King Conan is beset on all sides by scheming politicians plotting his demise! But the conspirators have chosen the wrong ally in Thoth-Amon. The barbarian king will need more than a strong arm and a sturdy ax to face the horrors at his chamber door! * Timothy Truman, Tomás Giorello, and José Villarrubia adapt the classic Robert E. Howard adventure.
King Conan is beset on all sides by scheming politicians plotting his demise!
Adapting several stellar Robert E. Howard works, Dark Horse's award-winning King Conan comics by Timothy Truman, Tomas Giorello, and Jose Villarrubia are all collected into one deluxe hardcover!
"The Phoenix on the Sword" is one of the original short stories about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard, and first published in Weird Tales magazine, in December, 1932.
This early work by Robert E. Howard was originally published in 1933 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
As if that wasn't enough, when Conan enters the picture he's already a king, with the bulk of his adventuring career behind him. There's an additional sense of intrigue built in: Who is this king? Why is the kingdom divided regarding ...
Under a sentence of death for his part in the winning the war for Aquilonia, Conan escapes from the jealous king intent on killing him and plots his revenge. Reissue.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown!
"This volume collects issues #1-#6 of the Dark Horse Comics miniseries, King Conan: the conqueror, and is the fourth volume in an ongoing series featuring King Conan."--Title page verso.
The tale, in which Howard created the character of Conan, was a rewrite of the unpublished Kull story, "By This Axe I Rule!", with long passages being identical.
Contains the first short stories featuring Robert E. Howard’s legendary Conan, one of the most iconic fantasy characters in history, on a rarified list next to Gandalf and Harry Potter.