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Age of Conan: Bêlit #1-5
Age of Conan - Bêlit: Die Königin der Schwarzen Küste
Eines Tages wird die Piratin Bêlit zu Conans großer Liebe. Dieser abgeschlossene Band erzählt die Herkunftsgeschichte der jungen Furie, die von Meeresungeheuern und Abenteuern träumt. Und tatsä Sowohl an Land wie auch auf hoher See erwarten sie Gefahren und Schrecken zu Hauf. So beginnt ihre Reise, die als Königin der Schwarzen Küste endet …
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First published September 18, 2019
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January 13, 2022
It was fun to read a volume dedicated to the backstory of the beguiling Bêlit, likely the most compelling of all of the Cimmerian's sundry lovers.
I feel the writer did a good job capturing her tempestuousness and the panel art, while not overly impressive, got the job done. A positive first experience of Marvel's Conan content for me.
I feel the writer did a good job capturing her tempestuousness and the panel art, while not overly impressive, got the job done. A positive first experience of Marvel's Conan content for me.
May 14, 2021
Tini Howard fails to impress again. As an origin story for Belit, this fell flat. The decisions Belit makes often don't make sense. She is just portrayed as this crazy, impetuous girl who things happen to always work out for. Kate Niemczyk's art look unfinished in several places. It certainly looked better in some of her previous Marvel work like Mockingbird.
February 15, 2020
AGE OF CONAN ist eine Reihe, die sich Charakteren zuwendet, die in der Conan=Serie als wichtige Nebenfiguren auftauchen. Die hier gesammelten ersten fünf Hefte sind der Piratin Belit gewidmet, die später eine große Liebe von Conan werden wird. Dieser taucht hier aber nicht auf, sondern es wird erzählt, wie Belit zu der rücksichtslosen Piratin und Schrecken der Meere wurde, als die Conan sie kennen lernen wird.
Belit "erbt" von ihrem Piratenvater das Schiff, als sie fast noch ein Kind ist. Piratenprinzessin zu sein kommt für sie nicht in Betracht, sofort will sie Piratenkönigin werden, und fortan treiben unzählige Leichen im Meer, damit sie ihren Weg gehen und ihre Rachsucht befriedigen kann.
Schön & tödlich sind Belits Merkmale, die Motive für ihre Rachegedanken und ihren Ehrgeiz hingegen waren für mich nicht so ganz glaubwürdig und wirkten etwas pathetisch.
Belit "erbt" von ihrem Piratenvater das Schiff, als sie fast noch ein Kind ist. Piratenprinzessin zu sein kommt für sie nicht in Betracht, sofort will sie Piratenkönigin werden, und fortan treiben unzählige Leichen im Meer, damit sie ihren Weg gehen und ihre Rachsucht befriedigen kann.
Schön & tödlich sind Belits Merkmale, die Motive für ihre Rachegedanken und ihren Ehrgeiz hingegen waren für mich nicht so ganz glaubwürdig und wirkten etwas pathetisch.
September 26, 2019
I actually was surprised with this one. Story was better than expected. The art could have been better. Belit becomes a pirate with revenge in mind.
April 3, 2021
Enter Belit, the Queen of the Black Coast, piracy, beasts, dark magic, loads of fun, I'm having a blast with Marvel's Conan brand so far, getting an urge to go through the Dark Horse catalogue.
August 28, 2020
Exciting, dark, and bloody Conan-era adventures abound in Belit, though they're far more surface level and lacking the surprises of Jason Aaron's main series. This volume basically outlines Belit's early life, taking her from a pirate princess to a pirate queen. She's impetuous and proud, even with her pirate king father dead and her throne lost.
I enjoyed the high fantasy vibes, including the sometimes stilted dialogue, but Belit was missing a certain spark. The art didn't help or hinder, generally thick and blocky. I'm tempted to dock a star simply for the near-nude depictions of Belit on the front and back covers. She's far more clothed in the actual book, so the cover throwbacks to 80s smut comics is unnecessary. Didn't want to carry this volume around in public.
I enjoyed the high fantasy vibes, including the sometimes stilted dialogue, but Belit was missing a certain spark. The art didn't help or hinder, generally thick and blocky. I'm tempted to dock a star simply for the near-nude depictions of Belit on the front and back covers. She's far more clothed in the actual book, so the cover throwbacks to 80s smut comics is unnecessary. Didn't want to carry this volume around in public.
August 8, 2025
As enjoyable as a pint of piss.
December 28, 2019
Fun, sense of adventure escapism. That's all I ask from a Conan story
February 11, 2021
Age of Conan: Belit shows how Belit came to be the Pirate Queen that Conan runs into! It shows how ruthless she is and what she is willing to do to be the Pirate Queen! Age of Conan: Belit is a fast paced adventure that never let up and you can see all the character elements dropping in to place that will make up the ruthless womna that is Belit!
