# Conan (Titan Comics)

Comics featuring Conan the Barbarian and other characters by Robert E. Howard are currently published by Titan Comics, together with entertainment studio Heroic Signatures. Their collaboration to publish comics, graphic novels, and omnibus collections of older Conan comics started in 2023, after Marvel lost the license in 2022. The first ongoing series is Conan the Barbarian which started in August 2023. With crossover events and spin-off mini-series featuring other Robert E. Howard characters, such as Kull of Atlantis or Solomon Kane, they created a shared universe which is sometimes called the Howardverse.

## Publications
### Conan the Barbarian

The first ongoing series Conan the Barbarian was introduced during Free Comic Book Day 2023 with an in issue that served as a prologue, followed by an ongoing series that started in August 2023. The series is written by Jim Zub, with Rob De La Torre and Doug Braithwaite as artists alternating between story arcs. Danica Brine served as guest artist for two issues during the fifth story arc.

### The Savage Sword of Conan

The Savage Sword of Conan was announced in July 2023 as a limited series, to be published in black-and-white and magazine-sized format. The first issue was released in February 2024 with issues published every two months. Each issue features comics, prose stories, poems, and art pages, starring Conan as well as other characters by Robert E. Howard. Titan Comics initially committed to six issues, but announced at the 2024 San Diego Comic-Con that the series would be extended to a second year.

### Howardverse crossovers

Conan: Battle of the Black Stone was a crossover event with Conan and other Robert E. Howard characters, namely Solomon Kane, Dark Agnes, James Allison, El Borak and Conrad and Kirowan. It started with a Free Comic Book Day issue in May 2024, written by Jim Zub and art by Jonas Scharf. This was followed by a collection of short stories in The Savage Sword of Conan #4 and a mini-series titled Conan: Battle of the Black Stone published from September to December 2024.
A second crossover event titled Conan: Scourge of the Serpent has been announced for 2025. It is going to start with a Free Comic Book Day issue in May 2025.

### Solomon Kane

After positive responses to a serialized Solomon Kane back-up story by Patrick Zircher in the first three issues of The Savage Sword of Conan, Heroic Signatures greenlit a four-issue mini series titled Solomon Kane: The Serpent Ring, to be written and drawn by Zircher. Publication will start in March 2025

### Ongoing series

| Title | Issues | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Colourist(s) | Debut date | Conclusion date |
| Conan the Barbarian | 1– | Jim Zub | Rob De La Torre Doug Braithwaite Danica Brine | Dean White Diego Rodriguez José Villarrubia Jão Canola | August 2, 2023 | TBA |

### Limited series

| Title | Issues | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Colourist(s) | Debut date | Conclusion date |
| The Savage Sword of Conan | 1–12 | various (anthology format) | various | n/a (black and white) | February 28, 2024 | TBA |
| Conan: Battle of the Black Stone | 1–4 | Jim Zub | Jonas Scharf | Jão Canola | September 4, 2024 | December 4, 2024 |
| Solomon Kane: The Serpent Ring | 1–4 | Patrick Zircher | Patrick Zircher | Patrick Zircher | March 26, 2025 | TBA |

### One-shots

| Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Colourist(s) | Release date |
| Free Comic Book Day 2023: Conan the Barbarian | Jim Zub | Rob De La Torre | José Villarrubia | May 6, 2023 |
| Free Comic Book Day 2024: Conan: Battle of the Black Stone | Jim Zub | Jonas Scharf | Jão Canola | May 4, 2024 |
| Free Comic Book Day 2025: Conan: Scourge of the Serpent | Jim Zub | Ivan Gil | tba | May 3, 2025 |
| Conan the Barbarian: Eastern Horizons | Walt Simonson | Jerry Ma | tba | May 7, 2025 |

## Collected editions
### Trade paperbacks

| Volume | Title | Collects | Pages | Release Date | ISBN |
| Conan the Barbarian ||||||
| 1 | Conan the Barbarian, Volume 1: Bound in Black Stone | Free Comic Book Day 2023: Conan the Barbarian Conan the Barbarian #1–4 | 128 | February 13, 2024 | ISBN 978-1-78774-014-3 |
| 2 | Conan the Barbarian, Volume 2: Thrice Marked for Death | Conan the Barbarian #5–8 | 112 | July 16, 2024 | ISBN 978-1-78774-015-0 |
| 3 | Conan the Barbarian, Volume 3: The Age Unconquered | Conan the Barbarian #9–12 | 112 | November 19, 2024 | ISBN 978-1-78774-016-7 |
| 4 | Conan the Barbarian, Volume 4: Frozen Faith | Conan the Barbarian #13–16 | 112 | March 11, 2025 | ISBN 978-1-78774-325-0 |
| 5 | Conan the Barbarian, Volume 5: Twisting Loyalties | Conan the Barbarian #17–20 | 112 | August 12, 2025 | ISBN 978-1-78774-326-7 |
| 6 | Conan the Barbarian, Volume 6 | Conan the Barbarian #21–24 | 112 | October 21, 2025 | ISBN 978-1-78774-327-4 |
| The Savage Sword of Conan ||||||
| 1 | The Savage Sword of Conan, Volume 1 | The Savage Sword of Conan #1–3 | 208 | January 21, 2025 | ISBN 978-1-78774-431-8 |
| 2 | The Savage Sword of Conan, Volume 2 | The Savage Sword of Conan #4–6 | 208 | June 17, 2025 | ISBN 978-1-78774-433-2 |
| 3 | The Savage Sword of Conan, Volume 3 | The Savage Sword of Conan #7–9 | 208 | October 7, 2025 | ISBN 978-1-78774-493-6 |
| Howardverse crossovers ||||||
| – | Conan: Battle of the Black Stone | Free Comic Book Day 2024: Conan: Battle of the Black Stone Conan: Battle of the Black Stone #1–4 | 128 | April 1, 2025 | ISBN 978-1-78774-328-1 |
| Solomon Kane ||||||
| – | Solomon Kane: The Serpent Ring | Solomon Kane: The Serpent Ring #1–4 | 112 | October 14, 2025 | ISBN 978-1-78774-642-8 |

### Hardcover

| Volume | Title | Collects | Pages | Release Date | ISBN |
| 1 | Conan the Barbarian, Volume 1: Bound in Black Stone Deluxe Edition | Free Comic Book Day 2023: Conan the Barbarian Conan the Barbarian #1–4 | 144 | September 16, 2025 | ISBN 978-1-78774-837-8 |

## Reception
### Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Comic(s) | Result | Ref. |
| 2024 | Eisner Awards | Best Coloring | Dean White | Conan the Barbarian | Nominated | |
| 2024 | Eisner Awards | Best Lettering | Richard Starkings | Conan the Barbarian | Nominated | |