oil those muscles and unsheath your sword a new conan series is on the way from titan comics and heroic signatures written by jim zub with art from roberto de la torre and jose villarrubia the new comic sees robert e howards chivalrous cimmerian warrior embark on a new adventureweve got an exclusive first look at two of the variant covers for conan the barbarian 1 below but first heres the official blurb for the issueyears after the battle of venarium a weary conan returns to his homeland to seek rest and solitude however a mysterious scout rides in to warn the cimmerians of an imminent threat on the march from the pictish wilderness will conan and his new ally be able to hold off this new horde of invadersthe retrostyle cover is by patch zircher while the cover featuring brissa is by artgermimage 1 of 2image credit titan comicsimage credit titan comics and heroic signaturesconan was created by writer robert e howard in the early 1930s the character made his first official appearance in the phoenix on the sword a short story published in pulp magazine weird tales in 1932 in total howard penned 21 conan stories but the character has lived on through many other writers since he was famously played on screen by arnold schwarzenegger in a 1982 feature film which saw the future terminator knock out a camel with a single punch not really the animal was fine jason momoa starred in an unfortunate remake in 2011the character also has a long and storied comics history marvels first conan series started in 1970 written by roy thomas with art by barry windsorsmith john buscema and ernie chan it was a huge success and ran until 1993 with thomas remaining as the key writer throughout the long rundark horse got hold of the rights to the character in the 2000s and published their own line of comics unconnected to the marvel stories initially written by kurt busiek and tim truman and drawn by cary nord and tomas giorello marvel repurchased the rights in 2018 and launched a number of new conan books as well as teaming him up with wolverine in the savage land the characters last appearance in marvel continuity saw him give thulsa doom a beating in last years savage avengers 5 conan the barbarian 1 is published by titan comics and heroic signatures on july 26 it follows a free comic book day issue that will be available in stores on may 6find out what else is coming out on this years free comic book day