Hey Sup Forums, I bring to you one of my favorite comics from my childhood, with arguably the best arc of the whole series. This is Kurt Busiek's Conan, and this is how Conan came to be.
Now while I do love to share Conan with you all, I really really really do hate to do this, but I'm in a research methodology course at College and need to get some survey data for a teensy tiny no-personal-information-whatsoever measure that shouldn't take more than thirty seconds to complete. It would be an amazing favor to a fellow user if you could fill it out. I do apologize, I wouldn't ask this if my grade didn't depend on it, and I won't mention it again. Here is the link: uky.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8tR2AvQlD3eNA33
With that out of the way, let's dive into the earliest days of the most famous Sword & Sorcery icon of all time. Know, O Prince, that deep in the dark hills of Cimmeria, a king was born...
Henry Rodriguez
I hope you all are ready, we're in for a wild ride.
Robert Lee
>Now while I do love to share Conan with you all, I really really really do hate to do this, but I'm in a research methodology course at College and need to get some survey data for a teensy tiny no-personal-information-whatsoever measure that shouldn't take more than thirty seconds to complete. It would be an amazing favor to a fellow user if you could fill it out. I do apologize, I wouldn't ask this if my grade didn't depend on it, and I won't mention it again
Well that took a bizarre turn.
Jason Phillips
We won't be joined by the regular series artist Cary Nord for this tale, instead we have Greg Ruth painting the pictures conjured up by R.E. Howard through Kurt Busiek
Robert Gutierrez
Yeah, I feel extra shitty for doing as such but I gotta do what I gotta do.
David Hernandez
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Luke Young
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Camden Green
Welcome to your world, Conan
Brody Sanders
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Cameron Watson
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Noah Phillips
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Charles Smith
This story does a great job highlighting some of the best character traits about Conan. His fierce intelligence and insatiable curiosity at the world around him is really what makes Conan, Conan.
Michael Cooper
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James Roberts
Done deal. Now bring on the epic adventures! I love this series, Busiek knocked it out of the fucking ballpark with this one.
Eli Rogers
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Christian Wood
I was eight years old when the series started publication, and I'm happy to say that it was chief among my pull-list at the time. I count myself extremely fortunate to have been following comics during it's run, I couldn't have stumbled upon better fantasy adventure fare if I tried.
Eli Lewis
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Levi Ross
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Christopher Long
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Benjamin Lopez
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Connor Johnson
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Andrew Bailey
This fuckin' kid
David Garcia
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Evan Cooper
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Lucas Flores
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Luke Howard
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Benjamin Nguyen
I'll be posting these letters pages & Robert E. Howard strips because dammit they're worth it.
Eli Cook
Are there many books out there that still do letters pages, what with social media being as it is nowadays? I've become a tradewaiter of late.
Liam Powell
Alright! We're continuing on with the second part of Born on the Battlefield, Conan #15.
Asher Davis
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Xavier Gonzalez
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Asher Davis
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Noah Ramirez
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Asher Kelly
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Jeremiah Stewart
This is probably the best compromise they could have done about the "born on the battlefield" bit. Perhaps it's what REH intended, but pregnant women fighting like regular people bothers me. They lose two Cimmerians if one is killed.
John Torres
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Benjamin Jenkins
Yeah, depicting Conan's mother as an actual fighter in the fray at 8-9 months pregnant just doesn't work. There's a level of realism in REH's world where societies act like actual societies, and there's no way any group of people actual field very pregnant women in combat. Field nurse though? Works just fine.
Ian Ramirez
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Michael Smith
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Luis Butler
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Lincoln Hernandez
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Eli Brown
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Chase Robinson
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Mason Perry
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Cameron Baker
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Landon Cooper
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Brody Parker
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Matthew Wright
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Ethan Robinson
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Cameron Evans
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Jayden Reyes
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John Watson
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Alexander Morgan
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Aiden Barnes
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Joshua Brown
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Nathaniel Garcia
No stopping here. On to part 3.
Carter Sanders
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Chase Scott
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Jaxson Cox
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Adam Hall
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Nolan Peterson
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Anthony Stewart
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Jeremiah Phillips
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Jacob Thompson
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Nathan Nguyen
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Joseph Baker
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Easton Lewis
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Landon Hughes
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Brayden Barnes
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Evan Hughes
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Brandon Reed
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David Wright
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Aaron Rogers
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Carter Peterson
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Jaxson Allen
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Cooper Sullivan
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Juan Powell
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Owen Gutierrez
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Isaiah Nelson
This should have been the basis for the reboot movie. The actors and designs were okay but the writing really brought it down.
Andrew Lopez
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Joseph Campbell
Issue #4, we're past the half-way mark. Anyone still following along?
Isaac Barnes
The Jason Momoa one? Yeah, I agree completely. Really, any of the early, concise arcs from this run would work.
It's disappointing that that movie had such a shit plot and writing, because Momoa really sold the role perfectly. The one moment where the writing lined up with how it should be was this bit in between the action where Conan's just being his big, grinning boisterous self at a port, picking up women by the armfuls and carousing about. That was good shit, way better than Arnold's interpretation. Well, for an instant.
Christian Martinez
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Jack Brown
I'unno, would you say Conan is at the point of ubiquity where a film wouldn't need be spent focusing on his origins, per se?
Austin Allen
Dark Horse's first Conan volume was legit one of the best comics ever made.
Colton Lopez
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Carter Torres
>Kurt Busiek >Cary Nord >Dave Stewart >Mike Mignola >Timothy Truman
Such a good talent pool. Nord's artwork being just pencils with Stewart's colors right on top was also a truly inspired decision.
Liam Thompson
Most people don't even think Conan has a "origin".
Benjamin Howard
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Levi Morales
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Christopher Brown
Then fuck it, man. Just hop around and spend a movie adapting a single story or chunk of his life. Have a Tower of the Elephant story that also deals with his time as a thief to a good deal, stuff like that. Shit it's been written out so well for people one wouldn't think it'd be difficult.
