Conan Frazetta Cover Series (2007) comic books 2008-2010

ROBERT E. HOWARD'S CONAN: THE FRAZETTA COVER SERIES #2 (of 8)-THE GOD IN THE BOWL Kurt Busiek (W), Cary Nord (A), Dave Stewart (C), and Frank Frazetta (Cover) On sale Apr 23 FC, 48 pages $5.99 Miniseries This second installment in the Conan Frazetta Cover Series celebrating 75 years of the legendary barbarian, adapts Robert E. Howard's classic tale of murder and intrigue, 'The God in the Bowl.' This story marks the Cimmerian's first encounter with the deadly sorcerer Thoth-amon and his menagerie of vile giant serpentine creatures-brought to life by the stunning painting 'Chained' by the living legend Frank Frazetta, featured for the first time ever in comics! 'I much prefer illustrating the tales of Robert E. Howard. They are much stronger in mood and narration than those of Burroughs and allow a wider range of illustrative interpretations. As St. John is remembered for Edgar Rice Burroughs and Tarzan, I would like to be remembered for REH and Conan. I feel a certain sense of loss that Howard isn't alive to appreciate what I've done with Conan.' - Frank Frazetta Cover price $5.99.

CONAN: THE FRAZETTA COVER SERIES #3 Written by Kurt Busiek. Art by Cary Nord, Michael Wm. Kaluta, and Dave Stewart. Cover by Frank Frazetta. Fed up with both civilization and mysticism, Conan travels to the infamous City of Thieves to take out his frustrations. When a bar fight uncovers the legend of the impregnable Tower of the Elephant, he becomes determined to rob it, setting out on a quest unlike any he's undertaken-one that will involve new comrades, horrifying creatures, and gruesome, unsettling fates for both gods and men. 48 pages, full color. Cover price $5.99.

Written by Mike Mignola. Art by Cary Nord and Dave Stewart. Cover by Frank Frazetta. The fourth installment in Conan: The Frazetta Cover Series features Frank Frazetta's stunning painting, 'The Destroyer,' and includes an adaptation of 'The Hall of the Dead'-an unfinished tale left by Robert E. Howard and fleshed out by Mike Mignola, Cary Nord, and Dave Stewart. Pursued by a small army, Conan heads for shelter in the ancient ruins of a forgotten city, lured by a flimsy rumor of treasure. Instead, he finds the fallen idols of twisted gods and a lot of croaking creatures. Luckily, frogs are no match for an armed Cimmerian . . . right? Conan soon finds himself battling a slithering monstrosity and an onslaught of undead warriors! Retainers to a lord long forgotten awaken to protect a treasure so sizable even the dead can't bear to see it stolen. Can a cunning Cimmerian and a foe-turned-ally withstand the power of such dark sorceries long enough to escape with some loot and their lives? 72 pages, full color. Cover price $5.99.

CONAN: THE FRAZETTA COVER SERIES #5 Timothy Truman (W), Cary Nord (P), Tomás Giorello (P), Richard Isanove (C), and Dave Stewart (C) On sale July 28 FC, 72 pages $6.99 Miniseries The fifth installment in Conan: The Frazetta Cover Series features both Frank Frazetta's tense, dramatic Man-Ape painting and an adaptation of Robert E. Howard's 'Rogues in the House'-as interpreted by Timothy Truman, artists Cary Nord and Tomás Giorello, and colorist Richard Isanove. A longtime Howard favorite, this seminal Conan story first appeared in Weird Tales in 1934, and Frazetta's Man-Ape piece is one of his few Conan paintings to make a direct reference to one of Howard's works. Our favorite barbarian has been living as a thief for some time, and his crimes are catching up with him. Becoming enmeshed in the plans of a treacherous nobleman and a dark priest, Conan finds himself making some strange allies in order to free himself from the labyrinthine, booby-trapped halls in the Red Priest's stronghold. Stalked by a mysterious, hulking horror that's grown out of control, Conan and the nobleman make a wary alliance with the Red Priest himself! Cover art by Frank Frazetta! Cover price $6.99.

Timothy Truman (W), Tomás Giorello (A), José Villarrubia (C), and Frank Frazetta (Cover) The sixth installment in Conan: The Frazetta Cover Series features Frank Frazetta's iconic Conan cover painting, The Indomitable, and an expansion on Robert E. Howard's 'Hand of Nergal' story fragment. Writer Timothy Truman is joined by Tomás Giorello on pencils and José Villarrubia on colors in this exploration into the horrors of Howard's Hyborian world. With zombies, a demonic army, an unearthly behemoth, a sorcerer, and a young witch on his hands, Conan is tasked not only with saving a beautiful princess-but saving his entire world from the evil god Nergal. o This issue also ties into events seen in Conan: The Frazetta Cover Series issue #4! o Collects Dark Horse's Conan #49 and #50! Cover price $6.99.