Lovern Kindzierski

She's made a string of bad choices, and now a young woman has let herself become the pawn of mercenaries-and one of those mercenaries is Conan of Cimmeria. As the former dancing girl poses as the dead oracle of a primitive cult, Conan puts his military and thieving experience together in one of his last adventures before becoming King. P. Craig Russell, the award-winning artist who's made his reputation adapting literature to comics, takes the greatest hero to ever make the leap from books to comics in this dazzling adaptation. With stories like The Jewels of Gwahlur, Robert E. Howard invented the genre of sword and sorcery fiction, and no matter how many times the master has been imitated, stories like this one have not been surpassed.

For once, it's not Conan doing the beheading-and he doesn't like it. Conan manages to play everyone into the positions he needs them in order to steal the coveted jewels, but he's still victim to the mystical fortress in which they're contained, and the primitive thugs who worship the dead oracle watching over the Teeth of Gwahlur.

In a story written by Conan creator Robert E. Howard and set later in the character's life, the barbarian must unravel the treacheries of a false goddess and an imposter oracle in a haunted temple where for once it's not Conan doing the decapitations.

P. Craig Russell, the artist best known for adapting literary works to comics, applies his legendary talents to Conan in this adaptation of Robert E. Howard's "The Jewels of Gwahlur," one of Conan's last adventures before becoming king. A young woman, having made a string of bad choices, finds herself the pawn of mercenaries-one of which is Conan of Cimmeria. As the former dancing girl poses as the dead oracle of a primitive cult, Conan puts his experience as a thief and a soldier together in pursuit of some of the most prized jewels in the world-the Teeth of Gwahlur! Featuring a sixteen-page sketchbook and an interview with Russell covering his career and creative process on this book, this handsome hardcover not only highlights one of fantasy art's greatest living talents, it shows once again that Howard's original Conan tales remain unsurpassed.

On April 22, 1990, the world joined together in an effort to make the population of the Earth aware of the environmental dangers we face. As their contribution to the cause represented by Earth Day 1990, Paul Chadwick, and Dark Horse Comics have joined together to create a unique comic experience- Concrete Celebrates Earth Day. A 32 page full color comic, Concrete Celebrates Earth Day contains new stories featuring Chadwick's Harvey and Eisner award-winning character Concrete, plus stories by artists Moebius and Charles Vess, all designed to heighten our awareness of the environmental problems that threaten us all. It is a comics experience that is not to be missed.

There came a time when there was great movement upon the earth and above it, when the destiny of men and gods was hammered out upon the forge of fate, when monstrous wars were brewed and mighty deeds were designed. And there rose up in this time, which was called the age of the Young Kingdoms, heroes. Greatest of these heroes was a doom-driven adventurer who bore a crooning runeblade that he loathed. His name was Elric of Melniboné...king of ruins...lord of a scattered race that had once ruled the world.

Elric's soul-devouring runeblade, Stormbringer, was forged to destroy a group of powerful beings -- the gods of chaos. And the blade did its job well, scaring the deities into a self-banishment, a death-like exile. But now one of them has returned, and he seeks both this blade which could destroy him and the thin, white warrior that carries it.

The mournblade Stormbringer climbs from its scabbard and stands in Elric's hand, waiting in anticipation for the new souls it might drink. Forged by Chaos to vanquish Chaos, it prepares to fulfill its ultimate destiny, as Elric prepares to fulfill his: He must destroy the Dukes of Hell. And what a battle it shall be, for the Dukes of Hell must surely know their turncoat servant comes to fight them!

His final spell worked. Elric vanquished the Lords of Chaos. But now he is weak, and at the mercy of Jagreen Lern. Hoisted atop the villain's sailing vessel, Elric is being kept just this side of death. Why go to all the trouble? "Because I want you to witness for yourself the defeat of the South," Lern gloats. "I want you to know that what you sought to avert will come to pass." So continues P. Craig Russell's adaptation of Elric: Stormbringer, the grand story of the final battle between Law and Chaos. Co-published with Topps Comics.

Though he banished the Lords of Chaos, he did not defeat them. Now Elric must finish the job before the great, spiteful gods finish him, and before his runeblade Stormbringer drinks the souls of all his allies. Copublished with Topps.