Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Vol. 3 Overview!

[@pohumnom]

What I've been doing with Thomas' excellent introduction in these omnis is read a few issues then flip to the introduction and read the bit that pertains to those issues. It's really interesting to see the backstory afterwards. Roy Thomas really is a treasure!

[@nisus8]

The new intros are absolutely amazing. Like a Blu-Ray director's commentary or "making-of" documentary, and very exhaustive and comprehensive.

[@christopheverre4848]

I've been doing the same. Especially to avoid spoilers.

[@NearMintCondition]

I love this idea! I think I may start doing that. He does a pretty good job of avoiding spoilers, but sometimes he just can't help it.

[@Chairman7w]

That Belit era of Conan comics (the Pirate Conan) is an all-time favorite, and I can't wait till this arrives. Good as it gets, boys.

[@NearMintCondition]

It was so good.

[@Almighty_Mage]

I need the Dark Horse stuff. Also physical over digital ALWAYS.

[@NearMintCondition]

My man! The DH stuff is being collected in Epic format.

[@ernststavro8090]

Great video! Very much looking forward to getting this one (like any Conan book by Thomas, Busiek or Tim Truman, really). Have been really impressed by what Marvel have been doing with these stories (and very much wish they'd get the rights to the Red Sonja books back as well for the purpose of similar omnibus releases at least).

[@NearMintCondition]

I'm a huge fun of those books. I hope they do the same with Red Sonja!

[@kytim89]

Hopefully they release their Kull stuff in omnibus format, too. Could you please do a video of all the TMNT books that you have in your collection?

[@davidgraham8299]

This is my era of Conan. Pre ordered this as soon as it was possible. Loved the Queen of the Black Coast storyline. Can't wait to reread this. A high point in seventies comics.

[@NearMintCondition]

It was phenomenal.

[@Abhisheksengupta923]

women in Conan The Barbarian are so hot. Love the adult storyline, bit like The Witcher.

[@solidzdar467]

If you enjoy Conan and The Witcher id recommend Elric of Melniboné, he was a pulp sword and sorcery character similar to Conan and was a big influence on The Witcher. Roy Thomas also wrote some of his comics in the 80s.

[@thearcadegamer8128]

Are you single bruh?

[@SAFFRONINFERNO]

Thanks Again Omar, You did it man as promised yesterday! Now for the long wait to have this in our arms like we all ordinary folks. They should release one of these in atleast every quarter Hope you would bring in some good news on the old Marvel KING CONAN series too.

[@NearMintCondition]

I would love if they did.

[@sulleneldritch7680]

When I was a kid I saw the name Buscema and I would pronounce it BUH-SEEMA. Then I saw a video with Stan Lee and he pronounced it Byoo-SEMA, long U, short E. And since he was saying it that way right in front of Big John I always thought it must be correct.

[@dalmo8340]

Hey Omar. Welcome back, happy new year 2020. Another great review and I envy you for reading this material for the first time. From Marvel, the Savage Sword of Conan omnis are still my absolute, mandatory, top of the list purchase of the year (@Mr. Gabriel and folks @Marvel: could I have a special order of 4 hardcovers per year? Please 😉). In addition, I know that there are some copyright issues in regard to publication of REH material in Europe, but I recently purchased the first 8 volumes of Conan Le Cimmerien from Glenat. And man, that is a work of art indeed and maybe could be a perfect companion to the Savage Sword of Conan series. It respects the original material from Howard and enhance all tales. Considering Marvel’s partnership with european artists and authors in the past (i.e. Siver Surfer by Moebius), it could be a great idea for Marvel to take the ownership of publishing that material here in America. For example, Publisher Pipoca e Nanquim from Brazil did a fantastic job on publishing REH Conan The Barbarian in portuguese, with a unique trilogy of books, blessed with Frank Frazetta’s covers and internal illustrations from Mark Shultz and Gary Gianni; with the approval of Frazetta & REH estates, besides Del Rey books approval. If an agreement between Marvel, REH estate and Glenat is possible, what a terrific opportunity would be for readers here to have access to that material.

