The Adventures of Thula
The Adventures of Thula was a series of five Sword & Sorcery tales featured in Lin Carter’s The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories 1-5. Pat McIntosh, Read More
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John Buscema’s Bront
John Buscema’s Bront was another back-up story from The Savage Sword of Conan. Like Chane of the Golden Hair, it allowed one of Marvel’s major Read More
The Monsters of the Hyborian Age 7: Were-Hyenas
Last time we looked at the Winged Ape, the eldritch monster who Conan, Belit and her crew of pirates faced off against. That evil being Read More
Superheroes Go Sword & Sorcery
Superheroes go Sword & Sorcery is not quite the same thing as Sword & Sorcery Superheroes. I would point to the piece I did on Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Frank Thorne (1930-)
Frank Thorne got his start drawing the Perry Mason strip for the King Syndicate. His first S&S comic was The Mighty Samson #1-7 (July 1964-September Read More
Favorite Sword & Sorcery From Epic Illustrated
Here are my favorite Sword & Sorcery comics from Marvel’s Epic Illustrated. The full-sized magazine ran for 34 issues from Spring 1980 to February 1986. Read More
Historical Sword & Sorcery
Robert E. Howard muddied the waters when he created Solomon Kane, his first historical Sword & Sorcery series. By definition, heroic fantasy is set in Read More
Wonder Woman/Conan: Sword & Sorcery Superheroes
Wonder Woman and Conan teamed up as Sword & Sorcery Superheroes a few year ago back in 2017. The rivalry that existed between Marvel and Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Neal Adams (1941-2022)
Adams is one of a core of pros who promoted S&S comics in their infancy along with Frank Frazetta and Wally Wood. Oddly though he Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Wendy Pini (1951-)
Wendy Pini got her start doing covers for SF digests like Galileo and Galaxy. She also made a splash in 1973 dressing up as Red Read More