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Rob Price
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2019 February 15 • Friday

For $1 you can get this reprint of What If #13, in which we find out What If Conan the Barbarian Walked the Earth Today?

You can see a Star Wars poster in the background. While this comic has a February 1979 cover date, the action takes place in July 1977. Not only has Star Wars been in theatre for a couple of months, Conan's sudden appearance in this different time and place ends up causing the New York City blackout of 1977.

Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson notice some of the fuss Conan's presence causes but they don't do anything about it, even though Peter is wearing his Spider-Man shirt.

The best part is that the big climactic fight takes place in the Guggenheim. "Conan vs. modern art" is the sequel to "Tarzan vs. IBM that" we'd all been waiting for.

This was surprisingly enjoyable and at only a dollar, the price was definitely right. I'd never read any Conan before, not that I remember. And now I guess I sort of have.