[@NearMintCondition]

Happy New year my friend! 4 per year would be so awesome!

[@nivekleveb8872]

Ordered my copy on Tuesday (Cho cover) and can't wait to get it...even though I haven't even read my Savage Sword Volume 2 yet :( Thanks for the preview, Omar!

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you for watching, brother.

[@TonisDrangle]

These Conan omnis are gorgeous. If you like Buscema’s Conan run you HAVE to check out Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant. Fantagraphics is putting out beautiful oversized hardcovers of the entire run. I’ve been collecting the boxed sets and they’re simply essential. Buscema has talked about how big of an influence Foster was on his art and it absolutely shows in page layouts and character framing. Would you ever do overviews of that series?

[@NearMintCondition]

Those Prince Valiant books are pretty pricey too aren't they. I may hafe to do that.

[@tylerscott6640]

When I saw that Frank Cho cover on the last page of my DM copy I pulled a Bluth and said, "I've made a huge mistake."

[@kurtclaypool2767]

I just started reading volume 1 a week ago and love it

[@NearMintCondition]

YES!

[@ComicsGranPa]

I cannot tell you HOW much i love that era of Conan!!was reading it while growing up in crappy greek b/w reprints...and now ofcourse i gotta have the omnis )))) Οmar=good for our geekiness,bad for the wallet...😂 Stellar job,once more(as if you dont know)🥇👏👏👏

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much for watching and the kind words!

[@bobbehers1625]

Can't wait for my copy to arrive!

[@ljkelty1766]

Awesome review. Marvel is really churning out these Conan omnis. Keep it coming!

[@NearMintCondition]

Yes they are and that makes me happy!

[@carrion_man3700]

Mine is on the way! As long as they print these fantastic editions, I'll keep saving my pennies! Awesome video.

[@NearMintCondition]

By Crom! That's what I want to hear!

[@chazkhaira4690]

Thanks for the review I wanted to go on for longer

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much!

[@Couick27]

John Buscema is my favorite artist of the 70’s!! I wonder if they’ll stop at vol. 4 since that’s when Roy stopped writing for a bit

[@MicahElohim]

But Buscema was still drawing.

[@Couick27]

The Enigmatic Richard Zell I hope they do the entire run and savage sword...I’ve just never heard anyone talk about Conan marvel comics from the 80s...but they do keep on coming out with more omnibus fast lol 🤞

[@MicahElohim]

@@Couick27 Conan is getting his due!

[@aliprandusaliprandis5908]

John is the best comic book artist ever.

[@ricardolightbourne7899]

Should receive my copy today. Fingers crossed for a reprint of Vol. 1 one day. Thanks Omar!

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you and I hope they do reprint it.

[@viciouscharm1099]

I’m pumped for this one.. another must have.

[@NearMintCondition]

YESSIR!

[@SpiralArchitect74]

Thanks for the review Omar, waiting on my DM copy to arrive.

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you for watching and the kind words.

[@aaronlouviere5797]

Can't get enough Conan and would love to collect all the old Red Sonja! 🙏 Still hoping we get some new Conan movies

[@NearMintCondition]

YES!

[@fortcastellan1730]

Finally finished reading this volume, so I can safely watch the video. (I love Conan, but I have to space out reading his comics, because they start to become a bit too same-y if you binge them) Fun stuff. It made me actually care about and kinda like Belit, a feat that neither the prose nor the Dark Horse run managed to do. Tara was cool, Red Sonja was great, and the return of Ernie Chan was something I had been waiting a long time for.

[@NearMintCondition]

I will say by volume 4 of Savage I was ready for a change of writing. I love LOVE Thomas, but even he seemed tired of writing plots by then.

[@balkthor]

Just finished this one. Didn’t like it as much as 2 but still good. SO MUCH BONUS CONTENT!

[@nisus8]

Got mine ordered -- the DM variant (the red cover, issue #57). Can't freaking wait to read this one.

