Conan the Cimmerian #0 Cover

If you are a Robert E. Howard purist you must run to your local comic shop and see if they still have this issue. Writer Timothy Truman based the story around the poem “Cimmeria” which Howard wrote in February 1932. Artist Tomás Giorello and colorist José Villarrubia create a fantastic visual tale of Conan returning to Cimmeria and encountering a group of Vanaheim raiders. Priced at only $0.99 it is an inexpensive introduction to the world of Conan comics.

Age of Conan #1 Cover

Being a reader of the existing Conan series currently being published by Dark Horse Comics I was delighted to see what looks like a new series being produced: Age of Conan Hyborian Adventure. You can find a PDF of the premiere issue in Age of Conan Newsletter #11.

“By his forty-fifth summer, brawn and cunning had gained Conan of Cimmeria the throne of Aquilonia, jewel of the dreaming west…”

Thus begins the tale of King Conan. The art is typical of Dark Horse Comics’ other Conan series and as usual the story (stories in this case) are well written. I’ll not spoil them for you as both tales are good reads. I especially enjoyed the second tale, as everyone should know, before Conan the Barbarian became Conan the King he was a helpful thief.