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Post by johnnypt on Mar 17, 2022 12:44:53 GMT -5
I just got v06 which is the thinnest volume yet. This is strange considering v05 is the thickest volume so far. What's the logic here? I'd have to go back and check out my mapping of a possible Masterworks for Conan if Marvel ever got the license back (I was 5 or 6 years too early). I did it based on story breaks so I'd have to compare. It's on one of my hard drives, might be in the cloud drive as well. But story breaks are the likely cause, they sometimes do it like NASCAR pit stops on a road course, they calculate it backwards to see where they need to break things down. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2022 15:04:47 GMT -5
I just got v06 which is the thinnest volume yet. This is strange considering v05 is the thickest volume so far. What's the logic here? It's probably because most volumes are roughly devoted to writers of CtB: Volumes 1 to 4: Roy Thomas (1-115) Volume 5: J.M. DeMatteis & Bruce Jones (116-149) Volume 6: Michael Fleisher (150-171) Volume 7: Jim Owsley (172-194) Volume 8: Jim Owsley & Val Semeiks (195-213) Volume 9: Written by whoever they could find at Marvel (214-240) Volume 10:The return of Roy Thomas (241-275) Volume 11: ? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2022 15:17:05 GMT -5
The storyline from CtB carries on in SSOC so be interesting to see how they handle it. Cory had said he would put the CTB storyline from SSOC in the CTB omnis. It's either changed or it'll go into a V11, I suppose along with Conan the Adventurer since Roy wrote it. As long as they keep them in Black & White. |
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Post by garbanzo on Mar 17, 2022 15:49:42 GMT -5
Thanks for the info about the logic behind the volumes.
Marvel colored SSoC stories for the Hour of the Dragon trade but left the story in v02 in black and white. I don't mind coloring. It's not perfect, but it could be a lot worse.
If they only reprinted SSoC in color that would be another story, but the originals are easy to come by...
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Post by johnnypt on Mar 17, 2022 16:38:35 GMT -5
Cory had said he would put the CTB storyline from SSOC in the CTB omnis. It's either changed or it'll go into a V11, I suppose along with Conan the Adventurer since Roy wrote it. As long as they keep them in Black & White. I think there’s too much of it to color in a short period of time. Maybe for the Epic. |
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2022 12:51:10 GMT -5
 Conan the Barbarian: Original Marvel Years Omnibus Volume 8Written by Christopher Priest & Val Semeiks with Alan Zelenetz Penciled by Val Semeiks with Vince Giarrano & Andy Kubert Regular Cover by Arthur Adams Direct Market Cover by Geof Isherwood Collection Editor: Cory Sedlmeier Color & Art Restoration: Michael Kelleher & Kellustration DESCRIPTION:
In the late ’80s, artist Val Semeiks took the reins on Conan the Barbarian, injecting a powerful new energy into the series. Semeiks’ work was a force multiplier for the latter half of Christopher Priest’s era-defining run. Together, they crafted one of the greatest Conan epics of all time, a massive story line building up to a milestone issue #200 and a showdown with the Devourer of Souls. As the Devourer reveals his final gambit, drawing upon the power of the Elder Gods, Conan must seek aid from one whose name even he dreads: Thulsa Doom! Also featuring the return of Red Sonja, the acclaimed “Heku Trilogy” and early work by Andy Kubert, this is one Omnibus you don’t want to miss! By Crom!
ARTHUR ADAMS COVER (REGULAR EDITION) ISBN: 978-1-302-93434-7 • List Price: $125.00 GEOF ISHERWOOD COVER (DIRECT MARKET EDITION) ISBN: 978-1-302-93435-4 • List Price: $125.00 624 Pages 29 June 2022Amazon link:www.amazon.co.uk/Conan-Barbarian-Original-Marvel-Omnibus/dp/1302934341/www.amazon.com/Conan-Barbarian-Original-Marvel-Omnibus/dp/1302934341/Marvel Masterworks Preview:collectededitions.com/2021/12/03/conan-the-barbarian-the-original-marvel-years-omnibus-vol-8-hc/ |
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Post by irondavith on Sept 4, 2022 6:25:32 GMT -5
I had been collecting all the original Marvel years Epic Collections (and all the Dark Horse ones, too).
Thankfully Dark Horse got finished in time, but of course the Original years won't.
I think I'm gonna have to hop over to the Omnibuses. I figured if I get 4 and 10, I'll have all the Roy Thomas years.
My question is - are there any particularly outstanding volumes between 4 and 10 worth getting? In an ideal world I'd like them all, but 7 omnis might be a bit heavy on the wallet 😅.
Particularly when combined with my question on the SSOC of Conan thread too!
Thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2022 9:48:56 GMT -5
Volumes 1-4: You can't go wrong with the 1st Roy Thomas run (1-115). Highly recommended.
Volume 5: J.M. DeMatteis & Bruce Jones (116-149): I think the writing sucks in this volume. Great art if you're a Buscema fan. Or a Gil Kane fan (127-134).
Volume 6: Michael Fleisher (150-171) The writing still sucks and is only saved by the art of Big John Buscema.
Volume 7: Jim Owsley(Christopher Priest) 172 & 194. There is an improvement in the writing by Jim Owsley. I kinda stopped reading CtB after Buscema's last issue 190.
Volume 8: Jim Owsley continues to write with Val Semeiks (195-213).
