Visualizing Robert E. Howard's "The Tower of the Elephant" in Conan the Barbarian #4/In the Hands of an Indifferent God: Robert E. Howard, Conan the Barbarian, and the Angry, Aloof Crom

01/02/2025 27 min

Listen "Visualizing Robert E. Howard's "The Tower of the Elephant" in Conan the Barbarian #4/In the Hands of an Indifferent God: Robert E. Howard, Conan the Barbarian, and the Angry, Aloof Crom"

Episode Synopsis

Revisit Marvel Comics' brilliant adaptation Robert E. Howard's classic tale and the award-winning storytelling that visualized Conan's search for a sought-after treasure that led to discovering a strange, otherworldly being's torment. BONUS - Why was Conan's mysterious God, Crom, so distant and disinterested in his warrior's dangerous plights?

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