In the new Issue Zero podcast, comics writer Fred Kennedy (The Fourth Planet, due Jan 2020) makes “The Case for Conan The Barbarian” in comics. He gives a potted history of Conan and makes the case that he’s a…

tragically underrated and misrepresented hero” in comics … “just like his creator” Robert E. Howard.

In related news, comics veteran Roy Thomas will be the guest of honour at the Robert E. Howard Days in Texas in 2020. While the covers of the latest Marvel Conan book looks iffy (Conan is apparently now running around in the far-future, with a high-tech cyber-sword…) you can’t fault the old Savage Sword of Conan runs from Marvel.