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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2019 2:21:19 GMT -5
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #10JASON AARON (W) • MAHMUD ASRAR (A) • Cover by ESAD RIBIC Variant Cover by STEVE MCNIVEN THE STORY YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU’D SEE – THE DEATH OF CONAN!
• It’s all been leading to this! • The thief, the reaver, the slayer – CONAN meets his ultimate fate at the hands of the CRIMSON WITCH! • But what lies beyond? • And find out the secret history of the Crimson Witch and her mysterious underlings!
• Plus: The next chapter in the all-new novella “BLACK STARLIGHT”!
32 PGS Parental Advisory $3.99 Release Date: 30 October 2019 IN STORES TOMORROW
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2019 8:33:40 GMT -5
Easily the beast issue so far.
This should have been the 2nd issue.
I recommend this issue if you have read the first one. It's not great, but unlike the one shots for the last 8 issues it is relevant to the actual story.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2019 14:18:05 GMT -5
A couple of reviews: It’s all been leading to this! The thief, the reaver, the slayer – Conan meets his ultimate fate at the hands of the Crimson Witch in this week’s all-new CONAN THE BARBARIAN #10 by Jason Aaron. But what lies beyond? By CROM, let’s dive in and find out the secret history of the Crimson Witch and her mysterious underlings!
This reviewer has been clamoring for months now that Jason Aaron needed to provide readers with answers. With this series prevailing monthly, as well as this story being at least 12 issues long, the narrative felt like it hampered or even stalled. Well, if you’ve been hanging in there with Aaron’s Conan run, it finally pays off this issue! Jason Aaron spends the entire issue catching up fans as to the background of the Crimson Witch, her children, how they were conceived, and provides glimpses of his past 9 issues sprinkled throughout showing the children in the background and how the stories intertwine.
This issue was not Conan heavy. However, it crams in so many of the gaps that the anecdote has been dragging out since the series commenced. This issue may have been lacking with our Hyborian-born Barbarian but it was severely required to shed light on the big bad and ultimately assemble the overarching story that has been dangling in the wind for months. Now, Aaron has seized both aspects of his story and caught them up to one another. Therefore, nothing is left to reveal other than the conclusion.
This reviewer finds that occasionally writers try too hard to be extra crafty with their storytelling. Often times, Aaron in particular, chooses to gradually uncover pieces of information in clever or ingenious ways as cliffhangers to the widespread story. He began this technique in THOR GOD OF THUNDER and has now finally started to get to the conclusion almost 6 years later in KING THOR. This critic has followed along throughout each issue of his Thor run. However, larger mini-stories kept this critic interested in the huge story hanging over his entire run. This was not the case throughout CONAN THE BARBARIAN. It came across that way at first but the past couple issues were severely lacking in potent story and firepower while abandoning key elements to this larger plot on the writing floor. To finally see Aaron get to the fireworks factory, makes this reviewer overjoyed and reinvigorated for the next concluding issues.
Now, not only did Aaron get his ducks in a row, but Mahmud Asrar’s art was sensationally graphic and telling. He amplified the grotesque nature of the Crimson Witch, as well as the sadistic nature of her children. The shock on the facial expressions of the children watching Conan slaughter their mother, or the anger in Conan’s face as he swung his mighty sword amplified every brutal action Asrar illustrated throughout the narrative. This type of story appears to fit Asrar’s artistic talents masterfully. If you mix it together with Aaron’s writing, readers get a magnificent story this week worth every penny.
FINAL THOUGHTS
If you’ve been hanging on for hope that more of the overarching story would get flushed out, then this is definitely the issue for you! Readers will leave this week’s tale with better insight for the overall story, more connective tissue to the plot of the narrative, a better direction moving forward, and a deep anticipation for next month’s issue. Aaron and Asrar mesh beautifully together while raising the stakes for Conan and leaving readers wondering if this is truly it for the Cimmerian. If you haven’t been reading CONAN THE BARBARIAN, don’t dive in now unless you can get your hands on the back issues. Otherwise, this trade will be well worth the price when it hits stands. This isn’t your classic Conan but it sure is pretty dang good!
