The Chronicles of Conan Vol. 4: The Song of Red Sonja and Other Stories - Softcover

Roy Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 159307025X ISBN 13: 9781593070250

Publisher: Dark Horse, 2004

Synopsis

The final collection of Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith's seminal run on Conan the Barbarian. As with many collaborations between two extremely talented artists, Thomas and Windsor-Smith were producing the finest work of their careers just as their partnership on Conan came to an end. And like those great collaborations, we're left to wonder, "what if they'd stayed together... " This compilation features two outstanding creators at the top of their game, working on a compelling character whose popularity has never faded. Also included is the first issue of acclaimed artist John Buscema's definitive run.

About this title

About the Author:

Roy Thomas wrote classic runs of The Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, Doctor Strange, Avengers, Captain Britain and, of course, various Conan titles. Barry Windsor-Smith's beautiful artwork has graced the pages of such titles as The Avengers, Weapon X, Uncanny X-Men and various Conan titles. John Buscema is one of the great names in comics art who has drawn, amongst others, Captain America, Fantastic Four, Tarzan and Wolverine.

From Booklist:

The fourth book in a series reprinting Marvel Comics' 1970s version of Robert E. Howard's 1930s pulp-magazine hero, Conan the Barbarian, includes the final and best stories illustrated by the fans' favorite artist, Barry Windsor-Smith. The book's high point--arguably Conan's finest moment in comics--is "Red Nails," based on a Howard novella in which Conan is trapped with she-pirate Valeria in a walled city inhabited by two tribes engaged in protracted warfare. Compared with other slam-bang sword-and-sorcery tales, this one unfolds leisurely--but Windsor-Smith's ornate, detailed artwork is at its most polished. The volume also introduces Red Sonia, a sort of female Conan, provocatively clad in improbably skin-tight chain mail; she subsequently starred in her own popular comics. Rounding out the book are the first Conan stories drawn by John Buscema, whose more conventional dynamism better suited the look of Marvel's superhero line. Buscema drew Conan for another two decades, and his issues far outsold those of his predecessor. Yet Windsor-Smith's depiction of the character is the one longtime fans most fondly recall. Gordon Flagg
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dark Horse
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 159307025X
• ISBN 13: 9781593070250
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160
• Illustrator: Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema