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We talk Robert E. Howard and the Hyborian Age whenever I can (I am more barbarian than civilized by nature).
The rest of the time we talk Comic Reviews, thoughts from My Comic Binding Experience, and New Purchases into the Collection.
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The rest of the time we talk Comic Reviews, thoughts from My Comic Binding Experience, and New Purchases into the Collection.
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Hadon of Ancient Opar: The Tarzan Story without Tarzan and aTime Travelling Immortal! Spoilers!!!
I finally finished reading book one of this series.
This was a really fun story what essentially consisted of Two Quests, and a Dungeon Crawl (with an analogy for a Dragon that I did not even make in this video).
In this video I talk about Sahhindar, Hadon, Lalita, and Awineth and talk through what was really well done in here as well as some weird aspects of this book.
Hopefully if you're watching this you'll read this one first and then the second book in the proper order to save yourself a lot of guessing.
0:00 Old Man Babbling Warning
0:07 The Intro - Hadon of Ancient Opar
2:38 The Story Synopsis - This is where the spoilers are!
9:37 The Coolest Aspects of this book - Roy Krenkel and Some Amazing World-building
20:26 The Weird Aspects of his book - Lalita and Awineth What Are They About?
26:48 What I'm Doing Next and the Wrap-Up!
Oh, and for those that stick around there's a totally metal rhino on this one and a comparison of the Conan the Movie Adaptations in the Easter Egg at the end...
This was a really fun story what essentially consisted of Two Quests, and a Dungeon Crawl (with an analogy for a Dragon that I did not even make in this video).
In this video I talk about Sahhindar, Hadon, Lalita, and Awineth and talk through what was really well done in here as well as some weird aspects of this book.
Hopefully if you're watching this you'll read this one first and then the second book in the proper order to save yourself a lot of guessing.
0:00 Old Man Babbling Warning
0:07 The Intro - Hadon of Ancient Opar
2:38 The Story Synopsis - This is where the spoilers are!
9:37 The Coolest Aspects of this book - Roy Krenkel and Some Amazing World-building
20:26 The Weird Aspects of his book - Lalita and Awineth What Are They About?
26:48 What I'm Doing Next and the Wrap-Up!
Oh, and for those that stick around there's a totally metal rhino on this one and a comparison of the Conan the Movie Adaptations in the Easter Egg at the end...
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Let's Review Marvel's 2020 King Sized Conan Number 1! Huge Surprise Artist That I DID NOT Expect!
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A few weeks back I found this one in my LCS and put it in the pile of things to be read at some later date as I had really low expectations for it. Holy Crap, was I ever wrong. The Contents in this one are EPIC! In this video I'll walk through the 5 stories in here at a high level. Not a page by page by any means but there are things in here that we have to talk about. Including Roberto De La T...
Quick Mid-Week Bonus Vid: Opening an AMAZING Mike Rooth Commission
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I think the title says it all on this one. I had Mike do another Universal Monsters cover for me and I'm so glad I did. Having Dracula and the Creature looking out over me when I'm at the desk no is so awesome. Huge Thanks to Mike for the work on this one - it's truly stunning. To check out his vid where he inked and coloured this one check out his IG at: uncouthrooth No chapters...
Cracking Open Marvel Treasury Edition No. 4! You're Seeing It As I See It!
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This Week I was able to find the last Conan Marvel Treasury Edition that I was missing. I had no idea what was in this, but I decided we'd do something different and walk through the initial opening of this one together so you're seeing it as I'm seeing it AND you're hearing my ramblings as I'm seeing this one for the first time. This was a fun one! As always the chapters are here for those tha...
Some Strong Steve Ditko and Wally Wood Work: Who and Where is Stalker???
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I finally got my hands on all 4 issues of Stalker a few weeks back so I had a chance to read through them. On the first read I was really surprised by this one as I thought it was really shallow. Then I thought about it and took a closer look at the depth in here. This was actually a fairly major undertaking. I'm surprised DC actually cut this one as quick as they did as they were doing some se...
Conan Chromium Cards! Let's Showcase Some Awesome Art In These!
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Big thanks to my friend Chad for finding these for me while he was out at a Card Convention in Toronto (Next Year I'm Totally Attending!)! In this video we go through some of the cards that really jumped out to me and compare how they differ from the original magazine covers. Really cool art in these and honestly they really do add to the overall covers in many cases. Chapters are included for ...
