The Colossal King Conan

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The Colossal King Conan

Adapting several stellar Robert E. Howard works, Dark Horse’s award-winning King Conan comics by Timothy Truman, Tomás Giorello, and José Villarrubia are all collected into one deluxe hardcover!

As the king of Aquilonia, Conan struggles with internal threats to his throne as well as dangers beyond his country’s borders. Adaptations of Howard’s short stories “The Scarlet Citadel,” “The Phoenix on the Sword,” and “Wolves Beyond the Border” are included, as well as the twelve-issue adaptation of Howard’s only Conan novel, The Hour of the Dragon. Includes original series cover work by Gerald Parel, Darick Robertson, Andrew C. Robinson, and Sanjulián.

Hardcover | $99.99
Published by Dark Horse Books
Nov 27, 2018 | 624 Pages | ISBN 9781506710471

[Taurus]

A new cover for such a book would be welcomed just like they did for The Colossal Conan.
I understand Dark Horse may be willing to save money, but a new cover would make a real diffence and make the book much more attractive, at least for me.

[mindboggled]

May 3, 2018 19:58:52 GMT -5 Taurus said:

A new cover for such a book would be welcomed just like they did for The Colossal Conan.
I understand Dark Horse may be willing to save money, but a new cover would make a real diffence and make the book much more attractive, at least for me.

nonetheless, this is a very good cover.

[theironshadow]

I've just got done reading the original trade paperback of Wolves Beyond The Border and as Tim Truman's farewell to DH's Conan it is an out and out masterpiece, and very emotional. The thing that hits hardest is that knowing this is, in effect Conan's final adventure (i mean, are we ever going to see a series that details his adventures on the continent beyond Hyboria?) plus the fact it ties together three of Howard's legacy characters is masterful. Absolutely brilliant. 

[Jason Aiken]

Jun 27, 2020 5:19:43 GMT -5 theironshadow said:

I've just got done reading the original trade paperback of Wolves Beyond The Border and as Tim Truman's farewell to DH's Conan it is an out and out masterpiece, and very emotional. The thing that hits hardest is that knowing this is, in effect Conan's final adventure (i mean, are we ever going to see a series that details his adventures on the continent beyond Hyboria?) plus the fact it ties together three of Howard's legacy characters is masterful. Absolutely brilliant. 

If there's a higher power, Giorello and Truman will be able to continue this at Marvel at some point. They did such a peerless job, I can't imagine Marvel isn't begging to have them on a Conan project.

Then again Marvel seems to have thrown in their lot with the Brady Bunch King Conan continuity with that bastard Conn.

[theironshadow]

Jun 27, 2020 18:09:00 GMT -5 Jason Aiken said:

Jun 27, 2020 5:19:43 GMT -5 theironshadow said:

I've just got done reading the original trade paperback of Wolves Beyond The Border and as Tim Truman's farewell to DH's Conan it is an out and out masterpiece, and very emotional. The thing that hits hardest is that knowing this is, in effect Conan's final adventure (i mean, are we ever going to see a series that details his adventures on the continent beyond Hyboria?) plus the fact it ties together three of Howard's legacy characters is masterful. Absolutely brilliant. 

If there's a higher power, Giorello and Truman will be able to continue this at Marvel at some point. They did such a peerless job, I can't imagine Marvel isn't begging to have them on a Conan project.

Then again Marvel seems to have thrown in their lot with the Brady Bunch King Conan continuity with that bastard Conn.

I guess that it was just a fools hope that Marvel would follow along with the Continuity of Dark Horse, rather than treat Conan as a total reboot; i think Truman et al did sterling work on King Conan, and the idea of Conan And Son doesn't sit well. Marvel have the finance; if they can't beat the efforts of Dark Horse at their best, then they should hire the creative teams behind them. So not Becky Cloonan!