For all too brief a time Neal Adams knocked out some outrageously exciting covers for Marvel's sword and sorcery brand. Here are the ones I could gather up.
Adams had a real flair for this kind of material, his sense of realism was particularly effective in translating the tough nature of these adventures. In particular is art on "Curse of the Golden Skull" stands out from those early days when Marvel still had the Conan license.
Here's a vigorous Adams illustration for a Supergraphics Portfolio. Other artists featured within are Barry Windsor-Smith, Vaughn Bode, and Howard Chaykin, along with Supergraphics boss Jim Steranko.
Here are sonic Conan the Barbarian treats. Above is the cover to the Power Records. The Neal Adams cover is outstanding, and the stories are a lot of fun.
This album features four Conan adventures. This link will take you to them.
As it turns out Power Records also produced "Crawler in the Mists" as a 45 single. Here's a link to this one along with the full comic book which came along with it.
The artwork is some cool Neal Adams with a lot of help from the Crusty Bunkers over the layouts of Big John Buscema.
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Good grief - any idea who provided Conan's voice? I never really "heard" him in my head when reading the stories, but I think it's one of those "I know it when I hear it" things, and can't help thinking that these records aren't likely to be it.
ReplyDeletePS Wasn't Supersnipe Comic Art Gallery the place co-owned by George Lucas?
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Conan goes out of copyright in the US on January 1st 2028 and I've read that sword-and-sorcery authors are just counting down the days until they can start churning out Conan stories without having to worry about copyright anymore.
ReplyDeleteThey may have him do wacky things like join the Avengers. Oh Wait, they did that already.
DeleteThat is some gorgeous work!
ReplyDeleteDitto.
DeleteThose early Conan comics had some amazing artists working on them but Neal Adams work on the barbarian was always extra special . Great stuff again Rip, some of this is new to me.
ReplyDeleteMarvel had a strong staff. Young folks finding their styles and veterans who had something yet to prove.
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