Thursday, March 22, 2012

ROBERT E HOWARD IRONHAND OF ALMURIC #1 ROY THOMAS CONAN RARE SCIENCE FICTION OOP



ROBERT E HOWARD'S IRONHAND OF ALMURIC #1
Published by Dark Horse Comics in 1991. RARE FIRST ISSUE COLLECTORS ITEM.

FROM THE CREATOR OF CONAN THE BARBARIAN!

Esau Cairn flees after killing a corrupt political boss in the late 1930s; and by luck, fate or misfortune, he finds himself in a mad scientist’s lab. The scientist transports Cairn to a distant planet called Almuric, where Cairn frees the citizens from a despotic queen, becomes known as Ironhand, and forges an empire of his own. But Cairn, blinded by his sudden success, fails to see the mistreatment of the Almurians going on behind his back. And when his closest troops are decimated because of Ironhand’s arrogance, his empire quickly falls. Once again, he’s on his own, on the run, and reliant only on his own wits and power to solve an intriguing mystery.

This classic character from Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan and Red Sonja, is resurrected lovingly in this four-part Dark Horse series.

LONG OUT OF PRINT AND IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND.