Dan Yergs
@danyergs.bsky.social
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Teacher, punk music player, Conan chronologizer
https://conanchronology.com/
Before Marvel had Conan, they had... Starr the Slayer? New video out now!
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Marvel's "CONAN Warm-Up:" Starr the Slayer
YouTube video by The Conan Chronology
https://youtu.be/rchVmSazG58?si=LUuJKFLOTMZFEJcT
6 days ago
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In my quest to introduce a new Conan chronology, I've now completed all the stories from REH's lifetime and I'm into the posthumous stuff.
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Chronologically Speaking, Part Seventeen: The Nestor synopsis
Chronologically Speaking  is a series focused solely on placing the Conan of Cimmeria stories in timeline order. It's an analysis of only the text of Robert E. Howard's original Conan tales. I'm...
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/chronologically-speaking-part-seventeen-the-nestor-synopsis
6 days ago
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In its philosophy and character moments, CL Mooreâs Jirel of Joiry story âBlack Godâs Shadowâ is completely unique in the S&S canon.
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Jirel of Joiry: "Black God's Shadow"
I'm going to get sentimental today. So if that's not for you, I understand. I knew this guy in college named Matt Stevenson. My wife actually knew him a lot better than I did. Matt was Jewish and...
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/jirel-of-joiry-black-gods-shadow
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Due to its many, MANY chronological clues, "Red Nails" is one of the easiest Conan stories to fit into the timeline.
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Chronologically Speaking, Part Sixteen: "Red Nails"
Chronologically Speaking  is a series focused solely on placing the Conan of Cimmeria stories in timeline order. It's an analysis of only the text of Robert E. Howard's original Conan tales. I'm...
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/chronologically-speaking-part-sixteen-red-nails
14 days ago
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You know what's maddening? When you already pay as a member of a site and then the site tells you that you have to turn off your adblocker, which reads that it's blocked 403 ads on that site. Bro, I already pay you to access your content đ
20 days ago
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Pickups at Denverâs Vintage Voltage & Toy and Doll Supershow today at the National Western Complex
21 days ago
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âThe Hour of the Dragonâ is actually a weirdly hard story to place in the Conan timeline!
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Chronologically Speaking, Part Fifteen: "The Hour of the Dragon"
Chronologically Speaking  is a series focused solely on placing the Conan of Cimmeria stories in timeline order. It's an analysis of only the text of Robert E. Howard's original Conan tales. I'm...
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/chronologically-speaking-part-fifteen-the-hour-of-the-dragon
21 days ago
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âThe Frost-Giantâs Daughterâ has had a long 94 years of evolution and adaptation! New vid; I hope you enjoy.
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The First(?) CONAN Story: The Frost-Giant's Daughter
YouTube video by The Conan Chronology
https://youtu.be/TxXnAqDSinE?si=TbcZWigcjsitXhW_
23 days ago
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When I read aloud to my students, they've said I should do audiobooks. Due to the dearth of Jirel access on the net, I've decided to take them up on it.
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"The Black God's Kiss" by C.L. Moore (Audiobook)
YouTube video by Jirel of Joiry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG1epw20SDA
27 days ago
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In my natural habitat. @ Mile High Comics
29 days ago
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Jirel of Joiry is one of the coolest, most compelling sword & sorcery characters out there. With Molly Tanzer's new stuff coming out, I'm blogging my way through the Jirel stories.
www.conanchronology.com/home/jirel-o...
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Jirel of Joiry: "The Black God's Kiss"
Jirel of Joiry , one of the most stunningly original sword & sorcery characters I've ever read, seems to have come about by a series of accidents. Accident the first: author Catherine Lucille Moore,.....
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/jirel-of-joiry-the-black-gods-kiss
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KANE: âTwo Suns Settingâ features a member of a dying race coming into contact with a surging one. Theyâre both doomed in their own ways.
www.conanchronology.com/home/karl-ed...
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Karl Edward Wagner's KANE: "Two Suns Setting"
Kane has left the city of Carsultyal. Perhaps it's more appropriate to say that he's abandoned it. The vibrant growth and vigor that he saw in the city for about a century has seemingly died, and...
