In preparation for my reviews of Titan’s Conan the Barbarian series, it became apparent that this 2023 Free Comic Book Day title was an essential prelude to the ongoing saga.

This issue gives readers a great look at a young Conan making the decision to leave Cimmeria in order to seek his fortune.

With a big, violent action scene and a great splash page to introduce readers to the Hyborian Age’s realms, this is the perfect lead-in to Titan’s Conan the Barbarian #1.

Of course, with Marvel having been the most famous and longest running publisher of Conan comics, fans were understandably cautious about how Titan Comics would handle the infamous barbarian.

They needn’t have worried. As I’ve discovered in my reading of the bigger, black and white reboot of The Savage Sword of Conan, the character is in very good hands indeed.

There’s a lot of fan pleasing elements to the Titan Conan comics, and I’m looking forward to catching up with them over the coming months.

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