Savage Sword of Conan, Vol. 1: The Cult of Koga Thun

Posted on 21 October 2018 by Gerry Duggan

Conan, adrift at sea, escapes his captors with fellow prisoner Suty and a box he believes contains treasure Opening the chest, the color sands inside gift him with a magic map that only he can see in his mind Following the map to the Stygian city of Kheshatta, Conan finds much than he bargained for, as others are after the treasure including a dark sorcerer with an unexpected plan A journey into the city s mysterious underground reveals mysteries, harkening back to the earliest times of the Hyborian Age.COLLECTING Savage Sword of Conan 2019 1 5 New Read Savage Sword of Conan, Vol. 1: The Cult of Koga Thun By Gerry Duggan For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr A perfectly fine, competently written, solid Conan adventure A bit generic and forgettable, but also a quick read, which was nice.I liked this better than Aaron s current Conan run Where Aaron overthinks his Conan stories and tries to add twists and turns that don t always work, Duggan gives us a short, simple, brutal story where Conan is acting like Conan seeking riches and chopping the shit out of snake men and sorcerers.I first encountered the Cimmerian barbarian in the Black and White comics in my youth and they were so bloody and impressive art wise and story wise that I can still to this day find enjoyment in new Conan stories.This new Savage Sword of Conan series was a no brainer and I took out a monthly subscription immediately and even when I now have read number 10 I am already yearning for number 11, which says something about the current series.The art is excellent in the first five installments and I first encountered the Cimmerian barbarian in the Black and White comics in my youth and they were so bloody and impressive art wise and story wise that I can still to this day find enjoyment in new Conan stories.This new Savage Sword of Conan series was a no brainer and I to...A fun story arc about Conan in search of a treasure while dealing with the emissaries of Khoga Thun Looks like the Savage series is gonna publish story arcs while Conan the Barbarian will publish short stories, I think that works quite well, altough this first volume felt a bit generic, I confess I was expecting a starting point to something big, maybe a year one book My first experience with Conan, ...The Cimmerian did not seek devils but he did not step from his path to let one pass.Fun.I ma Conan nut I have been ever since I was little and as soon as Conan tore off guards finger to use the bone to pick the lock on his shackles I knew this book was gonna be faithful.Fun first volume.A fast paced sword and sorcery adventure So I finally jumped into the second Conan series a bit upset because it looks like the higher ups at Marvel just don t want you to spend time and money on one Conan book but they need two books with the same character Everything is a cash grab with those guys Have they ever heard of over saturation However to my surprise the book was good In fact Conan ishimself in this book than in the Jason Aaron series Duggan and Garney do not waste time on A fast paced sword and sorcery adventure So I finally jumped into the second Conan series a bit upset because it looks like the higher ups at Marvel just don t want you to spend time and money on one Conan book but they need two books with the same character Everything is a cash grab with those guys Have they ever heard of over saturation However to my surprise the book was good In fact Conan ishimself in this book than in the J...Solid fun but a little meh overall Duggan hasnt wowed me with his writing yet.Not tons to point out here If you are reading a Conan the Barbarian book, what do you think will happen Action, fighting, gore, death, overthrowing a warlord, crazy creatures, etcYou get exactly what you d think here Wish the art was betterI like the Savage Sword rebootthan the general new Marvel run so far.It may not be the most novel observation ever made, but Marvel are really hammering that Conan license, aren t they You might have thought just launch with the one book, maybe do a few team ups too, but no, within the first year there s already a bunch of spin offs set in his world too, and a Conan 2099 book incoming, and this, which looks to be a sort of generic second book I suppose we should be grateful they at least had this title to hand, else we might have been lumbered with The It may not be the most novel observation ever made, but Marvel are really hammering that Conan license, aren t they You might have thought just launch with the one book, maybe do a few team ups too, but no, within the first year there s already a bunch of spin offs set in his world too, and a Conan 2099 bo...

Savage Sword of Conan, Vol. 1: The Cult of Koga Thun

21 October 2018

Gerry Duggan