Age of Conan: Belit art is brilliant and dovetails neatly into the brilliant script! This makes for a epic tale that never lets up from the beginning full of twist and turn that will surprise you! Age of Conan: Belit is full of epic adventure and Belit headstron nature comes to the fore as she rolles over her opposition from the start!
Age of Conan: Belit is a rollercoaster ride as Belitt seizes power, full of daring do as Belitt and her crew encounter rivals and opportunities at every turn, blood which Belit is certainly keen on, ruthlessness as no one gets in Belit's way, epic as she seizes her ship, adventure as she zips all over Hyporia and action! Brilliant Crisp high Five! Get it if You Can! :D
Age of Conan: Belit art is brilliant and dovetails neatly into the brilliant script! This makes for a epic tale that never lets up from the beginning full of twist and turn that will surprise you! Age of Conan: Belit is full of epic adventure and Belit headstron nature comes to the fore as she rolles over her opposition from the start!
Age of Conan: Belit is a rollercoaster ride as Belitt seizes power, full of daring do as Belitt and her crew encounter rivals and opportunities at every turn, blood which Belit is certainly keen on, ruthlessness as no one gets in Belit's way, epic as she seizes her ship, adventure as she zips all over Hyporia and action! Brilliant Crisp high Five! Get it if You Can! :D
June 10, 2020
A Era de Conan: Bêlit conta os primeiros dias, ou talvez algo como o "ano um" da capitã pirata que cruza a vida de Conan e que se envolve com ele, Bêlit. São aventuras na pirataria, que mostram como Bêlit acabou se tornado pirata, bem como capitã do navio Tigresa. Além disso é contado o embate dela com o sacerdote do deus Set, em Luxar - obviamente uma alusão do mundo de Conan aos deuses egípcios. Com seu passado sempre a asombrando, deixando-a louca por conquista, Bêlit não vai parar enquanto não atingir os seus objetivos que tema ver principalmente com hornar a vida do seu pai que viveu como um grande pirata por toda ela. Mesmo assim, a edição não arrebata o leitor. tem alguns momentos mais interessantes, mas a roteirista Tini Howard não consegue fazer com que eles tenham uma repercussão muito avassaladora. Os desenhos, feitos por diferentes artistas, também são irregulares, parecem terem sido feitos às pressas, algo estranho para uma aventura cheia de fantasia e magia como esta A Era de Conan: Bêlit. Enfim, A Era de Conan: Bêlit é um quadrinho bastante decepcionante que poderia render mais.
October 4, 2019
Belit, the pirate Queen of the Black Coast, is a secondary character in Conan stories, given an origin and a spotlight here for the first time. You won't like her, but you can admire her ruthlessness and hard edges, her single-minded pursuit of fortune, power, independence and influence. As a woman in the Hyborian Age, she has to be scarred, tough, brutal and awful, and all of that comes through on the page here. The art is cool (though this cover is not representative) and the writing is more developed than a lot of other stuff with Belit in it.
January 22, 2020
Finished this trade today. The tale of Conan's onetime pirate queen love Belit from her early origins to her days as Queen of the Black Coast.
The Marvel Comics story was decently done but in all honesty, it felt a little bit like I'd seen it done a million times before. And while that number is an exaggeration, I have read the story of Belit (at least the part of her tale where she was with Conan) a lot over the years.
It's a decent enough read but for longtime Conan fans, I'm not sure I would say it is a must have part of your library.
The Marvel Comics story was decently done but in all honesty, it felt a little bit like I'd seen it done a million times before. And while that number is an exaggeration, I have read the story of Belit (at least the part of her tale where she was with Conan) a lot over the years.
It's a decent enough read but for longtime Conan fans, I'm not sure I would say it is a must have part of your library.
June 16, 2023
Bêlit: Age of Conan
Collects issues 1-5
Bêlit’s dread pirate father Atrahasis challenges his teenaged daughter to find one of the sea beasts she professes exists. She accepts the challenge.
Her father is attacked and is sentenced to die alone on a sandbar for his past sins as a pirate.
“Pirates don’t get to grow old. They get to die.”
Bêlit stays with him, offers him a quicker salvation by blade, and Atrahasis accepts.
Bêlit ends up a captive to be sold into slavery when a sea monster intervenes and she becomes the Captain of The Tigress, one of her father’s ships.
She strikes a bargain with Tanada, The Mad Witch of Barathan, to defend the Witch’s shores from sea monsters.
Four years pass and many voyages later, the legend of Bêlit has spread. She reunites with N’Yaga, a dear friend of her father and her childhood protector.
Bêlit makes an enemy of Stygia’s High Priest Apheru and is hexed. Belit survives and seeks revenge. Exit Apheru.