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/karl-edward-wagners-kane-two-suns-setting
2 months ago
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The Servants of Bit-Yakin may be a lesser Conan story, but it's still got a really good adventure at the heart of it... and LOTS of chronological markers!
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Chronologically Speaking, Part Twelve: "The Servants of Bit-Yakin"
Chronologically Speaking  is a series focused solely on placing the Conan of Cimmeria stories in timeline order. It's an analysis of only the text of Robert E. Howard's original Conan tales. I'm...
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/chronologically-speaking-part-twelve-the-servants-of-bit-yakin
2 months ago
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2 months ago
What's scary about this story is the surveillance it hints at. This trans woman had changed her name, legally, but chose not to change her gender marker. She was apparently flagged in the DMV system as trans and her license was invalidated under a law that supposedly only concerned gender markers.
add a skeleton here at some point
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New video! Two years into the new SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN, I spend some time recapping and ranking the issues. Liam Sharp and
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are gods
www.youtube.com/watch?v=41-G...
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Savage Sword of Conan Two Years In: Ranking and Recap
YouTube video by The Conan Chronology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41-GtGO8SsE
3 months ago
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Roy Thomas's "WAR OF THE TARIM" arc is his first real triumph on Conan the Barbarian!
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Roy Thomas's CONAN: A "War of the Tarim" Retrospective
YouTube video by The Conan Chronology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCxzCgHGAYc
3 months ago
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A Retrospective of Roy Thomas's CONAN THE BARBARIAN and his "Queen of the Black Coast" Saga
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Roy Thomas's CONAN THE BARBARIAN: A "QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST" Retrospective, Part One of Three
For how large BĂȘlit looms in the Conan canon, it's always been something of an oddity that she and Conan were together for such a short time. If you read Robert E. Howard's " Queen of the Black...
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/roy-thomass-conan-the-barbarian-a-queen-of-the-black-coast-retrospective-part-one-of-three
3 months ago
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The Bizarre Bazaar in Fort Collins, CO. Great shop.
3 months ago
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SSOC#69 was one of two issues plotted by the fantastic
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and it's a high point of one of Savage Sword's most interesting periods.
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The Unsung Sword of Conan - Savage Sword #69: "Eye of the Sorcerer"
With The Unsung Sword of Conan, I'm trying to highlight under-appreciated works in the Conan canon.
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/the-unsung-sword-of-conan-savage-sword-69-eye-of-the-sorcerer
3 months ago
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CONAN THE ROGUE is the John Buscema show. It's well worth your time
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CONAN THE ROGUE
Sometimes when I cover comics on here, I get a negative comment that I pretty much agree with. It's that I usually focus a little bit too much on authors: Roy Thomas, Michael Fleisher, Chuck Dixon,...
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/conan-the-rogue
4 months ago
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Ever heard of the Marvel Graphic Novel line of Conan books?
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Ranking All the CONAN Marvel Graphic Novels
YouTube video by The Conan Chronology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob6hVu144Y8
4 months ago
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Using Conan in the Classroom!
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Conan in the Classroom
I've been an English teacher for more than 12 years. Taught everything from sixth grade to seniors in high school. It's always a nice bonus when you get to teach something that you're personally...
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/conan-in-the-classroom
4 months ago
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The Fall & Rise (and Fall & Rise) of the Savage Sword of Conan
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The Fall and Rise (and Fall and Rise) of the Savage Sword of Conan
YouTube video by The Conan Chronology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5FXNmQrlMU
4 months ago
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Roy Thomas kind of adapted The Thing in the Crypt twice. The story behind both of them is great
youtu.be/7uQL28OVyj8?...
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The Unsung Sword of Conan - Conan the Barbarian #92
YouTube video by The Conan Chronology
https://youtu.be/7uQL28OVyj8?si=nGkatE0yCG2J-0Wx
5 months ago
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Take a tour through my sword & sorcery library with me!
