EPISODE · Jul 24, 2021 · 54 MIN

Robert E. Howard's Conan

from Xtinction Agenda · host Chris, James, and James

Chris, James, and James follow Robert E. Howard's Conan in short story form, reading The Tower of the Elephant (1933) and then in illustrated magazine form, reading Marvel's Savage Sword of Conan #2 (1974). "BUSCEMA: I remember the first time Alcala inked my Conan. I went up to Marvel and ran into one of the editors-Len Wein, or who's the other guy-Marv Wolfman-in the hallway, and he said, [excitedly] "Oh, you've got to see it, John. It's beautiful." Alcala was a good artist, but he destroyed my drawing. He would make these girls-now, I draw a pretty good-looking broad- ROY THOMAS: You certainly do. BUSCEMA: And he would put these eyelashes from 1930-"