Titan Comics is publishing Conan comics since 2023, together with entertainment studio Heroic Signatures. They joined forces to co-publish comics, graphic novels, and omnibus collections of the Marvel Conan comics after Marvel lost the license in 2022. Their first series is Conan the Barbarian which started in August 2023.[1]

Publications

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Conan the Barbarian

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The first ongoing series Conan the Barbarian was introduced during Free Comic Book Day 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, with Rob De La Torre and Doug Braithwaite as artists alternating between story arcs.[2]

The Savage Sword of Conan

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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 further issues following every two months. Each issue features comics, prose stories, poems, and art pages, starring Conan as well as other characters by Robert E. Howard.[3] Titan Comics initially committed to six issues,[4] but at the 2024 San Diego Comic-Con announced that the series would be extended to a second year.[5]

Battle of the Black Stone

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Battle of the Black Stone is a cross-over event with other Robert E. Howard characters, which started with a Free Comic Book Day issue in May 2024, written by Jim Zub and art by Jonas Scharf.[6][7] This was followed by several short stories in The Savage Sword of Conan #4 and a mini-series titled Conan: Battle of the Black Stone that started in September 2024.[8]

Solomon Kane mini-series

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After positive responses to a serialized Solomon Kane back-up story by Patrick Zircher in the first three issues of The Savage Sword of Conan, Heroic Signatures announced in August 2024 that they have greenlit a Solomon Kane mini-series, to be written and drawn by Zircher.[9]

Ongoing series

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Title Issues Writer(s) Artist(s) Colourist(s) Debut date Conclusion date
Conan the Barbarian[2] 1– Jim Zub Rob De La Torre
Doug Braithwaite
Dean White
Diego Rodriguez
José Villarrubia
August 2, 2023 TBA

Limited series

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Title Issues Writer(s) Artist(s) Colourist(s) Debut date Conclusion date
The Savage Sword of Conan[3] 1–12 various (anthology format) various n/a (black and white) February 28, 2024 TBA
Conan: Battle of the Black Stone[6] 1–4 Jim Zub Jonas Scharf João Canola September 4, 2024 December 4, 2024
Untitled Solomon Kane series[9] TBA Patrick Zircher Patrick Zircher TBA TBA TBA

One-shots

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Title Writer(s) Artist(s) Colourist(s) Release date
Free Comic Book Day 2023: Conan the Barbarian[2] Jim Zub Rob De La Torre José Villarrubia May 6, 2023
Free Comic Book Day 2024: Conan Battle of the Black Stone[6] Jonas Scharf João Canola May 4, 2024

Collected editions

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Trade paperbacks

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Volume Title Collects Pages Release Date ISBN
Conan the Barbarian
1 Conan the Barbarian, Volume 1: Bound in Black Stone Free Comic Book Day 2023: Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian #1–4
128 February 13, 2024 ISBN 978-1-78774-014-3
2 Conan the Barbarian, Volume 2: Thrice Marked for Death Conan the Barbarian #5–8 112 July 16, 2024 ISBN 978-1-78774-015-0
3 Conan the Barbarian, Volume 3: The Age Unconquered Conan the Barbarian #9–12 112 November 19, 2024 ISBN 978-1-78774-016-7
4 Conan the Barbarian, Volume 4: Frozen Faith Conan the Barbarian #13–16 112 February 25, 2025 ISBN 978-1-78774-325-0
Conan the Barbarian: Battle of the Black Stone Free Comic Book Day 2024: Conan: Battle of the Black Stone
Conan: Battle of the Black Stone #1–4
128 April 1, 2025 ISBN 978-1-78774-328-1
The Savage Sword of Conan
1 The Savage Sword of Conan, Volume 1 The Savage Sword of Conan #1–3 208 November 19, 2024 ISBN 978-1-78774-431-8
2 The Savage Sword of Conan, Volume 2 The Savage Sword of Conan #4–6 208 April 8, 2025 ISBN 978-1-78774-433-2

Reception

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Accolades

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Year Award Category Nominee Comic(s) Result Ref.
2024 Eisner Awards Best Coloring Dean White Conan the Barbarian Nominated [10]
Best Lettering Richard Starkings Nominated

See also

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References

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