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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Book Description
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.
The Chronicles of Conan: The Song of Red Sonja and Other Stories FROM THE PUBLISHER
Few men have followed Conan down the dangerous path he treads, and fewer still have lived to tell the tale. But there's one whose cunning and bravery matches the ferocious barbarian's measure for measure; whose strength of will and courage of heart never fail; one who is not a man at all, but is instead the most formidable woman ever to fight her way across the Hyborian world -- Red Sonja. Together, the legendary warrior-woman from the East and the restless savage from the North take to the perilous road of thievery and high-adventure! Collecting issues 23 through 26 of the acclaimed Marvel series Conan the Barbarian and "Red Nails" from the Marvel periodical Savage Tales, presented for the first time with completely remastered color.
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