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by Roy Thomas (Author), John Buscema (Illustrator)
The greatest hero in sword-and-sorcery history. This is the legend of Conan!
Battle runs through Conan's life like the blood in his veins. A stint with the mercenary Crimson Company isn't enough to quench his fury - but perhaps consorting with Belit, pirate queen of the Black Coast, can] Together, Conan and Belit will reave across Hyboria's high seas and into the dark depths of its jungles. There, Conan will earn his honoured name - Amra - in one of the Cimmerian's greatest epics] Master storytellers Roy Thomas and John Buscema follow with a saga that brings Conan, Kull and even Red Sonja together] All the while, the struggle to reclaim Belit's title and lands from the Stygians carries on.Author Biography
ROY THOMAS joined Marvel as a writer and editor under Stan Lee, scripting key runs of nearly every Marvel title: The Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, The Sub-Mariner, Thor, The X-Men and more. He wrote the first ten years of Marvel's Conan the Barbarian and Savage Sword of Conan; and launched the Defenders, Iron Fist, The Invaders and Warlock. At DC, he developed All-Star Squadron, Infinity Inc. and related titles, proving instrumental in reviving the Golden Age Justice Society of America. He co-scripted the sword-and-sorcery films Fire and Ice and Conan the Destroyer. Throughout it all, Thomas has edited the award-winning magazine Alter Ego, contributing heartily to the research and history of the medium.
John Buscema. Best known for his run on the series The Avengers and The Silver Surfer, and for over 200 stories featuring the sword-and-sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian, which he took the pencilling from Barry Windsor Smith. In addition, he pencilled at least one issue of nearly every major Marvel title, including long runs on two of the company's top magazines, Fantastic Four and Thor. In 1978 he collaborated with Stan Lee to produce the book How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way which has never been out of print and still remains one of the best books available on the subject of drawing comics. His list of credits runs into the hundreds and includes such legendary characters as Doc Savage, The Punisher, Daredevil, Captain America, Deathlok and Tarzan. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2002.
