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Born On The Battlefield (2008)

by Kurt Busiek(Favorite Author)

4.08 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1593079818 (ISBN13: 9781593079819)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Dark Horse Comics

review 1: Conan: Born On The Battefield (2008) by Kurt Busiek, Greg Ruth – Kurt Busiek is a writer who knows the Conan character and his environment very well. He has proven how adept he is a portraying the Conan character and his world in a story that is authentic to those that Robert E. Howard created long ago. In addition, Busiek is adept at achieving that authentic character and his adventures in a comic (or graphic novel) format. However, he has needed the work of some great artists to bring Conan and his environment to life in graphic publications, including Cary Nord and Greg Ruth. The partnership of Busiek and Greg Ruth created this very interesting and unique Conan graphic novel. It covers the barbarian’s adventures during his early years from birth until he left h... moreis homeland of Cimmeria during his teenage years. Until now there were only brief mentions of Conan’s developing years in previous tales. Busiek researched all of Howard’s Conan brief references to Conan’s past, including mentions of places he had visited, things he had done, people and creatures he had encountered, etc. Then Busiek weaved those brief mentions into this wonderful story of Conan’s origin and Greg Ruth added his superb art to bring this story to life. It’s a great addition to the Dark Horse Books Conan series.
review 2: I've read a lot of Conan, from the Marvel comic books to the novels of Robert Jordan to the original stories by Robert E. Howard, but I really believe this dark coming of age story is among the finest Conan stories ever published. For the first time readers get an up close look at Cimmeria, and Conan's childhood in the simple village. While a lot of the adventures are the usual warlike stuff -- Conan tears out a wolf's throat at the age of twelve -- there's a lot of poignant and complex issues for him to resolve. He's an outsider, but not the usual outsider being bullied who gets even. Or rather he is, but the consequences of his early triumphs in love and war are more complicated and tragic than one might expect.I don't know how much Conan this team has written, but I would definitely like to read a lot more! less

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