Conan Le Barbare

In the early 1990s, French publisher Semic S.A. brought Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age to continental readers with Conan Le Barbare, a 39-issue series that blended original translations of classic American Conan tales with new local material. Writers Roy Thomas and Michael Higgins, alongside artists like Barry Windsor-Smith and Ron Lim, anchored a run that occasionally crossed over into unexpected territory—including a guest appearance by Peter Parker. This series stands as a distinctive European window into the sword-and-sorcery tradition, preserving the epic scope of Howard's creation while adapting it for a Francophone audience.