With creators this good, Conan could run for another 100 issues. Read Full Review

By Crom is it good! For quality writing that gives you battlefields and internal explorations rendered by artists who relish working on something different do not go past this title. Read Full Review

Conan the Barbarian #5 feels a bit like a greatest hits of Conan stories. Jason Aaron and Mahmud Asrar offer a tale with pirates, cursed idols, elder gods, monsters, and storms at sea; it's Conan at his most anguished and most joyous. Read Full Review

An okay Conan story with great art, maybe a new reader would find it less offensive. Read Full Review

I mean, what do you expect? It's another great issue.

Octopus-crab-sharks and some sort of giant octopus-rat, what's not to love?

Cool issue. Wish they had a little cliffhanger or something for the Cthulhu-like monster thingy. Would like to see more of that.

I love you, sharktopuses.

THE GOOD:

-Mahmud Asrar is still doing a good job. I've definitely warmed up to his art.

-The action scenes this issue were great, even if they were short.

-The tentacle-monsters were the best part of the issue.

-This issue did have a great atmosphere, even if the execution wasn't as strong.

-That last page was creepy, and I liked it.

THE BAD:

-This story didn't pull me in as much as the King Conan one or the execution one. Luckily these issues have different stories from Conan's life, so next issue will likely be better.

-The narration was fine, but the lack of dialogue was frustrating.

-Still not loving Conan as a character. I think that is some byproduct of me not growing up with him, or really reading any other Conan aside from this one.

-This issue really started to get wordy. I think that's where the last two issues excelled was that they weren't so exposition-filled.

-I wish we could've gotten more explained about why the blood on the idol caused all that to happen.

-It feels kind of frustrating that we're getting no progress on the Crimson Witch and all that.

-I wish this series was more consistent. I loved the last two issues, but the first two issues were really meh. Let's hope that's not a pattern. more