The Conan the Barbarian Movie Magazine Adaptation!
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A few weeks back while thumbing through a random box of overpriced Conan Magazines I found this: the actual movie adaptation in magazine format with CCA approval! Needless to say this one did NOT take me long to jump into but I was surprised when I sat down to do this one and shot the conclusion: I did NOT see that coming... Chapters are included for those who want to skip on through. 0:00 Old ...
An Interactive Savage Sword of Conan Review! This is one I did NOT do on my own!
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A long time viewer of the channel (Robin) reached out suggesting that we do a Savage Sword of Conan Review Challenge. He's going to read my favourite issue of SSOC and give his honest review and thoughts on it and I'm going to do the same with his! Here's a link to Robin's Blog where you can learn more about him: hyborianreviews.wordpress.com/about-hyborian-reviews/ And here's his entry into th...
Flight to Opar! Who is Hadon and what World Is This?
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I just finished reading through the Flight to Opar which is the second book in the series (and unfortunately the last by this author). A fascinating piece of Tarzan world-building that I really enjoyed. Unfortunately the hints left in this one led me very much down the gardenpath looking for an answer that I would have thought would have been cooler, but in the end it was not meant to be. A cau...
The Launch of the Howardverse: Lets talk Conan FCBD 2024! IN 4K
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I had to wait a few weeks to talk about this one as I wanted to make sure I wasn't ruining the surprise for anyone that didn't have this one yet. But I can't wait any longer. It's happening! The Howardverse! I'm still not spoiling the surprise for anyone of that the story is but I wanted to walk through who all these people in the book actually are and give as much detail as I have on these peo...
The Conan: The Scarlet Sword Miniseries Review! IN 4K!
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This one was an epic piece of work. The first time I read it I had to shake my head and ask what happened, the second time I read it I started to get a sense of what was going on. After two days of thinking about it I think I finally figured it out. What's it about? Watch and find out! Let's get into this! 0:00 Old Man Warning 0:06 It's Intro Time - WE'RE ADDING CHAPTERS! 1:52 The Story Part 1 ...
The Conan Chronicles 4K Box Set Opening - What's in the BOX??? IN 4K!
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No chapters on this one everyone, just a quick opening and show and tell of what's in the 4K/UHD DVD box set that you may or may not be considering opening. But I did come up with a rather good idea while I was opening this one...
The Conan: River of Blood Miniseries Review! IN 4K!
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Well first of all let me say this: It took a LONG time to find issue two of this series so I'm glad I was able to hunt that down. Now that I have it though I am so confused as to what was happening here with the characters and if this was even a CONAN story? Would this have not worked better for John Carter and Dejah Thoris on Mars? So odd... Oh well, lets chat through what went well here (and ...
The Titan Comics Conan the Barbarian Story Arc 2 Review - No Spoilers! IN 4K EVEN!
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...well..ok, there are some spoilers but I think if you've seen anything on the old inter-webs that perhaps you will already know the Robert E Howard Original Story that you should read BEFORE you read this one. Story-wise though this one is spoiler free (and the ending in this story arc is EPIC!). So let's take some time to talk about what you should read BEFORE you read this story arc and als...
Opening an EPIC Commission from Mike Rooth, and My Thoughts/Haul from Toronto Comic 2024
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Opening an EPIC Commission from Mike Rooth, and My Thoughts/Haul from Toronto Comic 2024
The Conan Vs. Rune Three Part Series - that was actually two parts...
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The Conan Vs. Rune Three Part Series - that was actually two parts...
Let's Learn Who Claw the Unconquered IS and talk about the 2006 Series - NOT SPOILER FREE
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Let's Learn Who Claw the Unconquered IS and talk about the 2006 Series - NOT SPOILER FREE
The Conan the Savage Series Review - Part 1! And a New Thing for My Subscribers!
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The Conan the Savage Series Review - Part 1! And a New Thing for My Subscribers!
Valiant's Kickstarter Eternal Warrior Graphic Novel: Scorched Earth!
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Valiant's Kickstarter Eternal Warrior Graphic Novel: Scorched Earth!
