All-New, All-Different...

[H-E-D]

Good. It was really stupid of them to put a licensed character in 616 continuity AGAIN!

You’d think they would have learned after ROM and Micronauts.

Conan was already in 616, from around the same time. The whole reason CB Cebulski got Marvel the license again was out of nostalgia for that time.

[Digifiend]

Does that mean the book is ending though? I’d pick it up once Conan is gone.

Almost certainly, as the plot involves the team ending up in Conan's home time. It's effectively DOA.

[skyvolt2000]

Isn't Conan going to become public domain in a decade or so?

In Europe he is public.

That is how Ablaze Comics is doing a Conan book but NOT calling it Conan.

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/cona...marvel-comics/

Now, Conan The Barbarian is in the public domain in much of Europe, as Robert E Howard died in 1936,

Conan comics are created and published in Europe without license under public domain rules, and Ablaze has republished them in the US, back into English, but only under the name The Cimmerian, not infringing trademark use. The trademark for the name Conan and the names of Robert E. Howard's other principal characters, is maintained by Conan Properties International and licensed to Cabinet Entertainment.

Bleeding Cool understands that this company, or new owners, now wish to publish Conan comic books themselves.

[Ultimate Captain America]

What if they keep Conan around, and simply don't call him "Conan"? If it works for "the cimmerian" it should work for Conan, too.

[Anthony W]

Conan and The New Defenders would be a better title for this crap.

as for Weapon H.... YAWN... as if the 90s weren't sad enough the first time around

Hey, the 90s were better than the 2010s aka the worst period in Marvel Comics history

[Agent Z]

Hey, the 90s were better than the 2010s aka the worst period in Marvel Comics history

I'd say the period Marvel was bankrupt was the worst period.

[Frontier]

Does that mean the book is ending though? I’d pick it up once Conan is gone.

They could probably spin it without Conan and the setting.

[Chris0013]

Conan and The New Defenders would be a better title for this crap.

as for Weapon H.... YAWN... as if the 90s weren't sad enough the first time around

Hulkverine is stupid and symbiotes have just been so overdone (and Flash should have been brought back differently)...other than that I liked they line up of this book.

[Anthony W]

I'd say the period Marvel was bankrupt was the worst period.

Bankrupt financially which had nothing to do with what was going on creatively, as opposed to the 2010s which was creatively bankrupt. The 2010s worked hard to wrestle the title away from the 90s. Let the 2010s soak up the achievement LOL.

[shooshoomanjoe]

In Europe he is public.

That is how Ablaze Comics is doing a Conan book but NOT calling it Conan.

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/cona...marvel-comics/

I've seen this series but thought I didn't know it was about Conan. I thought it was just set in the REH universe. They're also publishing a series called Belit and Valeria so I guess Marvel didn't have the rights to all characters.

[skyvolt2000]

I've seen this series but thought I didn't know it was about Conan. I thought it was just set in the REH universe. They're also publishing a series called Belit and Valeria so I guess Marvel didn't have the rights to all characters.

It's about him but they can't use Conan as the title.

https://www.ablaze.net/cimmerian_category.html

The tag line is Robert Howard's Savage Hero uncensored. Yet inside the book they do say Conan.