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    Conan The Slayer #1
    Released by: Dark Horse Comics
    Released on: July 13th, 2015.
    Written by: Cullen Bunn
    Illustrated by: Sergio Davlia
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    When this latest Conan series from Dark Horse Comics begins, Conan of Cimmeria is injured and feverish as he walks, alone, through a harsh desert landscape. The evidence of battle shows - arrows are stuck in his flesh, he is scarred and clearly in bad shape. But Conan, being Conan, soldiers on. Ahead of him lays his ending, behind him only the dead. Even in this state, even as near to death as he is, there are those on his trail, hunting him down - in this case a small group of men expecting that the vultures circling above will lead them right to him.

    But Conan, being Conan, is wily and smart - he lays in waiting and then attacks. He kills one of the four instantly, then does battle with three, then two and then one. Again, behind him he leaves only the dead. The vultures are well fed today. As he continues his travels he looks back to past battles, when he led the Zuagir against the Turanians, how his men were “slaughtered for their loyalty.” Hubris is man a great man's downfall, Conan no exception, though he survived where the others did not.

    He closes in on a camp, making his entrance and then passing out in front of those who would defend the grounds. Mykylo, the leader, orders that the unconscious barbarian be brought to his tent. There they bind him to a pole and throw water on him until he regains consciousness. Mykylo is curious about the barbarian from the north, he sees the battle scars and knows that the sword he walked into camp with was not made of Cimmerian steel. Conan taunts Mykylo's son, Kyrylo, but his younger brother, Taraslan, steps in before it gets to be as bad as it could have been - and then strangers on horseback approach the camp looking for a fugitive, a dark haired barbarian they call him. It seems their employer wants his head in atonement for the Zuagir raids, and this man will pay handsomely for it…

    The latest chapter in the ongoing tale of everyone's favorite barbarian is off to a good start. Cullen Bunn has a knack for old-timey tough guy dialogue and that shines through in this first issue. Things are clearly being set up. Alliances are already starting to form and enemies made, even this early on in the storyline. All good Conan stories have got a lot of backstabbing and betrayal to further the plot and play off of all the carnage and battle scenes that are equally important. We get that and more here. Sergio Davila does a fine job on the art chores. His Conan is a big and powerful man. He throws his weight around and he's clearly fierce both on and off the battlefield. Michael Atiyeh's coloring work is also rock solid, complimenting Davila's pencils nicely. Through in a gorgeous cover from none other than Mark Schultz (colored by Dave Steward) and this first issue turns out to be one worth reading - let's see where it goes from here!









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