The Chronicles Of Conan Vol. 1: Tower Of The Elephant And Other Stories
March 1, 2004 | Trades
The Chronicles Of Conan Vol. 1: Tower Of The Elephant And Other Stories
Roy Thomas, Barry Windsor-Smith
Dark Horse Books
$15.95 US (Paperback)
**** (out of five)
If The Chronicles Of Conan was a DVD it would be the deluxe, special edition. Collecting for the first time the initial eight Conan tales, originally published in 1970-71 by Marvel Comics, these tales got the new millennium upgrade — complete computerized colour remastering — and it looks gorgeous.
These are stories that hold up really well over 30 years later. Conan, the same one most people identify as being portrayed in the movies by Arnold Schwarzenegger, is shown as a young man trying to make his way in the ancient world, in a mix of stories told by comic legend Roy Thomas and adapted by Thomas from the 1930s Conan tales of creator Robert E. Howard.
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