![]() ![]() Smith began his career as a Jack Kirby clone and Kirby’s influence is felt in the early stories, but Smith evolves quickly. Thomas’ ten page introduction provides the complete backstory as to how Conan became a comic. This volume reprints the first 26 issues of the colour comic along with ‘The Frost Giant’s Daughter’ and ‘The Dweller in the Dark’ in their uncensored black and white magazine versions, so collecting Barry Smith’s historic run in its entirety with the original colours restored. Thanks to the growing popularity of Lord of the Rings, that something was Conan. The 1960s age of superheroes was winding down and the industry was ready for something new. Howard’s Conan stories were first published in Weird Tales Magazine from 1932, but it wasn’t until 1966 that the character gained traction in the pop culture imagination through a series of paperbacks from Lancer/Ace, which caught the attention of Roy Thomas at Marvel Comics. ![]()
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