Conan Vol. 3: The Tower of the Elephant and Other Stories
Eisner award-winning writer Kurt Busiek (JLA/Avengers, Astro City), Eisner award-nominated artist Cary Nord (Daredevil), and Eisner award-winning color artist Dave Stewart (Ultimate Fantastic Four, DC: The New Frontier) continue their groundbreaking run on Dark Horse's best-selling Conan series with an adaptation of one of Robert E. Howard's greatest Conan tales, "The Tower of the Elephant"! 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, sudden death, horrifying creatures, and gruesome unsettling fates for both gods and men.
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Conan Vol. 3: The Tower of the Elephant and Other Stories Reviews
Howard, a story which solidifies Conan's reputation in criminal circles. Nord draw the flashback sequence himself. Still a fine book and worth your time. The Tower of the Elephant continues the great tradition of Dark Horse's Conan relaunch which began in the last two volumes. In this volume, Conan hits his stride as a professional thief and we are treated to three prequel chapters setting up the "Tower of the Elephant" short story from Conan creator Robert E. Minor flaws for this book are a dip in quality in the first part of Tower (chapter 4) where Cary obviously is falling behind and sketches his way through about 12 pages worth of story, and although it is always nice to see Mike Kaluta draw something, I would much prefer to see Mr.
Dark Horse exceeds expectations with this collection of stories. Great adaptation of one of the greatest Conan stories ever. Don't miss it.
CROM SMILES. The classic Conan story was only enhanced by the great artists working on this. Well done.
The "Other Stories" stand up very well to the Howard adventures. The Frost Giant's Daughter And Other Stories, The God In The Bowl And Other Stories and The Tower Of The Elephant And Other Stories. They are very much in the same spirit and style, and are fitting tributes.
Great for new readers and old Conan fans alike. I find the artwork to be superior to the "Chronicals of Conan", and there is always at least one original Howard tale included in these books.
I only buy what I like (as opposed to collecting for its own sake), and I like this. I have the first 3 in this series:. So far all have been extremely enjoyable, and I plan to purchase the rest of them.
You should have this in your comic collection, it will be worth to have it. Storyline is very good, great characters. This could not be better. Brutally fantastic. The drawings are fantastic.
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