Volume 9: I really can't find anything nice to say about this one.
Volume 10: Roy Thomas (241-275) Even the return of Roy Thomas can't save the book.
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Post by irondavith on Sept 4, 2022 13:52:47 GMT -5
Awesome info, thanks a lot. That's good to know about volume 10, I tried to avoid spoilers but I saw there were lots of recurring characters from earlier stories that I thought would be cool.
I had thought about 7&8, especially as 8 has the official handbook included which I had wanted to get hold of anyway.
Have you read the Conan the King stories from the new omnibus? How were they?
Edit: 4 I deffo plan to get as then I'll have the whole Thomas run convered.
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Post by Monster on Sept 5, 2022 2:48:09 GMT -5
My question is - are there any particularly outstanding volumes between 4 and 10 worth getting? In an ideal world I'd like them all, but 7 omnis might be a bit heavy on the wallet 😅.
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Post by irondavith on Sept 5, 2022 4:15:53 GMT -5
You're not wrong there! I've found a couple of good deals, but some of them are unbelievably high. I guess they'll never be reprinted in this exact format, or at least not for a long time now!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2022 17:09:58 GMT -5
 Direct Market cover by Michael Higgins  Regular cover by Jim Lee CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS VOL.9Written by Val Semeiks, Charles Santino, Gerry Conway & Michael Higgins with Larry Hama, Don Perlin, Michael Fleisher, Roy Thomas & Glenn Herdling Penciled by Val Semeiks, Ron Lim & Gary Hartle with Gary Kwapisz, Don Perlin, Geoff Senoir, Alfredo Alcala, Jose Delbo, Dwayne Turner, Frank Springer & Rodney Ramos As Conan the Barbarian closed out the 1980s, it was a time of transition for the title - with storytelling innovations by veteran creators and new talent alike! In Val Semeiks’ climatic run on the title, Conan weighs pleasure and pain in a magical desert city, wrests the Blade of Zed from a mad cleric and runs a gantlet of fantastic beasts in a city of shadows. Lara Hama delivers the elegiac verse of “Drumsong,” while Don Perlin writes and draws the Western-styled “The Mask of Vengeance.” Gerry Conway makes Conan a cat’s paw to a cult of cat people, and Michael Higgins turns back the clock for an eight-issue storyline exploring Conan’s formative years in Cimmeria!
Collecting Conan the Barbarian (1970) #214-240 and What If? #16704 pages $125 Release Date: 28 September 2022 |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2022 17:11:44 GMT -5
 Cover by Todd Mcfarlane CONAN THE BARBARIAN: ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS VOLUME 10Written by Roy Thomas, Art by Michael Docherty, Gary Hartle & Others Description:
Roy Thomas is back! The writer who made Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian one of the most popular and influential comics in Marvel history returned to close out the series' record-setting original run. With artist collaborators Mike Docherty and Gary Hartle, Thomas charted a path for Conan that took him from the shores of the Western Sea to the top of the Mount of Crom, from the desert lands fringing the Vilayet Sea to the deadly forests of the Pictish wilderness, reconnecting with the classic legacy of Howard but also bringing in contemporary additions to the Conan mythos like the Devourer of Souls, the sword-thief Isparana and Varnae, First Lord of Vampires, as well as old favorites Red Sonja and Zula! COLLECTING: Conan the Barbarian (1970) 241-275, material from What The–?! (1988) 12
RELEASE DATE: 13 December 2022
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2022 17:18:19 GMT -5
Conan the Barbarian: Original Marvel Years Omnibus Volume 8Written by Christopher Priest & Val Semeiks with Alan Zelenetz Penciled by Val Semeiks with Vince Giarrano & Andy Kubert Regular Cover by Arthur Adams Direct Market Cover by Geof Isherwood Collection Editor: Cory Sedlmeier Color & Art Restoration: Michael Kelleher & Kellustration DESCRIPTION:
In the late ’80s, artist Val Semeiks took the reins on Conan the Barbarian, injecting a powerful new energy into the series. Semeiks’ work was a force multiplier for the latter half of Christopher Priest’s era-defining run. Together, they crafted one of the greatest Conan epics of all time, a massive story line building up to a milestone issue #200 and a showdown with the Devourer of Souls. As the Devourer reveals his final gambit, drawing upon the power of the Elder Gods, Conan must seek aid from one whose name even he dreads: Thulsa Doom! Also featuring the return of Red Sonja, the acclaimed “Heku Trilogy” and early work by Andy Kubert, this is one Omnibus you don’t want to miss! By Crom!
ARTHUR ADAMS COVER (REGULAR EDITION) ISBN: 978-1-302-93434-7 • List Price: $125.00 GEOF ISHERWOOD COVER (DIRECT MARKET EDITION) ISBN: 978-1-302-93435-4 • List Price: $125.00 624 Pages 29 June 2022Amazon link:www.amazon.co.uk/Conan-Barbarian-Original-Marvel-Omnibus/dp/1302934341/www.amazon.com/Conan-Barbarian-Original-Marvel-Omnibus/dp/1302934341/Marvel Masterworks Preview:collectededitions.com/2021/12/03/conan-the-barbarian-the-original-marvel-years-omnibus-vol-8-hc/ NEW RELEASE DATE: 7 SEPTEMBER 2022 |
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