Savage Sword of Conan: REFORGED #2 review

48 restored and fully colored pages of barbaric savagery!

Inside this magnificent full-color magazine you will find the following:

Classic remastered art pin-ups:

Conan the Barbarian by Mike Zeck from Savage Sword of Conan (1974) #15

Conan the Barbarian by John Buscema from Savage Sword of Conan (1974) #15

Conan ad by Gil Kane from Savage Sword of Conan (1974) #5

THE DEVIL IN IRON by Robert E. Howard, Roy Thomas, John Buscema and Alfredo Alcala. (New Colors by GFB Group/GFB.it)

Terror on a time-lost isle! On the uninhabited island known as Xapur the Fortified, Conan the Barbarian protects Princess Octavia from a gigantic snake, the iron-skinned giant Khosatral Khel (the ancient from the Abyss, the god of Dagonia) and Jehungir Agha (lord of Khawarizm).

A 1976 INTERVIEW WITH CONAN ARTIST JOHN BUSCEMA conducted by John Collier & John Wren

What I did like:

The giant sleeping snake that tried to eat Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Conan the Barbarian 1982 film was taken from THE DEVIL IN IRON.

A NEW The Devil in Iron cover by PATRICK ZIRCHER.

A vintage The Devil in Iron cover by Boris Vallejo from Savage Sword of Conan (1974) #15.

Women appear on both covers.

A fabled Robert E. Howard adaptation from the 1970s!

What I did not like:

I prefer my sword and sorcery comics magazines in black-and-white.

No essay by Roy Thomas!

Only reprints. I wanted at least one new exclusive story in color.

I give it an 8/10. Zircher completists, you need this! THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: REFORGED will end with issue #4. Color me disappointed!

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