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A Sword & Sorcery Library Tour
YouTube video by The Conan Chronology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2fmjvWMSjY
5 months ago
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The Unsung Sword of Conan #92: "The Thing in the Crypt!" Roy Thomas returns to the L. Sprague de Camp story for a second time... sort of.
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The Unsung Sword of Conan - Conan the Barbarian #92: "The Thing in the Crypt"
With The Unsung Sword of Conan, I'm trying to highlight under-appreciated works in the Conan canon.
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/the-unsung-sword-of-conan-conan-the-barbarian-92-the-thing-in-the-crypt
5 months ago
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PRIMAL is the TV show we need right now
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PRIMAL is the TV Show We Need Right Now
There's this remarkable cold open in episode three of animator Genndy Tartakovsky's adult animation show, Primal . A pack of wooly mammoths trudges through a blizzard in a storming tundra; behind...
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/primal-is-the-tv-show-we-need-right-now
5 months ago
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Savage Sword #74 deserves to be up there with the best-ever issues of SSOC!
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The Unsung Sword of Conan - Savage Sword #74: "Lady of the Silver Snows"
With The Unsung Sword of Conan, I'm trying to highlight under-appreciated works in the Conan canon.
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/the-unsung-sword-of-conan-savage-sword-74-lady-of-the-silver-snows
6 months ago
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My Rastan journey continues
6 months ago
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Any other Conan chronology nerds want to weigh in on a possible connection between "Xuthal of the Dusk" and "Iron Shadows in the Moon?" I'm not sure if I'm way off-base.
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Chronologically Speaking, Part Seven: "Iron Shadows in the Moon"
Chronologically Speaking  is a series focused solely on chronologizing the Conan of Cimmeria stories. It's an analysis of only the text of Robert E. Howard's original Conan tales. I'm examining the...
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/chronologically-speaking-part-seven-iron-shadows-in-the-moon
6 months ago
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Most of the Marvel Graphic Novel line is pretty insubstantial... but "Conan the Barbarian in The Skull of Set" is the best of the bunch and well worth your time.
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CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE SKULL OF SET
I kind of bristle at the use of the word "graphic novel" these days, through no fault of graphic novels themselves. I work in education, and there's a huge number of teachers who seem to use the term....
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/conan-the-barbarian-the-skull-of-set
6 months ago
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youtu.be/uha5fr-LoVM?...
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Let's Get Drunk and Play RASTAN SAGA
YouTube video by The Conan Chronology
https://youtu.be/uha5fr-LoVM?si=-LKuLZ4MpaPlAEcV
6 months ago
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Let's get drunk and play the Conan ripoff arcade game, RASTAN SAGA
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Let's get drunk and play RASTAN SAGA
I get to the local barcade, The 1-Up, about 6:15, a little early. There are a few of these around, but the ones in downtown Denver and Boulder are infested with hip college kids in jaunty hats so...
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/lets-get-drunk-and-play-rastan-saga
6 months ago
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These Titan Conan books sure do look good next to one another
6 months ago
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Conan: Spawn of the Serpent God is fun enough, but just kind of runs right through you.
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CONAN: SPAWN OF THE SERPENT GOD
Critic Chuck Klosterman has this great bit in an exhaustive piece about KISS where he reviews every single album they ever put out, in a paragraph or so each. When he gets to their solo albums after.....
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/conan-spawn-of-the-serpent-god
6 months ago
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The Unsung Sword of Conan - Savage Sword #68: âBlack Cloaks of Ophirâ
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The Unsung Sword of Conan - Savage Sword of Conan #68: "Black Cloaks of Ophir"
With The Unsung Sword of Conan, I'm trying to highlight under-appreciated works in the Conan canon.
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/the-unsung-sword-of-conan-savage-sword-of-conan-68-black-cloaks-of-ophir
6 months ago
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Conan has gotten a little better at thieving since The Tower of the Elephant!
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Chronologically Speaking, Part Six: "Rogues in the House"
Chronologically Speaking  is a series focused solely on chronologizing the Conan of Cimmeria stories. It's an analysis of only the text of Robert E. Howard's original Conan tales. I'm examining the...