Its Time: The Marvel Invaders Omnibus Review
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Its Time: The Marvel Invaders Omnibus Review
Let's Talk Conan 2099! Should you read this?
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Let's Talk Conan 2099! Should you read this?
The Conan of the Isles Marvel Graphic Novel & a BONUS Hyborian Conspiracy Theory...
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The Conan of the Isles Marvel Graphic Novel & a BONUS Hyborian Conspiracy Theory...
Back at a Comic Show after a long hiatus...and CONAN! (Take 2!)
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Back at a Comic Show after a long hiatus...and CONAN! (Take 2!)
Robert E. Howard Battle Royale 18: The Phoenix On The Sword! Ribbit Ribbit (if you know, you know).
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Robert E. Howard Battle Royale 18: The Phoenix On The Sword! Ribbit Ribbit (if you know, you know).
RALD: A "Conan-Like" Character That Just Didn't Make It
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RALD: A "Conan-Like" Character That Just Didn't Make It
Conan & The Book of Thoth: Some Quick Notes
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Conan & The Book of Thoth: Some Quick Notes
Robert E. Howard Battle Royale 17: The Frost Giants Daughter Finale!
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Robert E. Howard Battle Royale 17: The Frost Giants Daughter Finale!
Discussing Clifford Bell's Duar the Accursed: Some Serious REH-Level Layers
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Discussing Clifford Bell's Duar the Accursed: Some Serious REH-Level Layers
The Most OBSCURE Piece of Conan Comic History I Own...This is an odd one...
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The Most OBSCURE Piece of Conan Comic History I Own...This is an odd one...
This issue, Conan the Barbarian #25, Conan Exodus and Conan the Gambler arc are the best issues from the brief Marvel era. For the Claremont De La Torre i would say the story fits before Devil in Iron where Conan becomes part of the Kozaks and abandons his service under the Turanian king.
Oh I totally agree on that list! I just pulled my copy of #25 last night to take to get Zub to sign this weekend. Oh! The Devil In Iron! I was wondering what story it was that had Conan head over to the Kozaks! I'll have to give that one a read!
newsflash: you aren't old
Hah! Now THAT’s the kind of comment I like hearing! 😂😂😂
As someone who was trying to get into Conan for the first time, i really enjoyed the Ablaze books, they’re very fast paced and easy to read, I also really appreciated the art being different from story to story, it kept the stories feeling fresh and new. “Red Nails” was my favourite adaptation, by far.
Yep Ablaze did some really good work when they done into these REH stories! I still haven't decided what my favourite Ablaze one is yet, but Red Nails was good.
Your are right, bud. This was the first time in all my life I drew Conan. ;)
Hah! Awesome! Clearly it was meant to be - we can see it in the art.
The idea was really cool. The execution, not so much. Also resetting the book so early really annoys me about how marvel operates now.
The Idea was definitely cool. Fortunately I have not read a lot of new marvel as I've been out of new books for so long. I did start into the Dr. Strange series but was done with that pretty recently due to that very thing.
Cool! I missed this, but cool!
Expendables 2😅
Right? This whole Live thing is neat! I’m just over here learning all sorts of things about UA-cam!
Hah! It was Expendables 2! It was such a ridiculous Chuck Norris joke it just stuck with me.😂🤣😂🤣😂
@@tennesseefatsHehe I love that movie! Btw really cool that you are starting to like El Borak! He really is a cross between Conan and Indiana Jones 😅
Absolute fact! Guy is hardcore!
Hour of the Dragon 👍
Absolutely! It’s an epic tale! I’m part of the way through Emerald Lotus right now and I’m wondering if there’s going to be a similarity on how this one plays out-but I haven’t finished yet so no spoilers. I may just be seeing something that’s not actually there. But no way to know until I get there…so I’ll just read, read, read….
By Crom, Nooo!!!!
