There have been successful Conan films, video games, and board games.
He’s appeared in novels, comic books, and newspaper strips. Howard’s Conan, a character who has become the byword for barbarian hero throughout the English-speaking world.Ĭonan started as a character in pulp magazines, but he has become much more. These characters are so important than those who have never read or saw their adventurers feel familiar with them as a concept. There are a few characters that take such deep root in the public consciousness that they become part of the background fictional landscape.