The Savage Sword of Conan, Volume 3
Conan's phenomenal popularity in the early comics series Conan the Barbarian would soon reach new heights thanks to a supplementary publication whose very name would come to represent quality in epic-fantasy storytelling - The Savage Sword of Conan! These pulp tomes would become an inspiration to...
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Conan's phenomenal popularity in the early comics series Conan the Barbarian would soon reach new heights thanks to a supplementary publication whose very name would come to represent quality in epic-fantasy storytelling - The Savage Sword of Conan! These pulp tomes would become an inspiration to generations of Conan fans, containing some of the best adaptations and pastiches of Robert E. Howard's work ever to be seen in sequential form.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781593079604 (1593079605)
Publish date: June 10th 2008
Publisher: Dark Horse
Pages no: 544
Edition language: English
Series: The Savage Sword of Conan (#4)
Three stars primarily because it contains what is (arguably) Howard's best Conan tale - "Beyond the Black River," which has no scantily clad maid nor lost city. It's the tale of Conan, Balthus and a dog, and their efforts to thwart a Pictish invasion of Aquilonia. Technically and in terms of story, ...