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Bronze Age Dragons: 1970s

February 29, 2024 G. W. Thomas 0

Fire-breathing dragons! You won’t find any T. rexes or giant snakes here. These are Bronze Age Dragons, with wings and fiery breath. (well, mostly.) I Read More

Jeffrey Catherine Jones: Early Sword & Sorcery Comics

July 19, 2023 G. W. Thomas 3

Jeffrey Catherine Jones did some early Sword & Sorcery comics before and after the rise of old Conan. Some of these comics aren’t pure S&S Read More

A Sword & Sorcery Comics Mystery

October 30, 2021 G. W. Thomas 3

I found a Sword & Sorcery Comics Mystery to solve. It started when I was re-reading the first issue of Claw the Unconquered (May-June 1975). Read More

Tales of Atlantis: Underwater Sword & Sorcery

January 8, 2021 G. W. Thomas 0

“Tales of Atlantis” was a five part back-up feature in Sub-Mariner #62-66 (June-October 1973). The comic, written by Steve Gerber and Howard Chaykin, shows how Read More

Sword & Sorcery at DC: The 1970s

November 20, 2020 G. W. Thomas 2

Sword & Sorcery comics at DC Comics was a slow process. Marvel had struck gold with Conan the Barbarian in October 1970 but their main Read More

Top Ten Sword & Sorcery Comic Stories of the 1970s

November 5, 2020 G. W. Thomas 4

In preparation for this weekend’s next session of the Dark Worlds Quarterly Sword & Sorcery Round Table, I am looking over my favorite comics, games Read More

Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Neal Adams (1941-2022)

July 31, 2020 G. W. Thomas 0

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: Walt Simonson (1946-)

July 24, 2020 G. W. Thomas 5

Walt Simonson has worked largely with superheroes but has made a few contributions to Sword & Sorcery comics, in particular an early Star*Reach parody piece Read More