This is Bêlit in her formative years. For me, it seemed like more of a book for the YA audience. Nice cover for the trade but I think the interior might be better served in B/W. Issue 4 has a nice-looking nightmare sequence. Nice cover art for the trade. This may be for a Bêlit completist or a or a younger audience that is into Sword and Sorcery, Conan style but minus everyone’s favorite Barbarian.
Collects issues 1-5
Bêlit’s dread pirate father Atrahasis challenges his teenaged daughter to find one of the sea beasts she professes exists. She accepts the challenge.
Her father is attacked and is sentenced to die alone on a sandbar for his past sins as a pirate.
“Pirates don’t get to grow old. They get to die.”
Bêlit stays with him, offers him a quicker salvation by blade, and Atrahasis accepts.
Bêlit ends up a captive to be sold into slavery when a sea monster intervenes and she becomes the Captain of The Tigress, one of her father’s ships.
She strikes a bargain with Tanada, The Mad Witch of Barathan, to defend the Witch’s shores from sea monsters.
Four years pass and many voyages later, the legend of Bêlit has spread. She reunites with N’Yaga, a dear friend of her father and her childhood protector.
Bêlit makes an enemy of Stygia’s High Priest Apheru and is hexed. Belit survives and seeks revenge. Exit Apheru.
This is Bêlit in her formative years. For me, it seemed like more of a book for the YA audience. Nice cover for the trade but I think the interior might be better served in B/W. Issue 4 has a nice-looking nightmare sequence. Nice cover art for the trade. This may be for a Bêlit completist or a or a younger audience that is into Sword and Sorcery, Conan style but minus everyone’s favorite Barbarian.
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February 3, 2020Wouldn't that outfit on the cover do William Morris proud? Beautiful and practical! Though worth bearing in mind that, just as the most celebrated illustrator of the original Weird Tales was Margaret Brundage, so this is Sana Takeda, and not the male gaze one might assume. Alas, she's too busy with Monstress to contribute interiors, so those are from Kate Niemczyk, whose work is good but considerably more conventional, particularly on a story that doesn't offer the same opportunity as Mockingbird to show off her comedy skills. She shares with Tini Howard (no relation to Robert, as far as I know) the tough task of crafting a female-led story set within the Hyborian Age, a setting which was created largely as a homosocial fantasy by a deeply fucked-up Texan closet case. It can be done, as witness the enduring success of Red Sonja (though granted, I only know the film, always a favourite in my family for its wealth of silly hats). This, though, feels a little too modern in its characters, technology and assumptions, a little too normal. It's fun enough - of course it is, these are all solid creators and it's about a pirate king's daughter coming into her own as she seeks sea monsters to fight. But it lacks the true Conan strangeness.
September 4, 2019
Conan evreninin önemli yan karakterlerinden biri olan "Kara Kıyıların Kraliçesi" Belit'in bu ünvanı nasıl aldığının öyküsünü okuyoruz.
Conan'ın Marvel'e geçmesiyle birlikte Belit de kendi serisine kavuşmuş. Tabi pek çok spin-off serisinde olduğu gibi bu sefer de bazı önemli değişiklikler var hikayede. Belit'in geçmişi Conan Barbarian serisinde anlatıldığından farklı ele alınıyor mesela.
Conan orjinal hikayesinde "çöl rüzgarı gibi dengesizdi, esnek ve dişi bir panter gibi tehlikeli" Belit aslında bir kralın kızıydı. Babası ona ihanet eden amcası tarafından öldürülüyordu. Burda ise bir korsan amiralin kızı. Babasının ölümünden sonra onu aşan bir korsan olabilmek için denizlere yelken açıyor.
Her halükarda, alışılagelen Conan çizgisinden uzak, ama çarpıcı bir estediği var Belit'in yeni hikayesinin. Türü sevenler veya yeni başlayacaklar için oldukça keyifli bir 100 küsür sayfa var elimizde.
Conan'ın Marvel'e geçmesiyle birlikte Belit de kendi serisine kavuşmuş. Tabi pek çok spin-off serisinde olduğu gibi bu sefer de bazı önemli değişiklikler var hikayede. Belit'in geçmişi Conan Barbarian serisinde anlatıldığından farklı ele alınıyor mesela.
Conan orjinal hikayesinde "çöl rüzgarı gibi dengesizdi, esnek ve dişi bir panter gibi tehlikeli" Belit aslında bir kralın kızıydı. Babası ona ihanet eden amcası tarafından öldürülüyordu. Burda ise bir korsan amiralin kızı. Babasının ölümünden sonra onu aşan bir korsan olabilmek için denizlere yelken açıyor.
Her halükarda, alışılagelen Conan çizgisinden uzak, ama çarpıcı bir estediği var Belit'in yeni hikayesinin. Türü sevenler veya yeni başlayacaklar için oldukça keyifli bir 100 küsür sayfa var elimizde.
