added element of the spirits rising from their undead bodies was a great touch that made things more interesting.
I agree, the final scene was pretty damn good, too. Reminds me of an ending to a pulp era Weird Tales story.
If the pastiche/filler story-lines are this good, I trust the REH adaptations will be in good hands. "The Devil in Iron" is one of my personal favorites, so I'm hoping my expectations are accurate.
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Post by lordyam on Nov 30, 2016 19:35:28 GMT -5
It caught me completely off guard and made me feel SORRY for Kyrylo in spite of everything he'd done. Now I'm guessing Conan's gunning for the ghoul.
That's the thing. The adaptations under Van lente weren't terrible. As much crap as Ching's art gets it was a good story when he adapted Witch and Xuthal. They had the atmosphere down pat. Salome was actually aesthetically pleasing; she really seemed like a cold hearted monster.
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Post by Jason Aiken on Nov 30, 2016 20:04:28 GMT -5
It caught me completely off guard and made me feel SORRY for Kyrylo in spite of everything he'd done. Now I'm guessing Conan's gunning for the ghoul. I don't think that Kyrylo's benefactor and the ghoul trailing Conan are one and the same. The ghoul's appearance has always been consistent. The benefactor appears to be formless, taking many different forms. I believe we're dealing with two supernatural entities here. Conan isn't aware of the ghoul yet, but surely he'll remember the benefactor, and yeah, I'm betting he'll run into him again in future adventures. Nobody is saying they were terrible. Van Lente is a damn good writer, he wasn't the problem on the Avenger. The editors were, as they picked the wrong artist and art direction for the title. Bunn however, was an unknown commodity to me, but he's impressed me with these first five issues. If you can write some quality Conan pastiche, you should be able to easily handle an REH adaptation if you stick to the source material IMO.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2016 10:58:20 GMT -5
I liked this issue a lot. The art is back in shape (still hoping for some improvement in the future, I almost never get satisfied!) the colors are great and the narrative is appealling. I couldn' t put it down until the last page specially to check out what Lord Yam was talking about when he called out a plot twist in the very end of the story. The best one out of 5 up to this point. Looking foward to next issue.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2016 11:03:50 GMT -5
Nobody is saying they were terrible. Van Lente is a damn good writer, he wasn't the problem on the Avenger. The editors were, as they picked the wrong artist and art direction for the title. Dark Horse editors have been messing up Conan stories a lot in the past 5 years. It really pisses me off.
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Post by Erik on Dec 3, 2016 16:23:35 GMT -5
Those undead foes have to be one of the most powerful enemies Conan has fought in recent years, and it's not often that he has to flee like that. They reminded me of the Deadmen of Dunharrow in LotR: Return of the King - virtually unstoppable.
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Post by johnnypt on Dec 17, 2016 11:26:31 GMT -5
Agreed this was a strong issue on all fronts. The plot twist reminded me of something REH had done in a few stories.
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Post by mrp on Dec 18, 2016 2:05:23 GMT -5
I think this is another issue you have to put in the 'win' column. Conan fighting the undead is nothing new in comics, but the added element of the spirits rising from their undead bodies was a great touch that made things more interesting. It was interesting the first time Cullen Bunn used the trick in the pages of Helheim, in fact most of the plot twists in this issue I have seen from him before in his other work (oh I didn't kill who I thought I killed happened at least twice in The Sixth Gun iirc). So for me, the issue felt derivative of his other work, like he didn't have anything new to say so recycled tricks and twists he had used before. I like Bunn's creator-owned stuff a lot, but I fond his company stuff feels like he's phoning it in a lot, saving the best stuff for the books he actually owns and rehashing his older ideas when working for someone else. Twists like that, you shouldn't see coming, but if you read any of Bunn's previous stuff, they were telegraphed pages ahead of them actually happening do it all kind of felt been there done that before form him. -M
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