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Conan
the Barbarian (also known as “Conan the Cimmerian,”
from the name of his
homeland, Cimmeria) is a fictional character often associated with the
fantasy
sword-and-sorcery subgenre (also known as “heroic
fantasy”). He has been credited
with being the most famous fictional barbarian, and is indeed one of
the
best-known and most universally recognizable figures in modern popular
culture.
Created by American writer Robert E. Howard in 1932 via a series of
fantasy
stories sold to Weird Tales magazine, the character
has since appeared
in licensed books, comics, films, television programs, and video
games…
contributing to his long-standing popularity. Conan the
Barbarian is
also the name of a Gnome Press collection of stories published in 1954,
a comic
published by Marvel Comics beginning in 1970, and a film and its
novelization
in 1982.
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