Comics featuring

Conan the Barbarian Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero created by American author Robert E. Howard (1906–1936) and who debuted in 1932 and went on to appear in a series of fantasy stories published in ''We ...

and other characters by

Robert E. Howard Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American writer who wrote pulp magazine, pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He created the character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sor ...

are currently published by

Titan Comics Titan Publishing Group is the publishing division of the British entertainment company Titan Entertainment, which was established as Titan Books in 1981. The books division has two main areas of publishing: film and television tie-ins and cine ...

, together with entertainment studio

Heroic Signatures Funcom Oslo AS (formerly Funcom N.V. and Funcom Productions AS) is a Norwegian video game developer and publisher that specializes in online games. It is best known for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) titles ''Conan Ex ...

. Their collaboration to publish comics, graphic novels, and omnibus collections of older Conan comics started in 2023, after Marvel lost the license in 2022. The first ongoing series is ''Conan the Barbarian'' which started in August 2023. With crossover events and spin-off mini-series featuring other Robert E. Howard characters, such as

Kull of Atlantis Kull of Atlantis or Kull the Conqueror is a fictional character created by writer Robert E. Howard. The character was more introspective than Howard's subsequent creation, Conan the Barbarian, whose first appearance was in a re-write of a rejec ...

Solomon Kane Solomon Kane is a fictional character created by the pulp-era writer Robert E. Howard. A late-16th-to-early-17th century Puritan, Solomon Kane is a somber-looking man who wanders the world with no apparent goal other than to vanquish evil in al ...

, they created a

shared universe A shared universe or shared world is a fictional universe from a set of creative works where one or more writers (or other artists) independently contribute works that can stand alone but fits into the joint development of the storyline, charact ...

which is sometimes called the ''Howardverse''.

Publications

''Conan the Barbarian''

The first ongoing series ''Conan the Barbarian'' was introduced during

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2023 with an in issue that served as a prologue, followed by an ongoing series that started in August 2023. The series is written by

Jim Zub Jim Zubkavich, known professionally as Jim Zub, is a Canadian comic book writer, artist, and art instructor best known for creating comics ''Skullkickers'' (2010), '' Wayward'' (2014), and ''Glitterbomb'' (2016) for Image Comics, writing on the ...

, and started with Rob De La Torre and Doug Braithwaite as artists alternating between story arcs. Danica Brine served as guest artist for two issues during the fifth story arc, and Fernando Dagnino joined the artist rotation for the sixth arc, starting with issue #21.

''The Savage Sword of Conan''

''The Savage Sword of Conan'' was announced in July 2023 as a limited series, to be published in black-and-white and magazine-sized format. The first issue was released in February 2024 with issues published every two months. Each issue features comics, prose stories, poems, and art pages, starring Conan as well as other characters by

. Titan Comics initially committed to six issues, but announced at the 2024

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that the series would be extended to a second year.

''Howardverse'' crossovers

''Conan: Battle of the Black Stone'' was a crossover event with Conan and other Robert E. Howard characters, namely

, Dark Agnes,

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, El Borak and Conrad and Kirowan. It started with a Free Comic Book Day issue in May 2024, written by Jim Zub and art by Jonas Scharf. This was followed by a collection of short stories in ''The Savage Sword of Conan'' #4 and a mini-series titled ''Conan: Battle of the Black Stone'' published from September to December 2024. A second crossover event titled ''Conan: Scourge of the Serpent'', written by Jim Zub with art by Ivan Gil, has been announced for 2025. The event started with a Free Comic Book Day issue in May 2025 and will be followed by a mini-series series later in 2025. The story features various Howardian characters and takes place in three different times that are "metaphysically linked": the Thurian age with

Kull KULL (100.7 FM) is a classic hits radio station located in and serving the area around Abilene, Texas. It is under ownership of Townsquare Media. History On April 9, 2012 KFGL changed their format from oldies (as "True Oldies") to classic hit ...

, the

Hyborian age The Hyborian Age is a fictional period of Earth's history within the artificial mythology created by Robert E. Howard, serving as the Setting (narrative), setting for the sword and sorcery tales of Conan the Barbarian. The word "Hyborian" is ...

with Conan and the twentieth century with John Kirowan.

Solomon Kane

After positive responses to a serialized

back-up story by

Patrick Zircher Patrick Zircher () is an American comic book artist and penciller. Career Zircher's early career as an illustrator began with production of several completed works for '' Villains and Vigilantes'', '' Champions'' and other pen-and-paper role-pl ...

in the first three issues of ''The Savage Sword of Conan'', Heroic Signatures greenlit a four-issue mini series titled ''Solomon Kane: The Serpent Ring'', written and drawn by Zircher and published in 2025. The story takes place in the 16th century in southern Europe and Africa and features the ancient "Serpent Ring" from

Thoth-Amon "The Phoenix on the Sword" is one of the original short stories about Conan the Cimmerian written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in ''Weird Tales'' magazine in December 1932. The tale, in which Howard created the charac ...

(which is also featured in the Robert E: Howard stories

The Phoenix on the Sword "The Phoenix on the Sword" is one of the original short story, short stories about Conan the Barbarian, Conan the Cimmerian written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in ''Weird Tales'' magazine in December 1932. The tale, i ...

and The Haunter of the Ring which take place during the Hyborian age and in the 1930s, respectively).

Publications

''Conan the Barbarian''

''The Savage Sword of Conan''

''Howardverse'' crossovers

Solomon Kane

Ongoing series

Limited series

One-shots

Collected editions

Trade paperbacks

Hardcover

Reception

Accolades

See also

References