![]() ![]() From my understanding, Marvel can even continue to use Conan in the Savage Avengers if they wanted, they just cannot have the character on the cover or advertise his appearance in the comic if Marvel decided to go that route, which it looks like they are not. ![]() Which is incredibly dumb, as 99% of Howard's work will be public domain in about a decade, and comics are not exactly a field you make money in. Marvel (who had published Conan comics at various times throughout the decades) got the rights back a few years ago, and began making new stories (and re-printing the old stories Marvel and Dark Horse published), as well as folding Conan over into the "Savage Avengers." Recently, the rights holders passed on renewing their contract with Marvel, wanting to start their own publishing press or something to produce Conan comics. Dark Horse had publication rights for a long time, released several series of varying quality. ![]() This is only one example of Conan's wild journey through comics over the past several years. Because of this, Ablaze has to call their version "The Cimmerian," they cannot advertise it as Conan, even though they can name him Conan inside the actual comic. Howard estate that owns the rights to his work, Conan included. On the comic side, a company called Ablaze Media has been releasing NC-17-esque adaptations of Howard's Conan stories that are already open to the public, such as "The Frost Giant's Daughter." This gets interesting because there is still a Robert E. ![]() Many Conan stories are already in the public domain. Latest Discussions The Super Mario Bros Movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves John Wick: Chapter 4 Renfield Keanu Reeves Tobey Maguire
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