GIL KANE THE ARTIST is awesome!!!There I said!!! I knew he was one of the greats but I just couldn't recall his style but when I got home and opened this? WOW! It looks a bit like Barry Windsor Smith except that in place of Barry's "round spots" ... we have lines similar to a more refined Joe Kubert ... but what really works is that even though it is not over rendered ... it reads so well! All I know is you have to give it a try!
And this story?
Wow! This is a multi-chapter arc ... basically a quick recap, Conan continues stumbling through life when a place of refuge saw him coming across a boyhood friend ... however, with Conan, nothing goes right ... and within a few hours, they were attacked and the villains carried his mate off leaving Conan with his mate's wife and kid ... only to discover that the lady is not even human but some sort of priestess serving some old gods ... so our friend the baddie wants power that he cannot reach as he has not her knowledge ... and to confront her directly he feared she still would not reveal ... so in this case, it's reverse sexist hostage time! Grab the bloke and hope the wife caves in! Cool, eh?
In this chapter, Conan and the family comes to the ancient site to retrieve one of the sought after items and it's battle time galore! Lots of great sword swinging action here but it never overwhelmed the need to tell the tale ... all in, a great chapter in the Creation Quest arc
Ratings: 7/10
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