Any fans of Conan here? Its my all time favorite character in comics, read some novels also
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Hell yes, I’ve got all the Robert E. Howard novels, all the marvel comics and the marvel black and white large prints as well. My father was the one who got me into the series. It’s probably why I can’t stand LOTR.
I recently picked up the first volume of Savage sword omnibus from the seventies. The art is often pretty great but man, they really let Conan be problematic back then!
What do you mean problematic?
Rapey and racist. It’s kind of shocking.
Racist in what way?! Keep in mind that Conan was supposed to live in a very ancient time, which things were very different, but still I never read anything racist in it
Conan is in rough shape and needs help. He looks over at a city and says something about it being a city of blacks and they won’t help him there. Yikes.
LOl, man it’s ok, dont disregard anything for something like that, Conan is a great comic!
I love Conan, but have only seen the Schwarzenegger movies and read the Robert Jordan books. Would love to see more Conan stuff.
You mean Robert E Howard books?
No. I was at the library one time looking to check out a Wheel of Time book, but they didn’t have the one I needed. But in that area were Robert Jordan books called The Conan Chronicles. I quite liked them, and they really showed off how Conan was really intelligent. I thought barbarians had to be dumbass warriors.
I don’t remember how Robert Jordan’s versions came about. I think he got paid to write them.
Oh didn’t have a clue that other writers were involved in writing Conan, thanx!
De camp and Carter finished up the series from Howard from his original manuscripts and notes. A bunch of other writers have done books with the characters as well.
When I was a young teen I was at the library looking for a new book to read. I walked over to the paperback spinners and saw a Conan book. I was intrigued, as at the time I only knew if Conan from the movie. I checked it out, and it turned out to be a soft core porn book.
I never read another Conan book for many, many years.
The comic book was softcore porn? As far as I know Savage Sword of Conan was not published under the comics code, so it was released as a magazine so that’s why they didnt have much restrictions on what to put in it, but I would say it was more violent than softcore porn!
No, a paperback book
