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    Todd Jordan
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  • Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword #7


    Published by: Dark Horse Comics
    Released on: Feb. 5, 2014
    Writer: various
    Artist: various
    Cover: Nic Klein

    Based on the works of Conan the Barbarian creator Robert E. Howard, issue number seven in this continuing series delivers a nice 80-page package of fantasy goodness. There are five stories in total, two of which are part 3 of 3 conclusions, while the balance of tales is mostly self-contained stories.
    • Dark Agnes: Sword Woman Part 3 of 3: Paul Tobin finishes his tale with artwork by Aaron McConnell. Agnes brings home the guy she nearly killed in last issue, a guy named Etienne. She gets jumped ,he saves her, and his debt is clear. He seems to dig her though, and they ride off together. Sorry, but not have the opportunity to have read the previous two issues of Savage Sword, this story is lost on this reader.
    • Breckinridge Elkins: Mountain Man Part One: Gary Chaloner provides the story and art. Big, dumb, Jethro Bodine-type lug of a brute Breckinridge Elkins gets the go-ahead from his pap to venture into the big town of Tomahawk to pick up a letter. Mounting his donkey, armed with his sidearm and some good advice from his pappy to “don't resist no officer”, he makes his way down the trail to Tomahawk. Losing his own clothes, he steals city slicker's duds and makes his way further, but is chased down by the law for some reason. It's kind of goofy, Lil' Abner redneckery that has its moments. The art is cartoonish but attractive.
    • Bran Mak Morn: Men of Shadows Part 3 of 3: written by Ian Edginton and drawn by Richard Pace, it's another conclusion to a serial story that this reader has not read from the beginning. It made little sense and I can't give it a fair shake. The artwork is appealing and would look even nicer in black and white, as it has shading that lends itself well to that format. At any rate, the art alone makes me want to go get the other issues.
    • Conan: The Bargain: by Jai Nitz with art by Kevin Maguire. Conan is in Shem and gets hired to steal a dagger from the king's crypt tower. That's all he can take, and there's 100 gold pieces in it for him. But wait, someone else hires him to steal a scepter from the king's crypt tower for a dozen gems. He knows they aren't going to pay him, so he plots and wins because he's Conan. It's a nice, tight little Conan story with really nice art and coloring and great panel design.



    • Island of Pirates' Doom: written by Roy Thomas, illustrated by John Buscema. This story was originally published in Marvel Comics' “The Savage Sword of Conan” in 1974 over six issues (73 thru 79), now presented here as a single story and colorized. Conan heavyweights Roy Thomas and John Buscema craft a great little Valeria story. A man named Metallus writes his story about being marooned on an island and fighting alongside Valeria of the Red Brotherhood, a sometimes cohort of Conan back in his pirate days. Like the pirates with whom she arrived on the island (and quickly escaped when she realized rape and death was probably in her immediate future), she seeks a lost city in the jungle filled with, what else, treasure. The bad pirates don't give up easy and the two groups fight to the death. Does anyone get any treasure? And oh yes…a little sugar is in the cards for Metallus. Metallus is a broke-ass Conan, and Valeria even compares him to Conan throughout. Total cock block for poor Metallus, but he holds his own and wins her over. Even though this one is a reprint, and a Ted Turner colorized one at that, it's still this reader's favorite story in the group. No one wrote Howard's characters in comic form better than Roy Thomas, and John Buscema's powerhouse pencils almost always deliver the blood, breasts and beasts (although, no monsters in this story).


    Hopefully this series will continue on, and in all honesty, the colorized version of the 70s story was a treat. More of the same would be most welcome in future pages.


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