A new Conan the Barbarian comic book series started in 2023 from Titan Books.
This video presents 24 comic book covers from the first five issues of the series, in chronological order, from the August to November cover dates.
The setting for the start of the series is that years after the battle of Venarium, a weary Conan returns to his homeland to seek rest and solitude.
However, a mysterious scout rides in to warn the Cimmerians of an imminent threat on the march from the Pictish wilderness.
Conan and his new ally, Brissa – a deadly Pictish scout, fight a savage horde.
Later, in the series, after adventures on the high seas, Conan returns to shore to find himself haunted by his memories of Belit, captain of the Tigress and Queen of the Black Coast.
In 1982, there was a Conan the Barbarian movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Conan, and there were more movies after this.
In the near future, would you like a new movie made about Conan the Barbarian?
If so, is there an actor or actors that you want to have play him?
Conan the Barbarian is a sword and sorcery hero who originated in pulp magazines and has been adapted to books, comic books, movies, TV, and games.
Conan was created by Robert E. Howard, who also created Almuric, Kull, and other characters.
Robert E. Howard was an American writer who lived from 1906 to 1936.
Howard is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.
By 1932 Howard had officially conceptualized Conan and in his lifetime wrote 21 stories, many for Weird Tales pulp magazine.
Many stories involve Conan in heroic adventures filled with princesses and wizards.
The setting is in a mythical Hyborian Age set in the times after the fall of Atlantis, and before any known ancient civilization.
Conan has a penchant for saving damsels in distress, a humorous nature, and enduring loyalty.
Conan’s main abilities are strength, combativeness, intelligence, agility and endurance.
Conan is a Cimmerian and was born on a battlefield and is the son of a village blacksmith.
Conan matured quickly as a youth, and by age fifteen he was already a respected warrior who had participated in the destruction of the Aquilonian fortress of Venarium.
After its demise, Conan was struck by wanderlust and began the adventures chronicled by Howard, encountering skulking monsters, evil wizards, and beautiful princesses.
Conan roamed throughout the Hyborian Age nations as a thief, outlaw, mercenary, and pirate.
As Conan grew older, he began commanding vast units of warriors and escalating his ambitions.
In his forties, Conan seized the crown from the tyrannical king of Aquilonia, the most powerful kingdom of the Hyborian Age, having strangled the previous ruler on the steps of his own throne.
Conan's adventures often result in him performing heroic feats, though his motivation for doing so is largely to protect his own survival or for personal gain.
Starting in the 1960s a series of Conan paperback books were published, eight of which had phenomenal Frank Frazetta covers that set the look of Conan from that point on.
