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Conan the Barbarian 10
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Conan the Barbarian 10 Universal
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Grade:
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9.6
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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0990134013
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Owner:
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Lee K
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
"Beware the Wrath of the Bull God!" What an unusual book in the middle of this run - the 10th appearance of Conan, also the 6th appearance of Kull (between Monsters on the Prowl 16 and Kull the Conqueror 3) and the only oversize, square bound book of the bunch. And like all square bound Marvels, kind of hard to find in high grade due to the way the peal apart at the spine. I'm pleased with the way this presents for its grade, not that there's anything wrong with a 9.6 - ever. The thing that is hard is finding the cover art underneath all that "blah blah blah" that editing thought was needed on the cover - from the green blub above Conan's head, to the title of the cover story - which nicely blends in in red, kudos to the colorist, to the Kull strip across the bottom - I feel like we lost a lot of art space to garbage words. At least there isn't also word balloons to make it worse.
Now the Bull God himself is pretty awesome looking and I really like that BWS didn't go the cheesy route and give him sharp teeth, because that would have looked kinda dumb (see entry for Beowulf 6 and the fanged minotaur). Plus he's so amazingly HUGE. Literally godlike in his massive stature. And here we have Conan hanging on to a horn, not hair by one massive arm while he lines up a massive swipe with his sword at an exposed eye - how frigging cool is that. How much more cool would it be without the dumb green blurb? Lots, probably. I'd be annoyed if I was the artist.
I also enjoy that the Bull God has made some squishy with at least one person under his hand and that all the people in the foreground are running and screaming in terror. This if offset in coolness by Kull at the bottom, looking cool as a cucumber - how incongruous. Also really displeasing. But again. The cover art is redeemed by how skilled BWS is - and the eye's focus doesn't get tied up in the bottom of the image but is clearly on the Bull God's fist and Conan swinging away from the horn.
Overall - shit yeah - even with all the distractions, please take my quarter so I can read how Conan got himself up on the horn.
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