Don’t worry! As Arnold says “I’ll be back.” The good news is that I’ll have a bunch of reading done by then!👍🏼
Thanks for the update, TF! Enjoy your reading break, and we’ll look forward to your eventual return. (And go Phils!) 😊
Thanks! It’s going to be a deep reading quest but I’ll get there (hopefully without too many side-quests of level draining ghosts along the way….)… Hah! The Philly’s! Ok Legit, they’re a good team, and although I know it’s an often-times unpopular opinion but I’m still going to go with Bryce Harper is not overrated. Dudes got some serious talent. But that’s just me as a local Toronto boy and Yankees fan looking in from the outside, so what do I know…🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Im wondering if the new addition is a new map? Didn't Titan put out a really nice one a little while ago? Anyway i see Dolph Lundgren is apparently at fan expo, nope not this time. Although if you didn't hear Eastman is going to ve at the London comic con, im definitely going to that
Oh! A Map may be a cool thing...no spoilers though! Although I will say that the Titan map was in fact awesome. Oh I get it about Dolph, once burned stick shy and after he didn't show at Niagara... London Comic Con! I'll have to heck into that one!
I think Bran Mac Morn doesn't get enough attention anywhere. Lets not forget he features in arguably the greatest (or at least my favourite) Howard story, Worms of the Earth. It was Tattoo on Fantasy Island i think! Videos very much enjoyed and appreciated by the way
Yes Worms of the Earth! An amazing piece that cannot be ignored. TATTOO! Yes that as the guy. The Plane boss, the plane! ha ha ha ha ha! Thanks for the appreciation! I'm glad you're enjoying them and I'll keep them coming (when I'm back in a while, that is...)
King Kull commission, I look forward to seeing that. I really enjoyed the story where a wizard tried to take him down with illusions; The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune
Oh that Tuzun Thune story is EPIC! One of my favourites and I have so many conspiracy theory like tie-in's to other Conan stories that happened later I've always been wondering about that whole adventure more and more. Since I'm going to be going on and doing more REH Battle Royale's I'm really looking forward to covering that one when I get there.
Tennessee Fats, are you amenable to reviewing Red Sonja content?
Oh I'd totally be cool with doing some Red Sonja reviews or content. I actually finished the complete Marvel run a few years back and that was a fairly major undertaking for me. I have not read a lot of the Dynamite materials but since she's "Conan-Related" I'd be totally cool with that. Did you have a work about her in mind?
Conan ❤
Absolutely! Lots of Love for Conan on this channel!
Found it stale and quite boring. Much better Conan writers out there. John C. Hocking's new Conan is MUCH more like REH'S writing. John Maddox Roberts and Scott Oden are the VERY BEST!
Oh! Im just reading into the new book by Hocking right now! It’s really good so far.👍🏼
Tennessee Fats, ARE you aware of Shahindar's true identity? I know, and perhaps I'll tell you.
Nope, don't tell me yet. I had a working theory and that just crashed and burned so now I've ordered the prior book Times Last Gift and I'll be able to find out. It's my own darned fault for reading the series backwards...ugh...
@@scotttrammell3913 times last gift is phenomenal
Oh I’m looking for are to reading that one. I’ve ordered a copy and it’s in it’s way!
Philip Jose Farmer is a great author. His Riverworld series is brilliant, The Lovers is wired and good. You should check out A Feast Unkown which is a violent take on Doc Savage/ Tarzan like characters, another great take on Tarzan is in Lord of The Trees.
Another is Traitor to the Living
Great story! Read this many years ago. I need to revisit it and flight.
It was definitely cool beans and totally worth re-reading!
Was one of my favorite series in the 70s. I recall being confused when they stopped publishing it in the 70s. There was no internet, so it wasn't obvious that there was an implosion in the industry. I remember reading some Wonder Woman comic in the 2000s, in which Diana completely spit on the character. I'd like to read the original series again, but cannot find any digital versions of it.
Yep, I read about his later appearance in a Wonder Woman story and how it was a very big change for the character. That whole mess with the explosion and implosion back in the 70’s much have been an odd time to be buying off the racks during as it was so sudden (based on what I’m reading online).
This book was done as a thin trade i hope they reprint it in an oversized hardcover most of the art is beautiful. Great review
This would be awesome in giant format! Oh I hope they do something like that! Thanks for the support!👍🏼
If "Queen" is your favorite. You should look for the Joe Jusko variant cover showing Conan and Belit. As an aside, Chris Claremont did a cool fantasy story "The Black Dragon" with art by John Bolton for Epic (Marvel) back in the day.
Oh! Solid leads! I’ll add those to the list!
