Conan is just rumbling around the city, earning his mercenary pay and making new enemies. I love it. If it wasn't for the Princess Yasmela seeking him out as her champion, he'd have nothing to do with the main plot. In fact, I really like the way the good god Mitra guided Yasmela to Conan. If the gods have such an active hand with the evil wizards and such all over this series, it makes sense to have them weighing in on the good guys for awhile too. Even if it is just some mortal guidance, it is neat to see Yasmela take the advice. I loved her advisors' reactions as they go from offended and shocked to begrudging respect for their new commander. It would be hard not to take Conan seriously, and as Tim Truman establishes this issue, he is a hell of a warrior. The sub-plot with some of his merc companions allying themselves with the pirate is well done too, you know eventually Conan will have to kill the lot of them. The relaunched title has been moving along nicely, especially now that Conan is out increasing his legend. It really is cool that there is no job or task that he thinks he can't accomplish.
Tomas Giorello gets to draw some pretty ladies in various stages of undress in the opening, and I think he's having fun doing it. It looks great and fits in perfectly with this book. Conan is about killing and wenching, and Giorello is equally adept at drawing both.
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