King Conan First Page and Cover
About the artist
John Buscema
John Buscema was one of the defining artists of Marvel Comics’ Silver and Bronze Ages. Trained in classical draughtsmanship, he brought a monumental sense of anatomy and dynamic staging to titles including The Avengers, The Silver Surfer and, most notably, Conan the Barbarian — a sustained collaboration with writer Roy Thomas that defined the visual template for heroic fantasy in American comics. His instructional book How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way (1978) remains a foundational text for the medium. His brother Sal Buscema pursued a parallel career as a prolific Marvel penciller.
About this series
Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian, Robert E. Howard's Cimmerian warrior created in the 1932 pulps, has been a fixture of comics since Marvel's 1970 adaptation by writer Roy Thomas and artist Barry Windsor-Smith — later continued for a historic run by John Buscema. Countless artists across Marvel and Dark Horse have since contributed to the Hyborian Age, making Conan one of the most continuously illustrated literary characters in the medium.
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John Buscema original comic art.
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