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Published by: Dark Horse Comics
Released on: May 28, 2014
Writer: Fred Van Lente
Artist: Brian Ching
Cover artist: Killian Plunkett
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After waking up in a garbage pit with weird drawings all over him, Conan pursues the man who has the boots Belit, his beloved and dead pirate queen, gave to him. It is the only possession he cares about. Belit is haunting him and he sees her places he shouldn't and it's driving him nuts. But before he can get his boots back, he has to convince the witch hunter Agara that he himself is not a witch, and that discussion is of course done during combat. The real witch is watching and has let lose some zombies and the two battling men stop their fight to work together and hack up some walking corpses.
The two make their way to where the little turd of a fence who has Conan's boots is hiding out, and they ferret him out of the shadows. But lo-and-behold, the zombies didn't stop coming for them and followed them to their destination, continuing to wreak havoc on the diaper-wearing Conan and his dread-lock witch hunting acquaintance. The witch eludes them for now, but they forced his hand and now his plans need to speed up a bit. The invaluable help he gets from a young boy puts things into motion.
Van Lente's script continues chugging along its track, with smooth dialogue and some good pieces of humor. Brian Ching continues to draw some great monsters, and some really energetic panels. He conveys motion quite effectively. He also continues to draw Conan in a way that makes him look less like a barbarian and more like an underwear model. Even all suited up, he's too small. That's just his style of drawing the character, but it diminishes Conan's menace and imposing presence. Endlessly mentioning how he makes him look like a wimpier Conan will not sway Mr. Ching's style any, but one can still mention it, and will, every single time. The rest of Ching's work in the book is very satisfying and presents a nice visual style.
