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The Cimmerian: People of the Black Circle         Variant Comics Lot
Featuring the Complete Variant Cover C Collection.  Awesome!!
Story by: Robert E. Howard
Adapted by: Sylvain Runberg
Artist: Jae Kwang Park
Colorist: Hiroyuki Ooshima
Letterer: Dezi Sienty
Editors: Patrice Louinet & Rich Young
Variant Cover #1C: Mirka Andolfo
Variant Cover #2C: Miki Montlló
Variant Cover #3C: Frederick Rambaud

Robert E. Howard’s Conan is brought to life UNCENSORED! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended!

Robert E. Howard’s Conan first appeared in the pages of pulp magazines in the 1930s. He contributed 17 Conan stories to Weird Tales Magazine from 1932 to 1936. Through these stories we see Robert E. Howard’s savage hero take shape.

Sylvain Runberg and prodigious designer/illustrator Jae Kwang Park adapt one of the most ambitious and complex Conan stories of Robert E. Howard. An adventure where epic battles, witchcraft and plots mingle in a mystical and scary Orient. Where revenge is an art…

Story (Spoilers!)
In issue #1C, In the kingdom of Vendhya, the king has just died, struck down by the spells of the black prophets of Yimsha. The king’s sister, Yasmina, decides to avenge him…and contacts Conan, then chief of the Afghuli tribe. But several of Conan’s warriors have just been killed by the men of the kingdom of Vendhya, further complicating the matter. The princess thought she could use the Cimmerian, but rather it is she who will serve his interests…

“People of the Black Circle” {Part 1} (text story)
By Robert E. Howard
Weird Tales – September, October, November 1934

Next in issue #2C, Conan is forced to take Princess Yasmina captive in order to save his own life and the lives of his seven captive tribe headsmen. Meanwhile, Khemsa, in league and in love with Gitara, Yasmina’s maid, devise their own plot involving the princess. Khemsa taps into the dark magical arts he’s learned, with gruesome and effective results. And the Black Seers of Mount Yimsha make their presence felt by all…

“People of the Black Circle” {Part 2} (text story)
By Robert E. Howard
Weird Tales – September, October, November 1934

Finally, in issue #3C, Conan must battle the Black Seers of Mount Yimsha in order to save the captive Princess Yasmina. But the seers and their master are powerful wizards with dark, destructive magic at their disposal. It will take every trick in the book, and maybe a little luck, for the Cimmerian to succeed…

“People of the Black Circle” {Part 3} (text story)
By Robert E. Howard
Weird Tales – September, October, November 1934 

Variant Comics lot contains: The Cimmerian: People of the Black Circle {Cover C Collection} (2020) Issues #1C,2C,3C.  Ablaze Publishing

Variant Comics are bagged & boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

All First Printings
Publisher: Ablaze Publishing
Publication Date: 2020
Format per comic: FC, 32 pages, Comic, 10.25″ x 6.65″
UPC: 850008927072

Collectible Entertainment note: Variant Comics #1C,2C,3C are in Fine to Fine + condition.  Nice Set!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Conan enthusiast and/or collector.  A very fun & entertaining read.  Very Highly Recommended.

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