The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives

From 2010 onward, Dark Horse collected the foundational early work of artist Barry Smith (later Windsor-Smith) on Marvel’s Conan the Barbarian, pairing his lush, detailed fantasy art with writer Roy Thomas’s adaptations of Robert E. Howard’s original stories. This two-issue series republished the seminal first appearances of Conan in comics, showcasing the visual evolution that would define the character for a generation. It’s a compact but essential look at the creative partnership that launched a sword-and-sorcery comics landmark.