Going through these graphic novel videos several months late, so this might not be news to you, but... Conan the Savage #10 has a story called The Necromancers of Na'at that is a sequel to Conan of the Isles & to my knowledge the latest story in any Conan Chronology, certainly the Marvel version. Oh, yeah, and it's by Thomas & Buscema. I didn't read the newer Marvel King Conan story however, so I don't know where, how, or if it fits into the larger Marvel Conan canon. I did find a somewhat reliable numbered list of where everything falls in the Marvel Conan Chronology from 1970-2000, but even that seems to have errors here & there.
Oh Thanks for the lead! That could be a really cool story!
I just got this book last week at my local shop it was in the back issues and I was like do I own this? I found out I did actually own it but it was on digital so I was happy to have it.
Oh, it’s a great book to add in. I actually got confirmation from Roberto that this was his first professional work on Conan too. Always a good idea to buy something like that.👍🏼
Thanks I will look for this book...I want to read those stories now. Every time I watch one of your vids I end up browsing through my collection haha.
Hah! Glad I can help! 😂😂😂
Excellent! I need to find this now!!!
Oh it's pretty darned cool! I think you should!
@@tennesseefatsUpdate....I got it. And yes it's as good as you say! De la Torre's art is a highlight here with an equally great story by Chris Claremont.
Excellent! And I did get confirmation from Roberto De La Torre directly that this was in fact his first Conan work! So cool!
Thanks!
You are welcome!
So of I get this right, he custom made cover arts for ya? That's awesome! And looks incredible
Yep! I had the blank Dracula variant cover and I thought he would be the best person to do a Bela Lugosi Dracula cover for that one as that was really "old-school" Dracula in that book. This one was a blank variant he already had and we were talking about it at the last con I went to in Hamilton. He does some really amazing gritty art. Totally worth checking out on the all the social media outlets that he's on if you were interested.
@@tennesseefats Yeah I remember that video on the Dracula book he did for you, it's freaking awesome! I wish it was easier to do that sort of thing when living in Sweden, but unfortunately we don't get to have nice things.. ;) I did check out the link you send, it's really cool to see the work in progress :)
When talking about buses you say just that, buses. Not buees or something. So.. omnibuses 😅
HAH! That is a totally awesome way to explain that. It's true, I would not say the plural of buses is Buuuu's, so that totally nailed it. Omnibuses. Awesome!
@@tennesseefats Haha I'm no expert but that's just how I reason about it :) I'm glad I'm not.. insane ;) Omniby, omnibies... omnies? No, it has the word "bus" so it's gotta be buses no matter what Titan says ;)
Top marks for musical references this episode!!
Hah! Thanks! Funny how a song just sits there with you all those years later...
That's a piece! Also, I was watching this as I was prepping dinner. So my phone was across the room. But with the echo in the room I heard... "Swamp-pen15" 😅😂 Anyways, cheers for sharing.
Hah Schwamp-Pen15!!! Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it!
An American Specials fan! Monkey man from their first, great album....but the second is even better. Love the Conan vids. Good stuff rudeboy
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣…oh, Rudeboy…🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Also, Glad to hear you're enjoying the Conan Content...now if I can just get the guys at Titan on board! ha ha ha ha ha!
Hey Tennessee Fats we were both born in 1975. I'm also the one who made comparison between Thak and the Mangani.
Awesome! 1975 representing with some solid connections there. Thanks for that! Go team 1975!
If I caught it right, you mentioned that you have two of these, and there were three? There are four of them to seek out, and these Treasury Edition Conan's are wonderful.
You are absolutely right - I totally misspoke there! There is also a number 19 which I have not seen anywhere yet. But I have time, eventually I'll find it!
Thanks!
I very much want to read some Kull the Conqueror now.
Oh it’s a good read!👍🏼
What, No Bran MacMorn???? @Tennessee Fats
Yep. No Bran yet. This one just covered the characters in the image in the essay for 2024 FCBD. Here’s hoping we see him soon so we can cover that character too!
In the U.K that was the Conan annual.You got those at Christmas from your parents.you can pick them up in charity shops.
Oh wow! It was included in an annual. That's cool. Is that like getting a Beano or Dandy Annual at Christmas?
@@tennesseefats Aye,my sister used to get those,don't know anyone who got the Conan one for Christmas though,I found it years later.
Wow! Now that’s a good Christmas annual to find!