Conan (Titan Comics)

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Comics featuring Conan the Barbarian and other characters by Robert E. Howard are currently published by Titan Comics, together with entertainment studio Heroic Signatures. Their collaboration to publish comics, graphic novels, and omnibus collections of older Conan comics started in 2023, after Marvel lost the license in 2022. The first ongoing series is Conan the Barbarian which started in August 2023. [1] With crossover events and spin-off mini-series featuring other Robert E. Howard characters, such as Kull of Atlantis or Solomon Kane, they created a shared universe which is sometimes called the Howardverse. [2]

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Conan the Barbarian

The first ongoing series Conan the Barbarian was introduced during Free Comic Book Day 2023 with an in issue that served as a prologue, followed by an ongoing series that started in August 2023. The series is written by Jim Zub, with Rob De La Torre and Doug Braithwaite as artists alternating between story arcs. [3] Danica Brine replaced De La Torre as artist for the fifth story arc. [4]

The Savage Sword of Conan

The Savage Sword of Conan was announced in July 2023 as a limited series, to be published in black-and-white and magazine-sized format. The first issue was released in February 2024 with issues published every two months. Each issue features comics, prose stories, poems, and art pages, starring Conan as well as other characters by Robert E. Howard. [5] Titan Comics initially committed to six issues, [6] but announced at the 2024 San Diego Comic-Con that the series would be extended to a second year. [7]

Battle of the Black Stone

Battle of the Black Stone was a cross-over event with other Robert E. Howard characters, which started with a Free Comic Book Day issue in May 2024, written by Jim Zub and art by Jonas Scharf. [8] [9] This was followed by a collection of short stories in The Savage Sword of Conan #4 and a mini-series titled Conan the Barbarian: Battle of the Black Stone published from September to December 2024. [10]

Solomon Kane: The Serpent Ring

After positive responses to a serialized Solomon Kane back-up story by Patrick Zircher in the first three issues of The Savage Sword of Conan, Heroic Signatures greenlit a Solomon Kane mini-series entitled The Serpent Ring, to be written and drawn by Zircher. Publication will start in March 2025 [11]

Ongoing series

TitleIssuesWriter(s)Artist(s)Colourist(s)Debut dateConclusion date
Conan the Barbarian [3] 1– Jim Zub Rob De La Torre
Doug Braithwaite
Danica Brine		Dean White
Diego Rodriguez
José Villarrubia
João Canola		August 2, 2023TBA

Limited series

TitleIssuesWriter(s)Artist(s)Colourist(s)Debut dateConclusion date
The Savage Sword of Conan [5] 1–12various (anthology format)variousn/a (black and white)February 28, 2024TBA
Conan: Battle of the Black Stone [8] 1–4Jim ZubJonas ScharfJoão CanolaSeptember 4, 2024December 4, 2024
Solomon Kane: The Serpent Ring [11] 1–4 Patrick Zircher March 26, 2025TBA

One-shots

TitleWriter(s)Artist(s)Colourist(s)Release date
Free Comic Book Day 2023: Conan the Barbarian [3] Jim ZubRob De La TorreJosé VillarrubiaMay 6, 2023
Free Comic Book Day 2024: Conan – Battle of the Black Stone [8] Jonas ScharfJoão CanolaMay 4, 2024
Free Comic Book Day 2025: Conan – Scourge of the Serpent' [12] Ivan GiltbaMay 3, 2025

Collected editions

Trade paperbacks

VolumeTitleCollectsPagesRelease DateISBN
Conan the Barbarian
1Conan the Barbarian, Volume 1: Bound in Black StoneFree Comic Book Day 2023: Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian #1–4		128February 13, 2024 ISBN   978-1-78774-014-3
2Conan the Barbarian, Volume 2: Thrice Marked for DeathConan the Barbarian #5–8112July 16, 2024 ISBN   978-1-78774-015-0
3Conan the Barbarian, Volume 3: The Age UnconqueredConan the Barbarian #9–12112November 19, 2024 ISBN   978-1-78774-016-7
4Conan the Barbarian, Volume 4: Frozen FaithConan the Barbarian #13–16112February 25, 2025 ISBN   978-1-78774-325-0
– Conan the Barbarian: Battle of the Black StoneFree Comic Book Day 2024: Conan: Battle of the Black Stone
Conan the Barbarian: Battle of the Black Stone #1–4		128April 1, 2025 ISBN   978-1-78774-328-1
5Conan the Barbarian, Volume 5: Twisting LoyaltiesConan the Barbarian #17–20112July 1, 2025 ISBN   978-1-78774-326-7
The Savage Sword of Conan
1The Savage Sword of Conan, Volume 1The Savage Sword of Conan #1–3208January 14, 2025 ISBN   978-1-78774-431-8
2The Savage Sword of Conan, Volume 2The Savage Sword of Conan #4–6208April 8, 2025 ISBN   978-1-78774-433-2

Reception

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryNomineeComic(s)ResultRef.
2024 Eisner Awards Best ColoringDean WhiteConan the BarbarianNominated [13]
Best Lettering Richard Starkings Nominated

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