Title: Conan: The Barbarian # 29
Publisher: Titan Comics
Writer: Jim Zub
Artist: Doug Braithwaite
Colorist: Diego Rodriguez
Letterer: Richard Starkings, Comicraft’s Tyler Smith
Cover: Roberto De La Torre
Variant Covers: Doug Braithwaite, Toby Wilsmer, Martin Simmonds, Jesus Merino
Price: $ 5.99 US
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Website: www.titan-comics.com
Comments: A sickly boy plagued by nightmares grows up an outcast among his people—feared, isolated, and even shunned by his own siblings. Weak in body but sharp in mind, he learns to kill. He learns to sharpen a blade. What begins as survival reveals something far darker: a sinister gift stirring within him. That gift ultimately leads to a brutal battle with his own father. In the end, the son prevails—having absorbed the power of his siblings and now his father’s as well. He becomes something unnatural, something vile. Thus is born the Son of the Tooth. Groomed by an ancient and malevolent force, the boy grows into a terrifying vision of death.
Now an assassin for the religious cult known as the Woeful Eye, the Son of the Tooth is methodically built up as a worthy adversary for his next target: Conan. The tension is handled well, positioning this cold and calculating killer as a genuine threat. Conan, however, has no idea what is coming.
The one element that falters is Conan’s absence from the issue. In a comic bearing his name, not seeing him creates a noticeable void.
The Son of the Tooth is portrayed as utterly emotionless. He kills without hesitation, without remorse, without even the flicker of doubt. Death is simply the purpose.
Next issue promises the inevitable clash between these two barbarians—a savage confrontation that feels destined to end in blood and certain death.
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