The Chronicles of Conan Volume 13 Heading North: Whispering Shadows And Other Stories Part 2
Sep22

The Chronicles of Conan Volume 13 Heading North: Whispering Shadows And Other Stories Part 2

The Chronicles of Conan Volume 13 Heading North: Whispering Shadows And Other Stories Part 2   These ongoing pieces are overviews rather than reviews and therefore contain spoilers galore   Robert E. Howard’s short story The Vale of Lost Women didn’t appear in print until thirty-one years after his death, at which point it was quickly accepted into the official canon of Conan the Cimmerian.  Despite that, it probably remains at worst,...

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The Chronicles of Conan – Volume 13 – Whispering Shadows And Other Stories – Part 1
Sep14

The Chronicles of Conan – Volume 13 – Whispering Shadows And Other Stories – Part 1

The Chronicles of Conan Volume 13 Whispering Shadows And Other Stories Part 1   These ongoing pieces are overviews rather than reviews and therefore contain spoilers galore.   It’s just as well that anyone who shelled out money for a thirteenth volume of The Chronicles of Conan must by this time have been a hardcore fan; because if they had simply taken a chance on the book, then when they read this first turkey of a story they would...

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The Chronicles of Conan : Volume 12 – The Beast King of Abombi : Part 2
Aug24

The Chronicles of Conan : Volume 12 – The Beast King of Abombi : Part 2

Death of a Queen: The Chronicles of Conan Volume 12 The Beast King of Abombi And Other Stories Part 2   These ongoing pieces are overviews rather than reviews and therefore contain spoilers galore.     The wild sea is beating Against the grey sands; The woman, the sea-woman, Stretches her hands. Her eyes they are mystic And cold as the sea, With slender white fingers She beckons to me –   There are woods in the sea Though the leaves...

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The Chronicles of Conan  Volume 12  The Beast King of Abombi
Aug12

The Chronicles of Conan Volume 12 The Beast King of Abombi

The Chronicles of Conan Volume 12 The Beast King of Abombi And Other Stories Part 1   These ongoing pieces are overviews rather than reviews and therefore contain spoilers galore.     It’s always a little surprising to me that so many fans of writer Roy Thomas and artist John Buscema’s 70s Marvel Comics run of Conan the Barbarian would seem to have preferred it if these stories had been reprinted on that original, more...

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Judge Dredd – The Mega Collection : America
Aug02

Judge Dredd – The Mega Collection : America

Judge Dredd The Mega Collection America   “Democracy.  Let’s look at it another way. “We had an election.  Only 57 percent of electors even bothered to vote.  Over half of them voted for candidates who did not get elected; so we’re down to 28 percent.  “Following me? “The ruling party came in with a third of what was left.  That’s nine percent, give or take.  They’re kept in power by an assortment of fringe parties and...

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The Chronicles of Conan – Volume 11 – The Dance of the Skull And Other Stories
Jul23

The Chronicles of Conan – Volume 11 – The Dance of the Skull And Other Stories

The Chronicles of Conan Volume 11 The Dance of the Skull And Other Stories   These ongoing pieces are overviews rather than reviews and therefore contain spoilers galore.   With writer Roy Thomas’s regular collaborator –the artist John Buscema — otherwise engaged, cult-favourite Howard (American Flagg!, Black Kiss) Chaykin had stepped into those very large boots for a few months. As I mentioned in the review for...

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