[@NearMintCondition]

It was a great read.

[@colin6612]

Nice Vid Omar! Man you're plowing through these books quick! I bought this along with the Peter David Hulk Omni on the same day! I've been enjoying the heck out of this run! It's different from the typical super hero stuff from Marvel and I'm a sucker for Sword and Shield stuff. Just starting omnibus 2. Looking forward to the rest of the run!? (275 issues = 12 omniboos?)

[@NearMintCondition]

We are looking at least 12. Thinkn how amazing that book shelf will look!? All I read was Conan this week. :)

[@MicahElohim]

I see the coloring is different in the Dark Horse reprints. Dark Horse colors are much darker. I like the Marvel coloring.

[@NearMintCondition]

Marvel is going back to their original coloring and retouching them.

[@Martin_TheCollector]

Super excited to get this! Frank Cho did a good job, but his Conan could've been taller and more ripped haha.

[@NearMintCondition]

You know that his women have to be just as thick. :)

[@Martin_TheCollector]

@@NearMintCondition he drew her too big, especially for being in the background. I've seen him draw much cooler Conans. I'm still getting this version of course.

[@jacksonwma]

I stopped reading the Conan color comics after Buscema took over for Barry Smith.and switched exclusively to Savage Sword. I didn't like the way his art looked in color but I loved the way the Filipino inkers polished his pencils in the black and white. Howard Chaykin was already a star artist in the 70`s. His work on Cody Starbuck, Iron Wolf and Fafhrd & The Gray Mouser had made him a star. His later work Empire, The Stars My Destination and The Swords Of Heaven/The Flowers Of Hell were some of the first painted American comic art work I ever saw. Richard Corben, Bruce Jones and Grey Morrow were some of the others. I see Vincente Alcazar is listed as a fill in artist. He was an underrated artist who did some solid work in his day.

[@NearMintCondition]

Man, thank you so much for schooling me on Chaykin. I know that he did Star Wars before Conan and all these other works Im looking at now.

[@ShiftyShifts]

Bromar! It's Conan season again! And you know what that means whooooooaaaaa! I'm back bay-bee

[@NearMintCondition]

My man! I haven't seen Bromar in a minute.

[@ShiftyShifts]

Been watching! just haven't been commenting! The wife and I mentioned you on Twitter the other day in a video she was thinking about reviewing some books on her podcast.

[@usedbymyusername]

It’s crazy how fast these are coming out. Crazy to think vol 4 arrives in a few months... but no Uncanny X-Men vol 4?

[@NearMintCondition]

They need to sell those Masteworks first. But I know.

[@normancooper2762]

John Buscema was the boss! I enjoyed Ernie Chan's inks, they give the art a polished finish.

[@NearMintCondition]

He sure was.

[@MightyThews]

Crom, still waiting for this to appear for pre-order on the Aussie Amazon...

[@NearMintCondition]

YES!

[@chadcampbell610]

Great overview as always. I know they are doing the Epic Collections but have any of your friends at Marvel hinted at the possibility of getting omni's of the Dark Horse (Kurt Busiek) run? Same with Star Wars I would love for a lot of the Dark Horse era stuff to get it's due. Just wondering if you have heard or dropped a line to them about that?

[@NearMintCondition]

I haven't heard if they would do omnis yet or not.

[@chadcampbell610]

@@NearMintCondition thanks man. So sorry I saw that you've been asked that before in other videos. I should have noticed. But thanks for the reply and keep up that great work.

[@alvinwhitehead1069]

Awesome video 👍👏

[@jrox1904]

Wolverine is a modern day conan so if u like Logan in bars & fixing an issue that needs taking care of on which ever country he is in af the time u might want to pick up some conan kus it's the same thing in a different setting people

[@mck7646]

I like the DM variants. Old school style.

[@NearMintCondition]

I agree.

[@junioalvescorrea9914]

This volume is the next release of the Brazilian edition of Omnibus!!!

