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[LordYam]

1.) Conan vs Thoth Amon in issue 14. While the rivalry as done by Sprauge and DeCamp was a little cheesy, this set the stage for a genuine credible rivalry. Conan is the young barbarian who helped thwart thoth's plans even though a barbarian with little experience but fury and who was very young (late teens at most.) The actual action was perfect sword and steel vs magic and sorcery and Conan's fury in it was perfect.



2.) Conan vs the ape, conan vs sergei and conan vs the shah; i might be cheating but honestly they are all equally badass.

3.) Conan overcoming the demon general in hand of nergal before impaling the bastard through the skull

4.) Conan Nailing Surna's wife. This might be a little weird, but this gets my vote for three reasons
a.) the interactions between the two, and the sheer ballsiness of it. Conan bangs the wife of the most powerful man in the city and loots him dry
b.) the wife is freaking hot and the affair indirectly sets off a whole chain of events that indirectly cause the Hall of the Dead arc
c.) The panther's startled expression when they start *******.

5.) Conan's messy revenge on the priest of anu. Don't **** conan over. you won't live long enough to regret it.

[1980conanfan]

Conan:"Don't you ever F*** me, priest of anu. By Crom, don't you ever F*** me."

but seriously.....I assume DHC means dark horse comics.....so I would say one of my favorite moments was the entire born on the battlefield storyline. I had never really thought much about Conan's childhood before. ReH didnt get to address it, save for Conan casually mentioning it from time-to-time, the marvel comics got started when he was a teenager, and the john Milius movie only breifly showed a kid Conan talking to his dad(one of my favorite scenes), and then a quick glimpse of the child labor............ so I never thought much about how the upbringing of a young Cimmerian could shape their views on the Hyborian world as a whole.

[Kortoso]

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[Roquefort Raider]

#1: The last scene of "The crown of Tiamat", from Conan #19, with Conan brushing off what philosophers are discussing as a lot of nonsense, but deciding to stay a while longer to listen to what they say next. It shows Conan to be a man of action first and foremost, but one who is also intrigued by what he doesn't know, far from the brainless barbarian some make him out to be.

#2: "Two Nemedians walk into a bar", from Conan #9. An all-too rare opportunity to see the "gigantic mirth" side of Conan, as he uses brawn but mostly brains to make fools of a pair of thugs, trick the city guard, and seduce two girls. Great stuff.

#3: the entire arc about Conan's grandfather, drawn by Richard Corben. It had a great Weird Tales vibe.

#4: "The sorrow of Akivasha" from Conan the Cimmerian #15. The entire story is brilliant, from Paul Lee's designs to the retelling of a key scene from the hour of the dragon from a different point of view. I think Truman did a very good Howard pastiche with this one, hinting at mysteries and unseen horrors even in the midst of the action.

#5: Young Conan bangs the girls and kills a bull bare-handed in Cimmeria. An unruly youth, not yet disciplined, enjoying life to the fullest. THIS is what young Conan is like! Not a mute crybaby who pushes a wheel!

[monk]

#3: the entire arc about Conan's grandfather, drawn by Richard Corben. It had a great Weird Tales vibe.

#4: "The sorrow of Akivasha" from Conan the Cimmerian #15. The entire story is brilliant, from Paul Lee's designs to the retelling of a key scene from the hour of the dragon from a different point of view. I think Truman did a very good Howard pastiche with this one, hinting at mysteries and unseen horrors even in the midst of the action.

i'd love to see corben get a full run!

[Taranaich]

#4: "The sorrow of Akivasha" from Conan the Cimmerian #15. The entire story is brilliant, from Paul Lee's designs to the retelling of a key scene from the hour of the dragon from a different point of view. I think Truman did a very good Howard pastiche with this one, hinting at mysteries and unseen horrors even in the midst of the action.

Only if you go with the idea that Akivasha was actively misleading the reader, presenting herself to the prince as a poor, wretched girl who's so desperately sad and alone, instead of the inhuman horror we saw in The Hour of the Dragon. From that point of view, it's interesting (even though I don't like the prince/vizier) but it certainly can't be just the same scene from a different perspective - with Conan killing all the priests of Set rather than the Khitans and priests killing each other, that weird golden mask instead of an animal mask, and the general presentation of Akivasha being quite clearly a monstrous creature who revels in her depravity. The idea of Thothmekri joining Akivasha - or, rather, falling into her hands - is actually a pretty terrifying thought.

[LordYam]

I actually like the prince and wazir; as far as framing devices go it's fairly intriguing, and the warning she gave is probably the first thing that gets the prince suspicious of thoth. Than again I actually don't mind Igraine (lets face it, simply lashing out at all foes is not going to make you successful, since if you do it enough you come across ass a tyrant. I always saw Kull as a combination of cerebral genius and brute force, who was smart enough to realize that in some cases you'd need to make your enemies either like you or willing to tolerate you so as to avoid getting swamped in unbeatable amounts. and at the very least it came across more as a political alliance slash business relationship