September 29, 2022
Having not story of Conan (the original stuff) I don't know much about side characters but I did knew about Belit due to the boardgame Conan where we got naked Belit - one of the reasons I back it up - yeah yeah boobs captivate me. Sue me.
I thought why not read this... It was a really interesting read of the coming of age story as we learn more of one version of Belit upbringing. Bsaically she wants to mimic her father which was a pirate king and she wants to go on adventure and kill some mythic monster.
People get in the way and then she also has some side adventures for revenge and pleasure. She becomes a powerful warrior and seamistress the way we know her.
Good story, but don't expect anything epic..
In terms of art, is okay and marvel alike, women with big boobs, some reveal but never showing.
There are no sex or any graphic stuff in violence or sexual whatsoever
I thought why not read this... It was a really interesting read of the coming of age story as we learn more of one version of Belit upbringing. Bsaically she wants to mimic her father which was a pirate king and she wants to go on adventure and kill some mythic monster.
People get in the way and then she also has some side adventures for revenge and pleasure. She becomes a powerful warrior and seamistress the way we know her.
Good story, but don't expect anything epic..
In terms of art, is okay and marvel alike, women with big boobs, some reveal but never showing.
There are no sex or any graphic stuff in violence or sexual whatsoever
August 11, 2019
When I was younger, nothing about the Conan Universe of comics enticed me to read them. When marvel got the Conan license back late last year, early this year (2018/2019) I decided to jump on board and was not disappointed! Age of Conan Belit tells the origin of Conan's lost love interest and is way better than I expected it to be. Not just a tie in the book this story holds its own really well and who doesn't like a pirate's tale (or pirate princess in this case). You don't have to know anything about Conan to enjoy this "Pirates of the Caribean-Eskt" story.
Highly Recommended to give this one a shot!!
Highly Recommended to give this one a shot!!
October 2, 2024
Una historia muy bien escrita que nos presenta la historia de origen de Bêlit, la "Pirata de la Costa Negra". Es una muy buena historia de origen que, sin embargo, eché de menos que fuera tan corta y no se hubiese dejado un poco más de espacio a la historia para que respirase y tomara forma.
El primer y segundo actos de la historia son excepcionalmente buenos, pero el tercer acto se siente un poco apresurado.
Con todo, el desarollo de personajes y la conclusión la convierten en una historia digna de ser leída y justifica totalmente su existencia. Bêlit es un personaje intrigante que tendré más en cuenta de ahora en más.
Si te gustan las aventuras de Conan, te gustará esta historia.
El primer y segundo actos de la historia son excepcionalmente buenos, pero el tercer acto se siente un poco apresurado.
Con todo, el desarollo de personajes y la conclusión la convierten en una historia digna de ser leída y justifica totalmente su existencia. Bêlit es un personaje intrigante que tendré más en cuenta de ahora en más.
Si te gustan las aventuras de Conan, te gustará esta historia.
January 1, 2021
A rather tame attempt at an origin story which only occasionally hits the mark. Any good Howard pastiche needs to have the basic elements of barbarism versus civilization and a Lovecraftian handling of the supernatural. Without these you lose the Hyborian flavour and it becomes a generic fantasy story that could be told in any setting.
August 29, 2021
Just what I want from a Hyborian comic, juvenile writing and cartoonish art. The modern Conan and Conan-based comics are a solid argument in favor of leaving the franchise completely alone because it's pretty clear that no one in a position to work on them should be working on them. Complete crap.
February 28, 2023
Just okay
The story was just okay for me, it felt like it had the contrivance and angst of a YA work, but the presentation of more mature one. The art was odd to see the heroine's skin change color chapter to chapter.
The story was just okay for me, it felt like it had the contrivance and angst of a YA work, but the presentation of more mature one. The art was odd to see the heroine's skin change color chapter to chapter.
October 13, 2024
Backstory for the undead pirate queen Bêlit- the art is very plain and the story isn’t much deeper. I love Conan so I felt I had to read it but wouldn’t recommend it to someone who isn’t a Conan obsessive
May 12, 2019
I really enjoyed this issue. I like how the author began Belit's journey. It has definitely made me excited to see where the story goes in the next issue.
July 25, 2019
I was expecting this to be such a YA story.
July 30, 2019
Disjointed, lacking suspense, and absolutely no payoff whatsoever. This is an unnecessary addition to the Conan canon.
December 4, 2019
Story better than expected...but the art is really inconsistent.
April 5, 2020
Not worth it, sorry
September 21, 2020
2.5 Stars
November 20, 2020
Was hoping for some great Female Conan type adventure but this isn't that. She's too young here, never really tested, and then it ends with her on a boat. The art is also sketchy.
March 19, 2022
Very blah. Not great/good, not bad. The artwork was poor at times.
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