[@anthonythan2586]

Great overview. Would you by any chance know if Vol 1 is out of print or if it's still available down the road ? Seems like most sites list it it as unavailable.

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much and I believe as of now that it is out of print.

[@peterx1957]

Hey Omar. I just watched this video again These Conan Omnis are beautiful. I have a question about the usage of Red Sonja in Marvel reprints. If it's ok for Marvel to reprint the Conan issues where she guests, would it follow that a reprint of her appearance in Marvel Team-up would be allowed too? Just curious about this. Looking forward to your overview of the first Conan Marvel Years Epic. I will collect these Conan Epics because the omnis are out of my reach sadly. Cheers mate 😊 Cheers

[@NearMintCondition]

It's okay to reprint her as long as its in a Conan comic, not her own or any other Marvel comic. That's the way I understood it.

[@Abbottaker1]

one name: BELIT

[@NearMintCondition]

Reminds me of Berserk.

[@fogzax]

The new binding worries me a bit - does seem a tad tighter - will see if I notice when reading

[@NearMintCondition]

It laid over nicely as I read the entire book.

[@frasert8779]

Great review as always! Should I start getting Conan first or Savage Sword? I can’t decide... and so you think the Vol 1’s will get reprinted at some point? Thanks!

[@NearMintCondition]

Volume 1 will come back sometime soon. I hope to find out exactly from Marvel.

[@lewishutchison9932]

Hey Omar..any knowledge available on if Marvel will eventually do King Conan in omnibus format?Or any format for that matter?Great video bro.

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you, brother and as soon as I hear I will let you know. Nothing yet.

[@christopheverre4848]

It looks just as good as the other two. By Crom, bring me a flagon of wine while I read this.

[@NearMintCondition]

This man gets It!

[@willyrr3240]

issue 52-83 , last issu 275 (1993) , thats 5-6 omnibus . wow long way togo ,

[@willyardiansyah7976]

yea man 3- 4 year the savage sword Conan 235 1996 5 omnibus

[@NearMintCondition]

Long way indeed. Considering we still have Savage Sword and King to do too. :)

[@michaelzoch2306]

I really dig these but have avoided them since #1 is a whale. Any chance the first volume gets a reprint or is this a one and done?

[@NearMintCondition]

It's coming back into print either next week or the following.

[@Chandasouk]

Omar, did you just say Omni-boo? lmao

[@NearMintCondition]

I sure as hell did. :)

[@LarrysLibrary]

Great overview Omar! Love it. I have mine preordered from Tales of Wonder. Big John;s last name is pronounced "BYOO-SIM-A". This according to Stan Lee. See here in the video version of "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way" (crank volume audio is poor): kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGTcZ56Vq9CSjMk Also Red Sonja is also a Robert E Howatd character. Roy adapted her into a Hyborian Age character to use her in Conan. The original REH character carried a sword, bow AND a pistol. For all practical purposes Roy Thomas created her as we know her in comics.

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you, so much for that, sir.

[@irishknight6893]

how do these stories hold up? reads fast or is it a slog? huge fan of darkhorse stuff and jason aaron conan.

[@NearMintCondition]

I have never read them and this is my first time reading them. I love them. They aren't a fast read like Buziek's run, but man it is solid and fun.

[@kytim89]

Will you ever do a review of the comic adaptation of the 1989 Batman hardcover that came out back in November?

[@NearMintCondition]

I never did pick it up. But I may look for it.

[@kytim89]

@@NearMintCondition It's cheap.

[@lionheart4012]

I bought the DM cover. I also bought the Peter David Incredible Hulk DM cover. I'm just waiting for them to come in. Great video. I watched it while I'm at work.

[@NearMintCondition]

My man!

[@tylerscott6640]

On page 150 at the bottom of the page Roy Thomas writes "Pronounced (by *us*, anyway) Bay-Leet"

[@NearMintCondition]

Too much Berserk for me :)

[@tylerscott6640]

@@NearMintCondition I don't get it. Never read Berserk.

[@NearMintCondition]

You’ll get it when you read Berserk.

