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The greatest hero in sword-and-sorcery history!This epic omnibus chronicles the on-going adventures of the legend that is Conan! This volume at over 625 pages features digitally remastered artwork and features a bonus section of rarely seen artwork.
About the author
MICHAEL LAWRENCE FLEISHERFleisher was a writer known for his DC Comics of the 1970s and 1980s, particularly for the characters
Spectre and
Jonah Hex. Michael also wrote three volumes of
The Encyclopaedia of Comic Books Heroes. His first story published in 1972 "
Death at Castle Dunbar" in
Secrets of Sinister House #5. Went on to write for
House of Mystery and
House of Secrets. He scripted
Shade, the Changing Man in the late 1970s, and contributed to the
Batman mythos in the early 1980s. He was responsible for writing the origin of
The Penguin.
LARRY YAKATALarry Yakata is a multi-time world and national judo champion and a former coach of the United States Olympic judo team. He received a Masters in English Literature from Columbia University and has written for publications including the New York Times and The
Savage Sword of Conan and
Ultraman.
JOHN BUSCEMABest 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.
