Ryan Thomason

Conan The Avenger #21 – Comic Review

Conan The Avenger #21 – Comic Review

Ah, the good ‘ol nail a dude to the cross routine. This is CONAN, I think he’ll be just fine. See my previous Conan the Avenger reviews starting with the first issue here and the previous issue here. CONAN THE AVENGER #21 Writer: Fred Van Lente Artist: Jose Luis Cover Artist: Paul Renaud Publisher: Dark […]

 Ryan Thomason

Conan The Avenger #20 – Comic Review

Conan The Avenger #20 – Comic Review

Conan The Avenger #20 – Comic Review It’s a whole new ARC in Conan the Avenger with A Witch Shall be Born: Part 1 Following the titanic events at the Oasis of Akrel, Conan and Natala parted company as Natala joined Janissa’s (The Widowmaker) band of warrior she-devils, and Taramis, beloved queen of Khauran, made […]

 Ryan Thomason

Conan The Avenger #18 – Comic Review

Conan The Avenger #18 – Comic Review

What happens when Conan confronts Janissa The Widowmaker at the Tower of Silence? Well, let’s just say they don’t go quietly into the night. See my previous Conan The Avenger reviews here, here and Conan The Avenger #1. Conan The Avenger #18 Writer: Fred Van Lente Artist: Brian Ching Cover Artist: Jasen Felix Publisher: Dark […]

 Ryan Thomason

Conan The Avenger starts a new Arc in THE DAMNED HORDE

Conan The Avenger starts a new Arc in THE DAMNED HORDE

With his new group of warriors, “Amra’s Bastards” that comprised of Royal Guard defectors from Shambalia. Conan is in search of a horde of treasure, but to find it they must rescue from the city of Nippr the slave sister of a tongue-less girl and her drawn map. A simple snatch and grab goes a […]

 Ryan Thomason

Conan the Avenger: Shadows of Kush, Issues #2 – #5, reviewed

Conan the Avenger: Shadows of Kush, Issues #2 – #5, reviewed

Gronk….Gronk When I last talked about this new run, it was the inaugural first issue. Which was tremendously good. Now that I’ve gotten myself all caught up (hey, it happens) I’ve been able to get more of a feel for the story and what Van Lente is up to. Conan the Avenger: Shadows over Kush […]

 Adrienne Fox

Dark Horse Comics Announced New Fred Van Lente Ongoing Title at Phoenix Comicon

Dark Horse Comics Announced New Fred Van Lente Ongoing Title at Phoenix Comicon

I attended the Fred Van Lente Spotlight panel at Phoenix Comicon last weekend. It was an exciting time because Dark Horse just announced a new Van Lente continuing series in addition to his Project Black Sky work. It’s called Resurrectionists. Van Lente said he explores themes about identity and fate—like if you can escape it—in […]

 Ryan Thomason

Conan the Avenger #1: Shadows over Kush, a comic book review

Conan the Avenger #1: Shadows over Kush, a comic book review

Dark Horse builds a new Conan adventure from the bones of a Robert E Howard unpublished original. Howard began working on the story sometime in the 1930s, but never finished it before his tragic and untimely death. With untitled synopsis and a draft of a few chapters of the piece to work from, we have […]