Messages from Crom

Marvel Comics December REH Solicitations for February
with collections in March and June!

KING CONAN #3 (of 6)
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by Mahmud Asrar
Cover by Jay Anacleto
Variant Cover by Jan Bazaldua

A BEASTLY COURT!
• The mysterious PRINCESS of the cursed island reveals her secret to CONAN…one powerful enough to rock the foundations of the king's journey!
• But will her temptation save the king…or lead to ruin? It won't matter if Conan can't survive the assault of the island's violent beasts!
• And, as one plan fails, what does THOTH-AMON'S newest scheme bring?

Full Color, 40 pages, $4.99, On sale February 16.

CONAN THE BARBARIAN: 
THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 8 
Written by Christopher Priest & Val Semeiks with Alan Zelenetz
Penciled by Val Semeiks with Vincent Giarrano & Andy Kubert
Covers by Arthur Adams & Geof Isherwood

In the late '80s, artist Val Semeiks took the reins on Conan the Barbarian injecting a powerful new energy into the series. Semeiks' work was a force multiplier for the latter half of Christopher Priest's era-defining run. Together, they crafted one of the greatest Conan epics of all time, a massive storyline building issue #200 and a showdown with the Devourer of Souls. As the Devourer reveals his final gambit, drawing upon the power of the Elder Gods, Conan must seek aid from one whose name even he dreads: Thulsa Doom! 

Also featuring the return of Red Sonja, the acclaimed "Heku Trilogy" and early work by Andy Kubert, this is one Omnibus you don't want to miss! By Crom! 

Collecting CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1970) #195-213 & ANNUAL (1973) #12 and THE OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE CONAN UNIVERSE (1986) #1.

Hardcover, Full Color, 624 pages,  $125.00, On sale June 29.

CONAN THE KING: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 1 

Written by Roy Thomas, Doug Moench & Alan Zelenetz

Penciled by John Buscema & Marc Silvestri with Ernie Chan, Ron Frenz, Rudy Nebres & Alan Kupperberg

Covers by Kaare Andrews & John Buscema

Conan the barbarian…the thief…the mercenary…Conan the king! A new era of begins in adventures set after Conan has deposed the tyrant Numedides to become ruler of Aquilonia. But Conan on the throne is still Conan. The savage action that made him a comic book legend fills page after page while palace intrigue adds a new level of drama with Queen Zenobia and heir to the throne Prince Conn taking prominent roles. Old nemeses like Thoth-Amon return, while mystical prophecy ties Conan to the first king of the realm. 

Each issue is a double-sized extravaganza with scripts by the godfather of Conan comics Roy Thomas, Doug Moench and Alan Zelenetz and artwork by John Buscema and then-up-and-comer Marc Silvestri. All hail King Conan! Collecting KING CONAN (1980) #1-19.

Hardcover, Full Color, 776 pages,  $125.00, On sale June 29.

CONAN THE BARBARIAN EPIC COLLECTION:
THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS — OF ONCE AND FUTURE KINGS TPB
Volume #5 in the Conan the Barbarian Epic Collections

Written by Roy Thomas with Len Wein

Penciled by John Buscema with Jim Starlin, Val Mayerik & Vicente Alcazar

Cover by Gil Kane & John Romita

Conan and Bêlit reave a path across the high seas and into the jungles of the Hyborian Age in another set of classic tales! Together, the barbarian and the pirate queen encounter the Lord of the Lions and battle for the honored name of Amra in one of the greatest Conan adventures of all time! Master storytellers Roy Thomas and John Buscema follow with an exploit that brings Conan, Kull and Red Sonja together in a tale of titans that pits Robert E. Howard's greatest creations against one another! 

Also featuring full-color editions of black-and-white Conan stories by Jim Starlin and John Buscema, an adaptation of the very first Conan story and the rare "Crawler in the Mists"! 

Collecting CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1970) #60-71, CONAN ANNUAL #2-3 and POWER RECORDS #31 — CONAN THE BARBARIAN: CRAWLER IN THE MISTS.

Trade paperback, Full Color, 360 pages,  $44.99, On sale March 30.