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/chronologically-speaking-part-six-rogues-in-the-house
6 months ago
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Randomly popped into the local antique mall and walked out with the first 11 issues of DCâs Claw the Unconquered for $12 for the whole lot
7 months ago
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Siddhant Adlakha
7 months ago
Had a wonderful time chatting (remotely) with a 7th grade class in Colorado as they prepared to write their first ever film reviews (of Coppola's "The Outsiders," after reading Hinton's original novel). Lots of curiosity and eagerness about criticism, and a young Scream fan too.
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Today, film critic
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joined my 7th graders to talk about film and film reviews! Thanks for joining us from NY!
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I've got a new blog post up about Roy Thomas's first real Conan the Barbarian epic: "The War of the Tarim." This was really fun to put together and I think some of my better writing. Please let me know what you think!
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Roy Thomas's CONAN THE BARBARIAN: A "War of the Tarim" Retrospective
1970's Conan the Barbarian title starts out a little weird. As young Conan putzes around just outside of Cimmeria in the first three issues, it's near-universally considered to be a slow start to one....
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/roy-thomass-conan-the-barbarian-a-retrospective-of-the-war-of-the-tarim
7 months ago
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How Conan the Cimmerian and the team at Marvel Comics helped defeat the draconian Comics Code Authority
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How Conan Conquered the Comics Code
YouTube video by The Conan Chronology
https://youtu.be/rt52bfCxaPc?si=33xnfuT-aL9oLjIp
7 months ago
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@jimzub.bsky.social
and Alex Horley's CONAN #25 is EXCELLENT. A celebration of Conan and the immortality of stories themselves.
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CONAN THE BARBARIAN #25 is a must-read
I don't really do a lot of what I think of as "reviews" on this blog. I know a lot of times my writing about Conan stuff verges into review territory, but I usually think of them as essays. I try to.....
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/conan-the-barbarian-25-is-a-must-read
7 months ago
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Barbarian vampires... in space!
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Barbarian vampires... in space! EERIE's "TOMBSPAWN" series is an unfinished sword & sorcery masterpiece
There's a weird little pleasure that hits whenever someone mashes up sci-fi, horror, and fantasy elements. Vampires? Cool. But Planet of the Vampires ? Sign me up. I like both Red Sonja and...
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/barbarian-vampires-in-space-eeries-tombspawn-series-is-an-unfinished-sword-sorcery-masterpiece
7 months ago
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Conan: Cult of the Obsidian Moon dovetails REHâs âThe Garden of Fearâ with Conan well enough, but itâs much more of a straight fantasy than sword & sorcery
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CONAN: CULT OF THE OBSIDIAN MOON (and THE GARDEN OF FEAR)
I will stop short of saying that Robert E. Howard was obsessed with the idea of ancestral memory, but I will at least say that he was preoccupied by it. The concept of reincarnation, and the...
https://www.conanchronology.com/home/conan-cult-of-the-obsidian-moon-and-the-garden-of-fear
8 months ago
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Needed to update the pic for the blog
8 months ago
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After collecting for 24 years, I finally have all of
@straczynski.bsky.social
âs Amazing Spider-Man run. The thing that got me into comics at 10 years old!
8 months ago
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Ed Brubaker and
@seanphillips.bsky.social
never miss. âThe Knivesâ is a great addition to their body of work!
8 months ago
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Hey Dan, do you have a video that comes to mind as your best-executed video? Or any that you feel like didn't turn out how you wanted? When you put out Mantracks I got the sense that you felt that one had come together exactly as you wanted it to
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Despite a beautiful painted cover, "Conan the Barbarian: The Witch Queen of Acheron" is seriously hampered by miserable interior art.
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CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE WITCH QUEEN OF ACHERON
I don't think I'm super picky when it comes to comic book art. I know folks for whom small variations in art can completely make or break a book: they'll buy one just for the art or they'll drop it...
https://conanchronology.weebly.com/home/conan-the-barbarian-the-witch-queen-of-acheron
10 months ago
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