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Marvel to Reveal the 'Last Stand' of Conan the Barbarian
ign.com ^ | 8 September 2021 | Jesse Schedeen

Posted on 10/06/2021 6:30:49 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Marvel Comics has announced King Conan, their latest new project featuring the iconic barbarian hero. However, this story has a unique selling point. It's poised to finally shed light on the last and least known chapter of Conan's life.

King Conan is written by Jason Aaron and drawn by Mahmud Asrar, the same team who launched Marvel's monthly Conan the Barbarian comic in 2019. This six-issue series picks up where their run left off in Conan the Barbarian #12, as an aging King Conan and his son, Prince Conn, sail west from Aquilonia and seek out new adventures in an unfamiliar land.

Conan creator Robert E. Howard never got around to chronicling this period of the character's long and bloody career before the author's death in 1936, and none of the movies, comics or other licensed stories have ever revealed what happened after Conan sailed west. It's unclear whether this series will actually depict Conan's death, but Marvel is ominously billing it as the Cimmerian's "last stand."

“I knew as soon as Mahmud, Matt and I finished 'The Life and Death of Conan' in CONAN THE BARBARIAN, one of the absolute personal highlights from my career as a comic book writer, that I wasn't done hanging out with everyone's favorite Cimmerian,” Aaron told Marvel.com. “As King Conan rode into the sunset at the end of that story, with his son, Prince Conn, by his side, I always knew where I wanted that story to take us next. Now at last comes that next chapter, as Mahmud, Matt and I reunite to reveal a pivotal moment in Conan's life as a king, as a father, as a mortal enemy of snake-worshipping Stygian wizards and as a barbarian who was born to chase the wind, even to the ends of the earth.”

King Conan #1 is slated to hit stores on December 15, 2021.


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: conan; kingconan; marvel; savageavengers
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1 posted on 10/06/2021 6:30:49 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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2 posted on 10/06/2021 6:31:28 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (President Trump: "It's a great vaccine, it's a safe vaccine and it's something that works.")
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Will Conan transition and be called Connie?


3 posted on 10/06/2021 6:33:28 AM PDT by RBW in PA
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Sorry, woke Marvel is burned out.
ISGAS
I Scarcely Give A ......


4 posted on 10/06/2021 6:34:35 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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I believe in the paperbacks put together by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter they went to Mayan or Aztec lands to wreak some havoc over there.


5 posted on 10/06/2021 6:38:18 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
I was a big fan of the original Conan the Barbarian comic series from the 70's and its companion black & white mag The Savage Sword of Conan. That was back when Roy Thomas was in charge of the mags and John Buscema was the primary illustrator. I didn't know Marvel had started a new series because I don't read any of the new woke comics (I still have my old ones and read them from time to time).
6 posted on 10/06/2021 6:41:08 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: RBW in PA
Arnold will reprise his role in the move version of Conan the Girly Man. LOL


7 posted on 10/06/2021 6:43:49 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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Marvel is Disney..........................’nuff said...................


8 posted on 10/06/2021 6:50:07 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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By and large, I could see a big difference in the quality of the stories written wholly by Howard, and those ‘beefed up’ by de Camp and Carter.
Here is a site that has only Howard’s original versions.
Awesome stuff!
https://sites.google.com/site/skprofile00/reh-stories


9 posted on 10/06/2021 6:55:01 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I guess they will “re-image” Conan the Barbarian like those below.

Critical Drinker After Hours
No Time To Die - Initial Reaction (Lots of Spoilers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqSkvWrcBzo

Bond does die at the end....
All past characters die. Blofield, all of Spectre, Felix Leitner.

Bond is destroyed.
This was done to Star Trek and Star Wars etc.


10 posted on 10/06/2021 6:58:40 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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It’s pretty much a given that Bond has to die - it actually works out better for the continuation of the genre.

Bond (from Fleming’s books) had memories of being a motorcycle courier in WW2, and not much else in terms of family background (iirc) - his name may have even been false.

Which is a reasonable way to extend the franchise - Agent 007 is ALWAYS called ‘James Bond’. When a 007 goes down, a new one is assigned.


11 posted on 10/06/2021 7:06:01 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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Movie, great first hour, so-so second hour, last 43 minutes tedious and awful, the ghastly end of the entire franchise, frankly.


12 posted on 10/06/2021 7:12:30 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (Each of you have at least ONE of these in your 401k: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson)
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To: larrytown

Hopefully they choose someone who does not look like he is sucking lemons all the time.


13 posted on 10/06/2021 8:46:59 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: Berlin_Freeper

first book i read was Conan of the Isles#12, then i had to go to the beginning and read the rest


14 posted on 10/06/2021 9:10:30 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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A recent Conan comic issue (Pro Tip: turn off the sound and set the video playback speed to 0.5)
15 posted on 10/06/2021 9:19:44 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (President Trump: "It's a great vaccine, it's a safe vaccine and it's something that works.")
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16 posted on 10/06/2021 10:03:33 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (President Trump: "It's a great vaccine, it's a safe vaccine and it's something that works.")
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I can hijack my own thread.
17 posted on 10/06/2021 11:32:23 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (President Trump: "It's a great vaccine, it's a safe vaccine and it's something that works.")
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Dark Ages has begun. We finally learn what The Watcher has been watching for...

Dark Ages 2021 #1 (Pro Tip: turn off the sound and set the video playback speed to 0.5)

The Unmaker | Dark Ages #1

18 posted on 10/06/2021 9:49:51 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (President Trump: "It's a great vaccine, it's a safe vaccine and it's something that works.")
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To: larrytown

Didn’t they go woke with a Female Bond?


19 posted on 10/06/2021 9:54:34 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Berlin_Freeper
I can hijack my own thread.
John De Sohn, Inyang Bassey - When The World Was Happy (Official Audio)
20 posted on 10/12/2021 11:04:26 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (President Trump: "It's a great vaccine, it's a safe vaccine and it's something that works.")
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