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eBook by Matthew John Cover by Juan Alberto Hernández Chapter illustration by Patrick Zircher  From Titan Books and Heroic Signatures Spoilers! Spoilers!  The ship of Wulfhere the Skull-Splitter (a Danish Viking, chieftain of the Danes) is attacked by Kenric the Fair (Wulfhere's old Saxon nemesis) ship's. Wulfhere and Kenric are both seeking the ROMAN GOLD of the Picts, which lies concealed on the Isle of Swords (the Pictish island from "The Dark Man" by Robert E. Howard). An unnatural wave wrecks Wulfhere's ship on the shore of the Isle of Swords. The Skull-Splitter and Cormac Mac Art of Erin (Cormac the Wolf, a Celt, a Gael) are the only two of the crew to survive the beaching. Wulfhere and Cormac disguise themselves as Saxons, they discover that Kenric and his Saxons are already on the isle. Cormac and Wulfhere kill three Saxons. Picts appear, Cormac and Wulfhere surrender. At the Pictish settlement, Cormac and Wulfhere are shown the statue of The Dark Man (The...

Sword-brothers, sword-sisters, your local spinner rack is once again showcasing another brand new issue of SSOC!  64 startling pages of barbaric savagery in black-and-white printed on newsprint! Inside this stunning magazine you will find the following: Terrific art pin-ups: Conan the Barbarian by Thomas Nachlik Conan the Barbarian by Fernando Dagnino Guerra CONAN: TATTERED WINGS chapter 1: Mirrors of the Soul by Liam Sharp Conan and his Hyrkanian mercenaries have been hired to rescue the "kidnaped" son of wizened warlord Marrik Ban Torr. Shemu, Batu and the rest of Conan's comrades get taken out by unseen Wolven (wolf-men) slingers. Conan gets tapped twice in the head and passes out. Conan wakes up the next day and builds a funeral pyre for his fallen friends.  The ancient Bel-Karun, Uruk-Tah and another guard escort Conan to "the aerie" to meet the Master of the forgotten Fortress of Ekur-Gal: King Anzu-Kur, the bird mage of the Black Pinions... who is a twin ...