The Savage Sword of Conan 1-3 Slipcase Set - Paperback

by Jim Zub (Author), Roy Thomas (Author), Ron Marz (Author)

CONAN RETURNS, UNLEASHED, UNBRIDLED AND UNCENSORED! This stunning slipcase edition is sure to satisfy fans of the iconic hero and Robert E. Howard's fantasy universe.
Comprising the very best comic industry talent, a myriad of writers and artists create a spectacular array of beautifully illustrated Black and White comic strips and pin-ups, as well as poems, short stories and essays.

Nominated for BEST ANTHOLOGY in the Ringo Awards.

The Savage Sword of Conan is back from Heroic Signatures and Titan Comics! This masterful slipcase edition collects the first three volumes of the stunning new Savage Sword of Conan magazine.

Featuring ALL-NEW Conan comic strips from legendary writers Roy Thomas, John Arcudi, Jim Zub, Frank Tieri, and artists Max Von Fafner, Richard Pace, Cary Nord, Roberto de la Torre, Fernando Dagnino, Liam Sharp and a host of others. Also featuring a brand-new Solomon Kane strip written and drawn by Patch Zircher, exclusive pin ups and more!

This is the Howard-verse at its absolute best in the modern era!

Includes 3 exclusive art cards!

Author Biography

Jim Zub Best known, apart from Conan, for Skullkickers which launched in 2010 and ran for 33 issues. He is a writer, artist, and editor who got his break in 2001 with his first comic Makeshit Miracle. He went on to write for IDW, Marvel and Cartoon Network and has written for Street Fighter, Samurai Jack, Thunderbolts, Uncanny Avengers, Dungeons and Dragons, Wolverine and created Wayward. In 2019 Zub wrote Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons: Chapter II: Painscape which was nominated for the 2022 Eisner 'Best Graphic Album'. Over his career he has won and been nominated for numerous awards including the Web Cartoonists' Choice Award, Yalsa, Animex, and the Jos Shuster Canadian Comic Award for Outstanding Writer.

JOHN ARCUDI Born in Buffalo, New York. He attended Columbia University. His first writing gigs in comics saw him write for Savage Tales and Savage Sword of Conan, he went on to write RoboCop, Terminator, Predator, Alien and The Thing. He also created the cult character Barb Wire. He has also written for Batman, Superman, The Creep, and The Mask. For the series B.P.R.D he created the character of Captain Daimio.

Roy Thomas is an American comic book writer and editor who was Stan Lee's first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. Along with Elric, he is also best known for his lengthy writing stints on X-Men, Avengers, DC's All-Star Squadron and for introducing Conan the Barbarian to American comics, helping to launch a sword-and-sorcery trend in the field. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2011.

Patch Zircher's early career as an illustrator began with production of several completed works for Villains and Vigilantes, Champions and other pen-and-paper role-playing games, as well as work for independent comic book publishers. He illustrated a number of projects for Caliber Comics including Dragon Star II, Jason and the Argonauts (under the Tome Press banner), and his own creator owned series, Samurai 7 (released under Caliber's Gauntlet imprint).
Following this he went on to work largely for Marvel Comics on titles including Iron Man, Thunderbolts and New Warriors. He also did a considerable amount of work for DC, primarily on Nightwing and on Shadowman for Valiant Comics.

Fernando Dagnino is a Spanish artist who has worked as a comic book illustrator for many publishers, including DC and Marvel. Dagnino's artistic career started out during his last years of university studying a Master's in English Studies.

He worked for The Walt Disney Company's Imagineers designing an attraction permanently exhibited in Florida.

In 2008, Dagnino abandoned the advertising industry to start to work for DC Comics exclusively. That same year he published his first children's book (Kasandra y la Rebelión de los niños).

Dagnino became the regular penciller of the comic Superman with issue #692. He also did the art for the Green Lantern Prequel Special: Sinestro #1.

As part of DC Comics' company-wide 2011 title relaunch, The New 52, Dagnino was made the artist on Resurrection Man. He subsequently took over art duties on Suicide Squad, beginning with issue #9.

In 2020, Dagnino was assigned as the artist for Titan's Blade Runner: Origins comic.

Roberto de la Torre is a Spanish artist who drawn over 235 issues and has worked exclusively for Marvel, working on a variety of titles including Age of Apocalypse, Ms. Marvel, Iron Man and Thunderbolts and now, CONAN THE BARBARIAN.