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After witnessing his wife burned at the stake, warlord Khalar Zym sets out on a quest to find the mythical Mask of Acheron, an ancient artifact that will bring his beloved back to life. In his search across the lands, Zym destroys a village in northern Cimmeria, where a boy born of battle survives and is cast out into the world, alone. Years later, Zym crosses paths again with the boy who survived--Conan. Zym must now contend with this barbarian nuisance who is now set on vengeance for the slaughter of his village. Zym and his seductive witch daughter, Marique, eventually clash with Conan in an epic final battle, the outcome of which will decide the fate of the world. Based on Conan the Barbarian, the new major motion picture from Millennium Films, Furla Productions and Conan Properties International.
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STUART MOORE is a writer, a book editor, and an award-winning comics editor. His recent writing includes the comics series BRONZE AGE BOOGIE and CAPTAIN GINGER for AHOY Comics, the Marvel/Titan novel X-MEN: THE DARK PHOENIX SAGA, and an adaptation of the novel BATMAN: NIGHTWALKER for DC Entertainment's new Ink imprint. Other recent comics writing includes DEADPOOL THE DUCK (Marvel) , BATMAN: NOIR ALLEY (DC/Turner Classic Movies) , and EGOs (Image) . Novels include THANOS: DEATH SENTENCE (Marvel) and three volumes of THE ZODIAC LEGACY, a Disney series created and cowritten by Stan Lee. Stuart's past comics work includes WOLVERINE NOIR and NAMOR: THE FIRST MUTANT (Marvel) ; FIRESTORM (DC Comics) ; assorted Star Trek and Transformers projects; and the original science-fiction graphic novels EARTHLIGHT, PARA, SHADRACH STONE, and MANDALA. He has also written JOHN CARTER: THE MOVIE NOVELIZATION and the novel version of Marvel's CIVIL WAR.Stuart consults for Stonesong and for AHOY Comics, where he holds the mysterious title of "Ops." In the past, he has been a book editor at St. Martin's Press and editor of the Virgin Comics / SciFi Channel and Marvel Knights comics imprints. At DC Comics, he was a founding editor of the acclaimed Vertigo imprint, where he won both the Will Eisner award for Best Editor and the Don Thompson Award for Favorite Editor. Stuart lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife, author Liz Sonneborn, and two of the most spoiled cats in the universe.
