It would be good if Slaine met Conan.
You might wish they'd meet, but Slaine doesn't; Conan would smite Slaine and bed Niamh.
At the same time.
Quote from: locustsofdeath! on 01 October, 2010, 10:47:50 PM
You might wish they'd meet, but Slaine doesn't; Conan would smite Slaine and bed Niamh.
At the same time.
Don't make me summon the Mayor.
Summon him, for we need him as we have never needed him before!
But they are both Celtic there must be a story there and Thor would be good too!
Quote from: Wulf Thunder on 01 November, 2010, 12:33:22 PM
But they are both Celtic there must be a story there and Thor would be good too!
Conan and Thor met in Marvel's 'What If..,?' series. They fought to a draw. Then Thor died. Then Conan took Mjolner up the mountain to smite Crom and become a god.
If they met they would probably bed each other, all that muscle is a bit too homo erotic.
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No wonder I didn't find this thread earlier,
It's really hard to measure them up against one another, exactly.
Conan isn't warped, but does he really need to be.
Does this make him weaker or stronger in other respects.
In the past, it's been documented that
Slaine makes
Conan look like a boyscout.
Don't quote me on this comparison!
Quote from: Wulf Thunder on 01 November, 2010, 12:33:22 PM
But they are both Celtic there must be a story there and Thor would be good too!
Perhaps
Slaine would befriend
Conan and they would treat each other as brother coming from similer origins. I suspect that
Conan is more eastern than
SlaineAfraid I don't know enough about
Conan to tell for sure.
Sorry to double post, but it's been debated on other forums before....
Alot of the arguments make sence to me.
http://www.historum.com/showthread.php?t=15372 (http://www.historum.com/showthread.php?t=15372)
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=62908 (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=62908)
http://forum.rpg.net/archive/index.php/t-353781.html (http://forum.rpg.net/archive/index.php/t-353781.html)
I thought you might find them interesting.
In Robert E. Howard's "history" Conan's Cimmerian's were proto-Celts, so if Conan's world and Slaine's world are one and the same, Conan would be Slaine's direct ancestor, and they both would be descendants of Kull's Atlanteans.
But they're not. And they'll never meet up.
Thank goodness.
And btw, Conan doesn't need a warp spasm to bail himself out of danger. Slaine is a pretty boy pansy.
Quote from: Wulf Thunder on 01 November, 2010, 12:33:22 PM
But they are both Celtic there must be a story there and Thor would be good too!
Actualley, their difference in gods might be a problem.
Not even sure if
Conan's
Crom corresponds with the great Maggot god in
SlaineQuote from: locustsofdeath! on 02 November, 2010, 07:04:22 AM
In Robert E. Howard's "history" Conan's Cimmerian's were proto-Celts, so if Conan's world and Slaine's world are one and the same, Conan would be Slaine's direct ancestor, and they both would be descendants of Kull's Atlanteans.
But they're not. And they'll never meet up.
Unless,
Danu sends
Slaine back to
Conan's time. For what ever reason. Assuming they both occupy the same univerce.
This would be
Slaine's first fictious crossover.
Come on it's got to be Slaine vs groo
Thrud would 'av them all.
Quote from: zombemybabynow on 02 November, 2010, 12:35:08 PM
Come on it's got to be Slaine vs groo
There have been rumors of a Conan/Groo crossover since both characters ended up with Dark Horse. Sadly, it hasn't happened yet...
Critchlow's Thrud is pretty awesome too
I haven't read Thrud, but I can list off a slew of Conan comics rip-offs that are pretty fun reading. Two of which I can really recommend are Ernie Chan's 'Claw the Unconquered' and Roy Thomas; 'Arak, Son of Thunder' which is about an American Indian taken in by Vikings in an alternate past that's full of magic and such. Neither actually fought Conan however.
Knew a guy once who was well into his Conan and Slaine aswell as Celt myth and he seemed to think that they could be interpretations of the same warrior,a guy called Cuchulaine,warp spasm and all.If hes right i dunno but there are similarities
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%BA_Chulainn
Cohan would kick all their arses...
(http://wiki.lspace.org/uploads/thumb/e/e7/Cohen_The_Barbarian.jpg/200px-Cohen_The_Barbarian.jpg)
Quote from: locustsofdeath! on 04 November, 2010, 07:40:24 PM
I haven't read Thrud, but I can list off a slew of Conan comics rip-offs that are pretty fun reading. Two of which I can really recommend are Ernie Chan's 'Claw the Unconquered' and Roy Thomas; 'Arak, Son of Thunder' which is about an American Indian taken in by Vikings in an alternate past that's full of magic and such. Neither actually fought Conan however.
Wow I've actually got a load of those Arak comics somewhere. Forgotten all about them. They were of the late 70s early 80s 1st issue
COLLECTORS EDITION school of comics ..got them for 20p each in Jacobs Market. Very collectable :S OK read though
I googled Thrud and was wracking my brains as to where I had seen him before in my long ago youth...then I remembered he used to be in White Dwarf!
Quote from: DanboJohnJ on 05 November, 2010, 01:45:19 PM
Knew a guy once who was well into his Conan and Slaine aswell as Celt myth and he seemed to think that they could be interpretations of the same warrior,a guy called Cuchulaine,warp spasm and all.If hes right i dunno but there are similarities
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%BA_Chulainn
REH once said that Conan was a combination of local Texas folk - tough oil men, brawlers, laborers, and such (I'll have to dig up his exact quote from a letter, I believe, to H.P. Lovecraft) rather than any actual historical figure. You have to remember, REH grew up in bumpkin town in Depression Era Texas - he often lamented in letters that he had limited access to historical materials, and the texts that his library did carry were out of date. This especially bothered him when he began to seriously consider writing historical fiction. If he ran into anything about Cuchulaine, I doubt it was anything in-depth.
Conan and Slaine have very little in common in my eyes. Solomon Kane and Defoe are closer as far a character and atmosphere goes - interestingly enough I asked Pat Mills about the similarities between his characters and REH's and said, that while he enjoys REH's works, he doesn't feel they're similar at all.
Quote from: James Stacey on 05 November, 2010, 04:24:24 PM
Wow I've actually got a load of those Arak comics somewhere. Forgotten all about them. They were of the late 70s early 80s 1st issue COLLECTORS EDITION school of comics ..got them for 20p each in Jacobs Market. Very collectable :S OK read though
Yeah, Arak was fun through the first maybe 20 issues! Fell off though, surprised the comic made 50.
Fair enough :),i do know one thing and thats Conan doesn't have a Bon Jovi hair do like he has in the new film.
Dan, I didn't mean to come off overly serious - I mean, I guess who knows!
But that Bon Jovi hair makes Slaine look so cute!
Don't worry mate,i didn't take it the wrong way :D
You're right Slaine can carry off that rock chick look with aplomb lol,like Motley crew with an axe now