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“Frozen Faith Part 04 – The Hidden World”
Faith is fleeting. As one travels through life and masters the battlefield, even the most devout followers of Crom may have their beliefs tested like the steel they wield in hand. For Conan, the stories and devotionals which flowed from his ancestors’ lips so freely, seemed more a kind of madness than anything else. His stubborn belief in nothingness would only be shaken when his own hands touched the ivory-skinned daughter of Ymir.
Spirits, sorcery, and the gods themselves had truly been real. Even the haggard old Aesir warrior had attested. He too, had seen Atali on a battlefield in his teens. Her beauty and youth had been unchanged over time, as the man had described her. What was Conan to think now? Her taste. Her smell. It was still fresh in his mind. Could Crom be as his father and tribesmen had spoken him to be? Were they all born from Crom’s stone soul?
“The Grim Grey Gods Of The Howardverse”
Did the gods of the Hyborian Age truly exist in the real world? From Crom, to Mitra, these names are foreign to modern day religions, but not all of them. Robert E. Howard embraced several well known mythological deities in his works. In part sixteen of Jeffrey Shanks expose, he breaks down the very use of the Norse gods in the Conan Universe.
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We’ve reached the end of the “Frozen Faith” story arc, which was based on Robert E. Howard’s “Frost-Giant’s Daughter” from 1953. I absolutely loved this interpretation of Howard’s work and I can’t wait to see what comes next. The production team at Titan Comics continues to show that independent publishers can outshine those who have been in the business for 85 years. I give Conan the Barbarian #16 four out of five stars.
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