...to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet - A look at Dark Horse's Conan

My history with Conan the Barbarian is a bit of a personal one.  In addition to instilling morals, saying, "Please," and "Thank you," and all the other values a parent tries to teach their children, another important lesson that my father taught me was what is and isn't the way Conan the Barbarian should be.  Back when I was a youngin', there was a cartoon on called "Conan the Adventurer", not to be confused with the live-action show of the same name.  One Sunday morning while my father was flipping through channels, we came upon the opening titles of the cartoon.

"This is isn't Conan," my father stated.