Dark Horse Comics To Publish ‘King Conan: The Hour Of The Dragon’

Nothing get me more excited than a male power fantasy (except maybe a female power fantasy), and independent powerhouse Dark Horse Comics is ready to give me more of what a want! Today, the publisher officially announced that fan-favorite Conan creative team—writer Timothy Truman, artist Tomás Giorello, and colorist José Villarrubia—are set to adapt Robert E. Howard‘s novel, The Hour Of The Dragon into two, six-issue mini-series. The Hour Of The Dragon is Howard’s only novel-length story about the Cimmerian barbarian.

Here’s what Dark Horse teases about the serials:

King Conan has faced many threats to his throne in Aquilonia—but none more deadly than a traitorous alliance backed by the resurrected sorcerer Xaltotun, at whose command mountains crumble!

The first series shall be called The Hour Of The Dragon and will begin May 29, running through October of this year. The story continues in King Conan: The Conqueror, beginning February of 2014. What a great way to prepare for Schwarzenegger’s pending return to the character in The Legend Of Conan!

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