Marvel fêtera le cinquantième anniversaire de la publication du premier numéro de la série Conan the Barbarian avec la sortie d’un King-Size Conan composé de cinq histoires.
Roy Thomas sera bien évidemment de la partie, avec Steve McNiven aux dessins. Les autres équipes créatives sont :
Chris Claremont et Roberto de la Torre
Kurt Busiek et Pete Woods
Steven S. De Knight et Jesus Saiz
Kevin Eastman, le co-créateur des Tortues Ninja qui écrit et dessine sa première bande dessinée pour Marvel.
King-Size Conan sortira en décembre.
La couverture par Andrew Robinson :
Un premier aperçu des pages de Steve McNiven, Roberto de la Torre et Jesus Saiz :
Written by: Roy Thomas, Kurt Busiek, Chris Claremont, Kevin Eastman, Steven S. DeKnight.
Art by: Steve McNiven, Pete Woods, Roberto de la Torre, Kevin Eastman, Jesus Saiz.
Covers by: Andrew Robinson Todd Nauck, Carlos Pacheco.
Description: Revelations, surprises and savage action prevail in the all-new King-Size Conan! In 1970, Roy Thomas brought Conan the Barbarian, a creation of author Robert E. Howard, to Marvel Comics. With art by the incomparable Barry Windsor-Smith, Conan the Barbarian #1 introduced the Hyborian Age to a whole new audience, paving the way for decades of comics and Conan’s conquest of pop culture. Now get ready to celebrate 50 years of Conan with an oversize special spanning the breadth of Conan’s life and times by the most dazzling array of creative talent ever assembled in one book to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth!
Experience Roy Thomas and Steve McNiven’s all-new prelude to that original story from 1970! Thrill to a tale of revenge by Kevin Eastman, writing and drawing his first Marvel story! Chris Claremont and Roberto de la Torre team up to unveil a turning point in Conan’s career as a mercenary! Kurt Busiek and Pete Woods recount an early brush with sorcerous forces that will shape Conan’s destiny. Conan and Brlit sail together again for the first time since the 2019 relaunch, with Jes s Saiz illustrating the Marvel Comics maiden voyage of Steven S. DeKnight.