[@tylerscott6640]

@@NearMintCondition Manga and anime have never appealed to me. Incidentally, not related but somewhat related, Tokyo Vice on hbo max is awesome. I kind of get the appeal of Japanese culture, just not their forms of entertainment. Except Akira Kurosawa movies. Love his stuff.

[@branpippens2368]

Any hope for a reprint of the first volume omnibus ?

[@NearMintCondition]

I think there is always hope.

[@debuthedude]

hope they reprint this again

[@WhiskeyFables2]

Man I wish I had the three Colossal omnis, but can only get on 3rd party sites. Bad thing is they're way overpriced, each being $1,000 minimum from what I've seen.

[@Couick27]

I was wondering if that was what the epic collections are reprinting?? Prolly shouldn’t sleep on those lol

[@WhiskeyFables2]

@@Couick27 Yeah been collecting the epics. Just wish I had gotten them when available, but that was before I got into collecting tpbs and omnis.

[@Couick27]

Justin Rehberg I feel that, couldn’t find the Thor Vol. 1 omnibus so I gave up looking and snagged all the epics...glad I did because now those are oop

[@Mydarkarts23]

Wow I want one.. Did you meet Stan Lee. I dent so sad. Great video.

[@NearMintCondition]

I met him twice. Such a wonderful guy. Of course the second time, he was so much older.

[@Mydarkarts23]

@@NearMintCondition Lucky you I hope you have a picture of him

[@gxvault4166]

I want this but its too many volumes.

[@jrox1904]

Does this include red sonja first appearance?

[@NearMintCondition]

That is in volume 1.

[@kytim89]

When is volume four coming out?

[@NearMintCondition]

August I believe.

[@kytim89]

@@NearMintCondition Thanks for the information.

[@drderrickchua]

Did i hear you correctly that you’ve never read Roy Thomas’ Conan before so you brought Omnibus 3 with you on your vacation to read? Or did you bring all three omniboo with you?!

[@NearMintCondition]

I've been reading them as they come out. I've never read this run. So I took volume 3 with us to the beach.

[@timshea2761]

Is it me or are marvel getting really good at reprinting older material? The quality and presentation of these books are really something. Incidentally is vol 1 out of print? it's getting harder to find...cgn has it for cover but nobody else seems to have it.

[@NearMintCondition]

I think that both covers are out of print.

[@cronicashiborianas]

Hi, i can use your image in my channel?

[@NearMintCondition]

Go for it. :)

[@cronicashiborianas]

@@NearMintCondition Thank you!

[@lewislambert8255]

These things are so expensive unfortunately. one of the reasons I'm going digital.

[@NearMintCondition]

They do get pricey. For sure.

[@razz5558]

The dark Horse stuff is so weak and gutless , weak tea for soda sucking, toy collecting, thirty year old fan boys. The 70s books from Marvel (1962-1986 R.I.P) were predominantly drawn by mighty John Buscema and the corral of brilliant inkers that made his Conan work shine, are books drawn by men when these books were produced for a hard drinking, hard working, womanizing, working class males. They were bawdy ballsy books.

[@NearMintCondition]

lol I prefer the original savage sword too. But Busiek’s run is really good. Berserk is awesome too!

[@razz5558]

@@NearMintCondition I was ten in 1975. Only our grim,working class,fathers and uncles and older siblings had access to the Savage Sword books. It was an epiphany to me after only having access to the Conan The Barbarian color book that there was this scarier,more violent, sex drenched, literary version; the art of which seemed to be delivered from a higher plain. I can't wait to get my hands on the first three editions of this gorgeous omnibus. Thanks for the peek.

[@NearMintCondition]

There are Epic editions coming.

[@themetalpig7613]

Any chance there's a Deadpool comprehensive reading order in the works?

[@NearMintCondition]

I was wondering if they would do more omnis first. That would be awesome, but I can try to make one soon.

[@themetalpig7613]

@@NearMintCondition sweet! I'm hoping for a Scottie Young ohc.