Product Description

Conan's adventures continue on..., Tuesday, April 27, 2010

The Savage Sword of Conan series continues its impressive run in volume 6 with issues #61-#71. Even with the addition of new writers aside from the brilliant Roy Thomas, the adventures of the Cimmerian still envolve plenty of encounters with wizards, demons, and beautiful women. The artwork is really well done, especially the demon creatures in many of the stories. If you have been collecting the entire series up to this point, this volume continues previous tales like "The Pool of the Black One/Torrent of Doom" from volume two and "The Citadel at the Center of Time" from volume one. Another good Conan read indeed.

Rating: 4 out of 5

Não tão bom quanto os 3 primeiros volumes, Thursday, April 22, 2010

O volume 6 da série "Savage Sword of Conan" apresenta dois problemas.
O primeiro, a qualidade da arte, que não chega perto do padrão apresentado nos 3 primeiros volumes. Embora os artistas que trabalham neste tomo sejam em parte os mesmos dos anteriores, John Buscema, Alfredo Alcala e Ernie Chan não conseguem manter o alto nível apresentado nas edições anteriores, fato lamentável, diante do potencial desses artistas. A ressalva que faço em relação à arte são as histórias em que Conan é capitão de um navio pirata, ilustrada por John Buscema e Alfredo Alcala, e outras duas ou três ilustradas por Buscema/Chan. Essas apresentam excelente qualidade. As demais deixam a desejar.
O segundo ponto que merece observação é o enredo das histórias. Devo dizer que Michael Fleisher e Bruce Jones não escrevem histórias tão originais e detalhadas quanto Roy Thomas, o que é uma pena. A história da formiga gigante, por exemplo, é ridícula, dá vontade até de chorar/rir, quando comparada às ótimas adaptações feitas dos originais de Howard.
No mais, a edição apresenta papel de boa qualidade e capa maravilhosa, que merece ser conferida.
Espero que no próximo volume esses problemas não persistam.

Rating: 3 out of 5

A really good volume, Thursday, September 17, 2009

Delivers everything you expect from _Savage Sword_ ... plenty of violence, sorcery, monsters, beautiful women, and so forth. The stories in this volume are well-crafted, smarter and more elaborate than some have been in the past. The art is really good too, definitely up to my expectations. Even Gil Kane (who failed miserably in an earlier volume) brings his "A" game, and the story he drew this time doesn't look bad at all.

My only quibble is that a lot of the incidental characters look so much like Conan that it occasionally becomes confusing. Also, Conan himself shifts personality from story to story, going from "grim stoical mercenary" to "happy-go-lucky wisecracking rogue." This can probably be attributed to the addition of some new scribes to the mix. Why did Roy Thomas not write everything in this volume? I wish there was a page or two of foreword to help the reader place these stories in a historical / industry context. I never saw any of _Savage Sword_ when they were first published; I was only 7 years old at the time.

All of these reprint volumes have been good in various ways, but this one may be the best overall out of 6 so far, or tied with volume 2.

Rating: 4 out of 5