Conan

Marvel's 1995–1996 Conan series, running eleven issues, brought the Cimmerian back to the House of Ideas with a gritty, sword-and-sorcery edge. Writers Larry Hama and Dan Abnett, alongside artists Barry Crain, Enrique Alcatena, and Joe Bennett, crafted a darkly atmospheric run that leaned into the savage, melancholic tone of Robert E. Howard's original stories. Though brief, this series stands as a transitional chapter for the character, bridging his earlier Marvel adventures with a more mature, visceral sensibility that would influence later takes on the Hyborian Age.