Marvel has announced that writer Jason Aaron, artist Mahmud Asrar, and colorist Matt Wilson will return to the saga of Conan the Barbarian this December to tell the last stand of Conan in the limited series King Conan.
“I knew as soon as Mahmud, Matt and I finished “The Life and Death of Conan” in Conan the Barbarian, one of the absolute personal highlights from my career as a comic book writer, that I wasn’t done hanging out with everyone’s favorite Cimmerian,” Aaron said. “As King Conan rode into the sunset at the end of that story, with his son, Prince Conn, by his side, I always knew where I wanted that story to take us next. Now at last comes that next chapter, as Mahmud, Matt and I reunite to reveal a pivotal moment in Conan’s life as a king, as a father, as a mortal enemy of snake-worshipping Stygian wizards and as a barbarian who was born to chase the wind, even to the ends of the earth.”
“By Crom, we’re finally bringing the barbarian-turned-king to the readers,” added Asrar. “It’s criminal how much I’m enjoying drawing each panel in this book considering what we’re putting him through.”
As Robert E. Howard posited, when King Conan grows restless on the throne, he sails west, toward land and adventure unknown. Now see the first step of King Conan’s fateful journey from Aquilonia, as an old and terrible danger threatens to end the saga of the Cimmerian once and for all!
King Conan #1 will go on sale on December 15th.
