The fondly-remembered 1970s Conan comics of Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith / Gil Kane / John Buscema comics are to get a “full remaster” from Marvel, presumably working from the Marvel archives.

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1-26 from 1970-1973 – as well as material from 1971’s SAVAGE TALES #1 and #4, CHAMBER OF DARKNESS #4, and CONAN CLASSIC #1-11 … all painstakingly restored to match the beauty of the original editions.

Presumably that means a remaster that has them looking like you just bought them off the news-stand in the 1970s? Once fixed, they’re to be then manfully strapped into a $125 / £85 hardback. Oversize and at 784 pages, you’ll probably need some Conan-style iron wristbands and rippling arms to even lift it!

Pre-ordering now, to ship at the end of January 2019 as Conan the Barbarian: the Original Marvel Years.