9.2/10Review by DISPATCHDCU. Link: weirdsciencemarvelcomics.com/2019/10/30/conan-the-barbarian-10-review/CONAN THE BARBARIAN #10Conan the Barbarian #10 takes a step back to put readers in the point of view of the villains “The Life & Death of Conan.” But it turns out “The Children of the Great Red Doom” aren’t all that interesting. Jason Aaron and Mahmud Asrar spend the entire issue revealing their origin and how they’ve been lurking in the background of each other Conan story in this series so far. But knowing these children were there doesn’t enhance the tale we’ve already been told, making this issue not much more than a dry retread. This issue of Conan is forgettable and easy to skip. -- Jamie LovettRating: 2 out of 5
Link: comicbook.com/comics/2019/10/30/new-comic-reviews-dc-marvel-image/#3
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Post by lordyam on Oct 30, 2019 15:17:47 GMT -5
I admit i do have a spot spot for those homicidal little monsters
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Post by johnnypt on Oct 31, 2019 12:20:47 GMT -5
Easily the beast issue so far. This should have been the 2nd issue. I recommend this issue if you have read the first one. It's not great, but unlike the one shots for the last 8 issues it is relevant to the actual story. It does seem like you really didn't need the last 8 issues, or at the very least they could've been streamlined to much fewer. Might be interesting to do a digital reorder the series starting with #1, then jumping to this one with a couple pages from the various other issues scattered here and there throughout.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2019 13:13:22 GMT -5
Easily the beast issue so far. This should have been the 2nd issue. I recommend this issue if you have read the first one. It's not great, but unlike the one shots for the last 8 issues it is relevant to the actual story. It does seem like you really didn't need the last 8 issues, or at the very least they could've been streamlined to much fewer. Might be interesting to do a digital reorder the series starting with #1, then jumping to this one with a couple pages from the various other issues scattered here and there throughout. Sounds like a good idea, a bit like Brian Wood's QotBC run. The thing is you can see what Aaron's trying to do but it's difficult to maintain interest among readers for so long. Maybe it will read better when all 12 issues are collected into one volume. I hope Aaron and Asrar stay on for a couple more years - although Aaron's been unusually quiet about Conan recently. I like the idea of CtB having a creative team that we can hopefully see, develop their own take on REH's Conan. I like the idea of changing the creative items for each story-arc in the SSOC. I hope SSOC don't get cancelled, it has improved a great deal since the Duggan run.
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Post by johnnypt on Oct 31, 2019 13:33:08 GMT -5
The thing is you can see what Aaron's trying to do but it's difficult to maintain interest among readers for so long. Maybe it will read better when all 12 issues are collected into one volume. I hope Aaron and Asrar stay on for a couple more years - although Aaron's been unusually quiet about Conan recently. I like the idea of CtB having a creative team that we can hopefully see, develop their own take on REH's Conan. I like the idea of changing the creative items for each story-arc in the SSOC. I hope SSOC don't get cancelled, it has improved a great deal since the Duggan run. Is anything ever really cancelled these days? Things go away and then come back with a new #1. Don't think it's needed in this case, just pick it up whenever it comes back. It's one thing to do something like this with Thor as part of his ever ongoing run. But this was right out of the gate with Conan to jump start a new era. Not sure if this type of story was the right idea at this time.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2019 13:37:50 GMT -5
The thing is you can see what Aaron's trying to do but it's difficult to maintain interest among readers for so long. Maybe it will read better when all 12 issues are collected into one volume. I hope Aaron and Asrar stay on for a couple more years - although Aaron's been unusually quiet about Conan recently. I like the idea of CtB having a creative team that we can hopefully see, develop their own take on REH's Conan. I like the idea of changing the creative items for each story-arc in the SSOC. I hope SSOC don't get cancelled, it has improved a great deal since the Duggan run. Is anything ever really cancelled these days? Things go away and then come back with a new #1. Don't think it's needed in this case, just pick it up whenever it comes back. It's one thing to do something like this with Thor as part of his ever ongoing run. But this was right out of the gate with Conan to jump start a new era. Not sure if this type of story was the right idea at this time. Yeah, I expect CtB to relaunch sometime next year. With SSOC, I'm not too sure. Maybe Marvel will wanna concentrate on Conan's adventures in the modern Marvel universe. They seem to be pushing in that direction.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2019 14:08:20 GMT -5
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Post by kemp on Nov 1, 2019 18:00:03 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2019 18:57:08 GMT -5
I think he will die trying in issue 12. They will probably relaunch the new CtB series based on the Savage Avengers Conan creating an alternate timeline and an uncertain future for the Cimmerian.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2019 12:20:12 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2019 17:31:33 GMT -5
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Post by Taurus on Nov 19, 2019 21:05:25 GMT -5
You see, this is what I am saying: cartoon Conan for the kids with hack and slash as the main purpose of the story.
It will tank eventually.
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Post by boot on Nov 19, 2019 21:06:58 GMT -5
I'm still buying, but I'm not excited when I receive a new book the way I was with the Dark Horse stuff.
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