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Blonder Gloat reviewed Conan The Barbarian #22 Jul 31, 2025
9.0

Conan is forced to fight as a gladiator against all comers in the arena, but although of course we know he's going to win every time, there's a cruel twist that keeps it raw. There's no shortage of evil sorceresses in the Hyborean Age either, but despite the familiar situations Jim Zub keeps the story moving with enough aplomb to mean it doesn't matter because it's such an enjoyable ride.
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Conan The Barbarian #22

By: Jim Zub, Fernando Dagnino
Released: Jul 9, 2025

The Great Serpent’s influence twists and turns, pulling Conan into their deadly coils as the Cimmerian and his allies are lured into Stygia…

What they find on this journey will make their blood run cold and set the stage for a conflict beyond their wildest imagination!

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Blonder Gloat reviewed Conan The Barbarian #21 Jul 30, 2025
10

Another great tale from Jim Zub with a genuinely creepy sense of growing peril in the seemingly-friendly town where Conan and his crew are relaxing and feasting.It's hard to say there's anything really new to be wrung from the REH mythos, but this is as good as it gets.

Fernando Dagnino makes his debut on this issue, following in the footsteps of De La Torre and Braithwaite, in keeping more

Conan The Barbarian #21

By: Jim Zub, Fernando Dagnino
Released: Jun 11, 2025

The Great Serpent’s influence twists and turns, pulling Conan into their deadly coils as the Cimmerian and his allies are lured into Stygia…

What they find on this journey will make their blood run cold and set the stage for a conflict beyond their wildest imagination.

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9.5

The main story follows on from the classic Red Nails, with Valeria staying with Conan for a rip-roaring adventure to the Sunless Isle.

Patrick Zircher is the perfect storyteller for this kind of tale. His artwork is incredibly detailed on the locations and people, giving you a real feel for Conan's world, and when it comes to the action he roughs things up enough to make it feel wild. more

The Savage Sword of Conan #9

By: Patrick Zircher
Released: Jul 9, 2025

Patrick Zircher slashes into the Hyborian Age with a tale of high adventure starring Conan and Valeria, whilst Fabian Nicieza and artist Sean Chen craft a high-stakes assassination story starring Kull. Also featuring instant-classic covers from Alex Horley and the late Neal Adams, incredible pin-ups, and more!

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Blonder Gloat reviewed Conan The Barbarian #20 Jul 30, 2025
9.5

This is a powerful and exciting issue! Conan faces the shapeshifter Zula and undergoes a ritual atop a gigantic monolith in the Black Kingdoms to rid himself of some kind of snakey infestation that got inside him when he was stabbed a couple of issues back.

Jim Zub's story rattles along and Doug Braithwaite draws the fights, the creatures, landscapes and bizarre visions with invention a more

Conan The Barbarian #20

By: Jim Zub, Doug Braithwaite
Released: Apr 16, 2025

The triumphant new era of Conan continues!

From acclaimed creators Jim Zub (Avengers, Dungeons & Dragons) and Doug Braithwaite (Punisher, Justice)!

In the days following Bêlit's tragic demise, Conan travels through jungles of the southern kingdoms but there's no time for grief - a deadly hunter stalks the Cimmerian, bent on b...

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Blonder Gloat reviewed Conan The Barbarian #19 Jul 29, 2025
8.0

We've had two issues with Bêlit, but now it's two years later and this issue opens with Conan watching her funeral pyre. With this series they're mostly steering clear of adaptations of REH's original tales, but that does feel like a strange abrupt swerve. I'm sure we'll meet Bêlit again, which makes it hard to care that she died before this story.

Doug Braithwaite returns, which mean more

Conan The Barbarian #19

By: Jim Zub, Doug Braithwaite
Released: Mar 19, 2025

The triumphant new era of Conan continues!

In the days following Bêlit’s tragic demise, Conan travels through jungles in the southern kingdoms but there’s no time for grief – a deadly hunter stalks the Cimmerian, bent on bloody vengeance. Who is this strange foe and what do they know about the ancient power rising in Stygia?

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Blonder Gloat reviewed Conan The Barbarian #18 Jul 29, 2025
6.5

A well-paced conclusion to this two-parter that makes for an enjoyable read, but feels too much like a TV cartoon episode. There's not enough sense of danger and Conan takes what looks like a terrible wound that he shrugs off too easily. Yes, of course, he's Conan, but if we feel nothing can hurt him let alone kill him then there's no bite to the tale.

Danica Brine again excels at the more

Conan The Barbarian #18

By: Jim Zub, Danica Brine
Released: Feb 19, 2025

Conan the Cimmerian and Bêlit, Pirate Queen of the Black Coast, are in their prime, enjoying a life of decadence and debauchery, but a flagrant flash of wealth brings unwelcome attention from thieves with a taste for danger and agents from Stygia on a dark mission for their serpent god.

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fzanca reviewed Conan The Barbarian #18 Mar 15, 2025
8.0

I thought this was a good follow up to the last issue. Not a fan of the art as it's so different than we had before. However, it doesn't feel like an end to the story much like the frost giant story. It feels like he's just meandering and there's really not direction to his stories. Some iare in the past, some are in the present, some are in the future. I hope we get some kind of direction soon si more

Conan The Barbarian #18

By: Jim Zub, Danica Brine
Released: Feb 19, 2025

Conan the Cimmerian and Bêlit, Pirate Queen of the Black Coast, are in their prime, enjoying a life of decadence and debauchery, but a flagrant flash of wealth brings unwelcome attention from thieves with a taste for danger and agents from Stygia on a dark mission for their serpent god.

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Blonder Gloat reviewed Conan The Barbarian #17 Jul 29, 2025
6.0

New artist Danica Brine does a great job of depicting the port town and its inhabitants in fine-line detail and her action scenes are dynamic, but her Conan is a little too cartoony and Bêlit far too cute. No pirate queen is so slim and petite and her 'mating dance' is embarrassing. The brief flashback scene, more roughly drawn and sepia-toned, is truer to the characters.

The story mo more

Conan The Barbarian #17

By: Jim Zub, Danica Brine
Released: Dec 11, 2024

A NEW CONAN THE BARBARIAN ARC BEGINS! WITH NEW CONAN ARTIST DANICA BRINE (CHEF'S KISS)!
Conan the Cimmerian and Bêlit, Pirate Queen of the Black Coast, are in their prime, enjoying a life of decadence and debauchery, but a flagrant flash of wealth brings unwelcome attention from thieves with a taste for danger and agents from Stygia on a d...

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