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Conan journeys to Brythunia and, going from village to village, tracks down Sjarl and Einar. What will Conan do with the two men now that he's found them?
The answer may surprise you!
Actually, it shouldn't surprise you at all.
That's today as we look at Conan #7: Blood for Blood by Kurt Busiek, Cary Nord, Thomas Yates, Richard Starkings, and Dave Stewart.
This issue was published by Dark Horse on August 25, 2004.
Oh, and if the Bloopers this week feel like they are full of both rage an...

Conan journeys to Brythunia and, going from village to village, tracks down Sjarl and Einar. What will Conan do with the two men now that he's found them?
The answer may surprise you!
Actually, it shouldn't surprise you at all.
That's today as we look at Conan #7: Blood for Blood by Kurt Busiek, Cary Nord, Thomas Yates, Richard Starkings, and Dave Stewart.
This issue was published by Dark Horse on August 25, 2004.
Oh, and if the Bloopers this week feel like they are full of both rage an...

This is it, folks! Conan's revolt has begun!
Will Conan and his friends triumph? Will the Hyperboreans survive their encounter with the young barbarian? Will this be the last of the Dark Horse issues we will be talking about?
Get the answers to each of those questions today as we look at Conan #6: Day of Farewell by Kurt Busiek, Cary Nord, Thomas Yates, Richard Starkings, and Dave Stewart.
This issue was published by Dark Horse on July 28, 2004.
Enjoy!
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Conan's plan to escape Hyberborea is set into motion as Aishti'ana dwells on the past. 
That's today as we look at Conan #5: Ashes of a Great Fire by Kurt Busiek, Cary Nord, Thomas Yates, Richard Starkings, and Dave Stewart.
This issue was published by Dark Horse on June 23, 2004.
Enjoy!
Mike's Amazing World of Comics
The music used for the theme song in this episode is Conan The Destroyer: Main Title/Riders Of Taramis as performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted ...

Conan is enslaved by the mysterious Hyperboreans.
As he and fellow slave, Iasmini, plot their escape, Conan stumbles across the horrific truth, the evil behind the power of the "land of wonders, of immortality, music, and eternal summer."
That's today as we look at Conan #4: Gates of Paradise by Kurt Busiek, Cary Nord, Thomas Yates, Richard Starkings, and Dave Stewart.
This issue was published by Dark Horse on May 26, 2004.
Enjoy!
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Conan and his Aeisr brothers take the fight to the Vanir when a third party arrives that forces old enemies to become allies.
That's today as we look at Conan #3: At the Back of the North Wind by Kurt Busiek, Cary Nord, Thomas Yates, Richard Starkings, and Dave Stewart.
This issue was published by Dark Horse on April 28, 2004.
Enjoy!
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The music used for the theme song in this episode is Conan The Destroyer: Main Title/Riders Of ...

Conan, the last man standing in a battle between the Aesir and the Vanir, chases a half-naked babe through the snow so that he can catch her and force himself upon her.
Sound familiar?
Yeah, it should. 
That's today as we look at Conan #2: The Frost Giant's Daughter by Kurt Busiek, Cary Nord, Richard Starkings, and Dave Stewart.
This issue was published by Dark Horse on March 24, 2004.
Enjoy!
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Conan, possessed by a trio of evil spirits, does a little shopping in Shadizar the Wicked, leaving a trail of bodies in his wake.
That's today as we look at Conan the Barbarian #8: Thrice Marked for Death Part Four: Sacrifice by Jim Zub, Doug Braithwaite, Diego Rodrigues, and Richard Starkings.
This issue was published by Titan Comics on February 28, 2024.
Enjoy!
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The music used for the theme song in this episode is Conan The Destroyer: Main Title/Rid...

Conan finds himself in the middle of a blood feud when he comes to the aid of an Aesir village as it is under attack by the warriors of Vanir. 
That's today as we look at Conan #1: Out of the Darksome Hills by Kurt Busiek, Cary Nord, Thomas Yates, Richard Starkings, and Dave Stewart.
This issue was published by Dark Horse on February 25, 2004.
Enjoy!
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One year ago today, on February 17, 2023, I launched Hither Came Conan with an episode in which I had a look at The Frost Giant's Daughter by Robert E. Howard, as well as the various comic book adaptations from Marvel Comics, Dark Horse, and Ablaze.
To celebrate our first year talking about the iconic black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword-in-hand barbarian, I've taken that first episode and gave it a bit of a remix.
Listen to it now for the first time.... again!
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