Conan in What If Mega Post Part 1: Conan Vs. New York!

[proteus_lives]

Greetings True Believers! As you may know, I love Conan of Cimmeria. And I love all the old Marvel comics he was in. Conan the Barbarian was in a number of wonderful stories in Marvel grand old What If series. So I selected my favorites and now I present them for your pleasure. By Crom, you shall enjoy it!




A wizard screws with Conan and sends him to 1978 New York. (Wizards are always screwing with Conan. He usually returns the favor by stabbing them to death.)

Conan arrives.









Conan and the elderly! Ha!

Cameo time!



Anyone remember the the Marvel Team-Up where MJ got possessed by the spirit of Red Sonja to defeat Kulan Gath? I do!

Forget Carol vs. Car. Now Car meets Conan!



She takes Conan home.



The magical lightning bolt that brought Conan to NY causes a blackout. Conan and Dan bone. But what's the New York tradition for a blackout? Riots! Outside Dan's crib people are looting. Conan goes to stop them and is about to start with the stabbing-time but Dan asks him not to kill anybody. Conan is like, "Huh? No killing?" So he does the next best thing.



While looking at the paper, Conan recognizes the Guggenheim museum as identical to the citadel of the Wizard who time-zapped him. They go there to see about sending Conan home. The innterupt a gang of thieves.



Conan finishes off the rest of the gang and shares a good-bye with Dan. She gives him her cap. He Quantam Leaps home.



Conan, of course, rolls with it. I love What If! Next up: Conan vs. Thor! This tale was 9 pages out of 34.

Comments

[tacobob]

What if Conan walked today? He'd be really really really old.

It would have be funny if the story ended with Conan pulling out his sword to a guy who had his gun out, "By Crom! I will have your head!", only to be shot dead. Cause you don't take a sword to a gun fight!

[twomasks]

I believe there was a "What If" to that effect posted on S_D 1.0

[iskander]

Why do I recall a different cover. Conan with a 45 magnum pointed out ?

Great post!

[redorion]

That was the sequel to this issue What If? #43 "What If Conan the Barbarian Were Stranded in the 20th Century?". He becomes a pimp, gets a pet leopard and fights Captain America.

[proteus_lives]

Pimp-Conan is on his way!

[iskander]

excellent.

[proteus_lives]

Posted!

[ashez2ashes]

Whoa, you gotta post that!

[proteus_lives]

Tis done, by Crom!

[proteus_lives]

That cover and story is coming up!

[lbd_nytetrayn]

Huh, I thought this went differently, with Conan becoming a gang-leader pimp or something?

--LBD "Nytetrayn"

[ice_cream_cool]

On page 17, where Peter and MJ are, the man and boy in front of them looks like they were drawn from an actual picture. Maybe a contest winner?

[cmdr_zoom]

The Arnold ref made me laugh, for obvious reasons, as did Frazetta - didn't he paint/draw some Conan pics?

But Peter, c'mon - I realize that the author probably didn't want to complicate things by bringing you in too, but don't you remember the last time you turned your back on trouble and said "not my problem"?

[geoffsebesta]

He sure flipped over that car.

[werehawk.livejournal.com]

Of course this was good. It was by Roy Thomas himself. I also loved the sequel. I dislike the Conan purists on the boards who think Conan must exist in a vacuum. Crossovers have such potential. When they are done right, they are excellent. It's just that they are often done poorly just for sales.

If I had time, I'd post his brief appearances in FF 405 and Excalibur 47.

[halloweenjack]

Dear Roy Thomas and John Buscema:

Punk rockers have never, ever looked anything like that.

Regards, H.J.

P.S. The idea of Conan wearing a snappy beret in the Hyborean Age sort of makes up for it, though.

[psychopathicus_rex]

That's not really much of a 'What if', is it? I mean, if this had happened in regular continuity, it wouldn't have made the slightest difference. It's not an alternate anything, it's just a story where Conan comes to '70's NYC.

[khaosworks]

I've always felt the really creepy part about the story is that Roy Thomas not only gives the redheaded cabbie the same name as his redheaded wife sleeps but also writes her sleeping with Conan.

Unless they were into that sort of thing. In which case, never mind.