Conan: Volume 14, The Death by Brian Wood (author), Becky Cloonan (Illustrator), Vasilis Lolos (Illustrator), Declan Shalvey (Illustrator), Massimo Carnevale (Illustrator) tonight. This is Dark Horse Books’ second Conan graphic novel written by Brian Wood. It continues Conan’s plundering and romance with the Queen of the Black Coast. This story begins with Conan and Belit journeying to Conan’s cold northern homeland and then returning to their pirate lives on the Tigress in the Western Sea. There is plenty of barbarian behavior in both locations. Also, their relationship is tested in both environments. Conan’s age is still under 25 in this story and his illustrations portray a 20-something Conan. However his youthful face is still fierce in battle. To me, this story also seems to portray Conan as being more thoughtful and maybe slightly less barbaric than Robert E. Howard’s Conan. Nevertheless, this is a very interesting story with exceptional color illustrations. I liked it very much. ( )