Conan: The Phoenix on the Sword Review & Retrospective

[@allanstpaul279]

I like in this story that Thoth-Amon has snake eyes.

[@n.b.2164]

I know this is a Conan channel, but it would be great if you branched off one day to cover Howard's other works. One of my favorite writers of all time.

[@the_louiesantos]

Its about time somebody did something with Robert E Howard's work on Conan! This is great. Thank you so much for this. I'm a fan of Robert E Howard and it's nice that you're doing this. I instantly subscribed. 👍

[@conanchronicles5268]

Aww thanks for the kind words man! I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I hope you enjoy the rest of the episodes too! More coming very soon 😀

[@havenofhorror1971]

your production value is top notch! This was a great video and really made me appreciate the history of conan. Excited for episode 2.

[@conanchronicles5268]

Thanks so much for checkin the episodes out man!! 😁

[@legendaryheroes1814]

I am glad to find this channel,really awesome,I myself born of middle east have connected with this character from early age, possibly the history like you said that is involved in the stories,any ways big fan of your channel 👍

[@beverleygray4219]

What I love the most of Robert E Howard's Conan stories is how his character grows throughout the stories like how he is in tower of the elephant and rogues in the house he's Savage n a theif but by beyond the black River and people of the black circle he's more smarter retrospective still cunning but when he steals too more complex n by the time he's king how he's grown love it Conan really grows through out Howard's Conan stories. I also love the atmosphere Robert E Howard brings to all his stories makes his worlds feel real and authentic.

[@kratoscraken5614]

"They were surprised CONAN was not fully sleep but awake and ready to meet them with fury" omg how hardcore is that! And that background music is so CONAN it fits the story. What is that warrior music 💪👍💪

[@MagusMarquillin]

That great music comes from the 1982 Conan movie and is written by Basil Poledouris.

[@kratoscraken5614]

@@MagusMarquillin thanks mate 👍

[@taotzu1339]

Lord Wind - The Atlantean Monument. Fav track is The Field of Broken Swords. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYfSqp15bdeNobM

[@DrBenjaminLinus]

Enjoyed your analysis of REH's first Conan of Cimmeria story.

[@conanchronicles5268]

Thank you so much for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it! I've got a review of the Scarlet Citadel up now as well. Tower of the Elephant and the Black Colossus videos are also in the pipeline, so stay tuned! :)

[@DrBenjaminLinus]

@@conanchronicles5268 Looking forward to those. Have you ever heard of "The Cromcast"? It's a podcast about R.E.H. works. Also I recommend you Ben Friberg videos, he records the panels at the convention Howard Days and post them in his channel.

[@conanchronicles5268]

@@DrBenjaminLinus I hadn't heard of either of those but I will definitely be checking them out! Thanks for the suggestions!! I've also got two more review & retrospectives up on the channel for your viewing pleasure 😁

[@pendantblade6361]

It's interesting how Conan has TWO instances of the gods (Mitra in both cases) being directed by Divine Intervention. Its also interesting to note how this is the closest Thoth-Amon and Conan met. This really could have been a prologue for a novel that could have set up Conan's rule as king. Shame ol Bobby Texas never got around to writing more.

[@pendantblade6361]

On another note, as much as I adore Dark Horse's take on Conan, I do wished Conan wore armor in the comic as he did in the original story. Armor protects you, by Crom!

[@MagusMarquillin]

I just read this as my first Conan story, been wanting to for a long time, so it's great your doing these great deep dives now and have a bunch of episodes in the bag! I really enjoyed the story, though I'd already read Kull's "By this Axe" so it had a weird deja vu to it, like all the conspirators reincarnated to make the same mistake! But Howard never thought that Kull would ever be published, and I think he rather improved on it, it's momentum, the little hints of world building, it's dark mysticism that ironically saves Conan, (I wonder how it read before those editorial revisions). I laughed at how Dion isn't listening to the "slave" and casually tells him he has his precious ring he'd been monologuing about.

[@crazyscotsman9327]

I kinda like the Kull one more. With Kull showing kindness, and care for his subjects. Him being bound in by these laws written in stone. And at the end him smashing it with the axe he defended himself with. And using it to remind everyone that he rules not traditions. Is definitely a great story. It really drew my attention and got me interested in listening to more of the Kull stories.

