Conan #18

Bruce Timm, the innovator whose work has changed the face of American animation as well as American comics, and John Severin, the legendary artist of EC's _Two-Fisted Tales_, Image's _Desperadoes_, and Vertigo's _Caper_, team up to give fan-favorite Cary Nord a month off. Kurt Busiek and Timm join forces on a brief, sadistic little adventure involving a girl, a wizard, a monster, and Conan's very morbid sense of humor. Busiek teams with sometimes writing partner Fabian Nicieza (_Avengers/Thunderbolts_) and the great John Severin to pick up a loose end from _Conan_ #3, as Conan's destiny is misinterpreted by a series of luckless warriors and shameless opportunists, leading to nothing but misery.