Patrick Zircher slashes into the Hyborian Age with a tale of high adventure starring Conan and Valeria, whilst Fabian Nicieza and artist Sean Chen craft a high-stakes assassination story starring Kull. Also featuring instant-classic covers from Alex Horley and the late Neal Adams, incredible pin-ups, and more!
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It continues to maintain its promising quality and at no point does it become repetitive or boring, each story holds the reader's attention.
The main story follows on from the classic Red Nails, with Valeria staying with Conan for a rip-roaring adventure to the Sunless Isle.
Patrick Zircher is the perfect storyteller for this kind of tale. His artwork is incredibly detailed on the locations and people, giving you a real feel for Conan's world, and when it comes to the action he roughs things up enough to make it feel wild.
In many ways it's a typical Conan tale - there's only so far you can move away from Robert E Howard's vision before it stops being Conan - but told with sufficient pace and flair to make it enthralling.
The back-up story is quite a slight tale of Kull, well-drawn, but a touch too slick for me. Kull and his warriors should loo more
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