[@MagusMarquillin]

@@crazyscotsman9327 I think since it was the nearly the last Kull in the Del Ray collection, and the thing where Kull helping out the young lovers who can't be together was an odd repeating trope in his stories, and was slightly tired by that time. Then the resolution of "I am the Law" was a little iffy to me; sure it serves justice _this_ time, but it sets a bit of a bad precedent to future dictator kings - which may make a good story...maybe it's tied to the end of Valusia - but it felt more like this was Howard's idea of a good solution the way it was told. Since Conan didn't have that, I had some more hope for Aquilonia. All in all, I thought the writing was tighter in Phoenix on the Sword, and the supernatural twists livened up the story. Mostly though, Kull's stories are really good reads (my first of Robert Howard) and not so much in Conan's shadow as By this Axe.

[@thorodinson5520]

I love the Frost Giants Daughter

[@Deadpoolzilla]

can't wait to see what comes next!

[@conanchronicles5268]

Thanks buddy!! I really appreciate you checking out the new show! 😁

[@johnselden9257]

Love your videos man. You weave so much good stuff into them; excerpts, music, comics/images, letters from publishers, quotes, and your own very insightful notes. Oh…and your very fun readings haha, can’t forget that. Anyhow, I just read this story for the first time and some goober on Goodreads rated the story 3/5 and mediocre. To me, this story is exceptional and so much fun. The only problem I can find with the story is the one that the publisher noted which is that in the beginning, I felt lost and as if I was being pelted with too many names and other information that wasn’t easily digested.

[@blackcircle5436]

This is great! I have but one quibble. Actually the Conan stories are NOT in the public domain. Cabinet owned the rights and may have sold them on to Funcom, I'm not sure of the specifics of the deal. But the works are definitely NOT public domain.

[@painandsorrowcards]

Correct they wont be public domain for another 5 years.

[@lemonwinfrey3788]

I am thoroughly enjoying your videos. Can you tell me where you find your graphic novel illustrations? They are incredible and add so much to your videos.

[@jasonsantos3037]

Phoenix on the sword is one of the best restored from Conan but this is his 1st story so it was a rejected king kall story Interesting to hear about

[@onyourwing5696]

Another awesome episode buddy. Would suggest also putting links to the stories @ Project Guttenberg (US & AUS) in your description blurbs. Then anyone who desires can download the free (out-of-copyright) Conan ebooks. chuckles... or you could take them, create PDFs with the text all fancy in "Crom" font and artful page borders to offer as a bonus for your Patreon supporters? 🤔

[@conanchronicles5268]

Hey man! I'm really glad you enjoyed this one too! Thank you so much as always for watching! It really means a lot. I also like some of those ideas! I may implement some of them in the future, thank you! Right now, we're getting some episodes recorded for a patreon podcast which should be cool. The first episode is going to go up for free, so I hope you enjoy it when it comes out! 😁

[@TheVileOne]

This was awesome

[@WorldofElsuon]

I enjoy your reviews and excerpts. Has anyone ever told you sound like Razorfist?

[@NobodieZ26]

Excellent work on this. Quick question, will you ever talk about Age of Conan MMO?

[@conanchronicles5268]

Hey there man! I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you for watching! 😁. Yes I will be! I'm a big MMO fan (big WoW person) so I had planned on covering that. The Conan games I got on the list for the immediate future are Age of Conan, the 2007 Conan Game, Conan Exiles, and it's expansion the Isle of Siptah!

[@NobodieZ26]

@@conanchronicles5268 Awesome!

[@luismata11]

Please keep this up!! Can you do the marvel comics 2019 series??

[@aquarius5719]

Being a warrior and stateman ate different things. As a ruler he can kill his people with starvation.

[@scotttrammell3913]

Think about this, there is a school of thought that suggests that the Conan stories could be considered "historic fiction". I'd like to know what you think, agree or disagree?

[@MrGunwitch]

Disagree. Historic fiction has to accurately depict a specific time/location from history. The story is imagined but the setting is not. Howard’s Hyborian Age is a fictional setting that is inspired by, but distinct from, real world history.

[@MrGunwitch]

I’ve never had much time for comics but the artist’s depiction of Thoth Amon is a poor one. He’s meant to be dark skinned and a giant…a black, heavyset ‘eunuch’ type look would be more appropriate.