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By Roy Thomas<\/strong> & Barry Windsor-Smith<\/strong> (Dark Horse Books) The second Dark Horse collection of Marvel’s 1970’s Conan<\/strong> epics covers a period when the character had taken the comics world by storm, and features two creators riding the crest of a creative wave. Reprinting issues #9-13 and #16 of the monthly comic-book this volume opens with ‘Garden of Fear’<\/em>, adapted by Thomas and Smith, with inks by Sal Buscema from the short story by Robert E. Howard, a battle with an antediluvian survivor in a lost valley.<\/p>\n Returning to the big city, our hero must ‘Beware the Wrath of Anu!’<\/em>, another Howard tale, as is the eponymous ‘Rogues in the House’<\/em>, an early masterpiece of action and intrigue. ‘Dweller in the Dark’<\/em> is an all original yarn of monsters and maidens, notable because artist Barry Smith inked his own pencils, and indications of his detailed fine-line illustrative style can be seen for the first time. Fantasy author John Jakes plotted ‘Web of the Spider-God’<\/em>, a sardonic tale of the desert scripted by Thomas and inked by Buscema.<\/p>\n Chronologically, a two part team-up guest-starring Michael Moorcock’s Elric of Melnibon\u00c3\u00a9 should follow but that’s held in abeyance and this book concludes with ‘The Frost Giant’s Daughter’<\/em>, a haunting, racy tale written by Howard and originally adapted in black and white for Savage Tales<\/strong> #1.<\/p>\n This was an early attempt to enter the more adult magazine market, and when the story was reprinted in Conan<\/strong> #16, Smith’s art had to be censored to obscure some female body parts that youngsters might be corrupted by. Even so it’s still a beautiful pencil and ink job by Smith. It was also supposedly his last as he quit the series with that issue.<\/p>\n These re-mastered issues are a superb way to enjoy some of American comics’ most influential – and enjoyable moments. They should have a place on your bookshelf.<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a91971-1972, 2003 Conan Properties International, LLC. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Roy Thomas & Barry Windsor-Smith (Dark Horse Books) ISBN: 1-84023-785-6 The second Dark Horse collection of Marvel’s 1970’s Conan epics covers a period when the character had taken the comics world by storm, and features two creators riding the crest of a creative wave. Reprinting issues #9-13 and #16 of the monthly comic-book this … <\/p>\n
\nISBN: 1-84023-785-6<\/p>\n