What is best in life? A Saturday morning, full English breakfast and The Savage Sword of Conan with coffee, that’s what!

Issue 16 of The Savage Sword of Conan features three stories which tie into this year’s Conan comics crossover event, The Tides of the Tyrant King.

Though I’ve yet to read any of the main comic yet, this issue does a good job of setting it up. First we have a Conan-adjacent tale of madness and Doom (yes, with a capital D!), then a weird west story with gunslinger Steve Corcoran, and finally a time-twisting tale of warrior woman, Zuleika.

It’s up to the usual standards of the series; superb writing, a varied selection of stories and pin-up style pages, with absolutely gorgeous, black and white art throughout. It’s a great justification and showcase for the oversized format too.

Though most issues of The Savage Sword of Conan stand alone, so you can jump on whenever you want, this one does lead into The Tides of the Tyrant King with each story, but not in such a way that you don’t feel as if you’re only getting part of a story.

It’s a neat trick to pull off, and it just goes to show once more why The Savage Sword of Conan is one of the best value comics anthologies being published right now.

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