Conan: The Hand of Nergal is volume 6 of Dark Horse Books’ Conan graphic novel series. This terrific story was written by Timothy Truman and the fantastic art was created by Tomas Giorello. Many Conan stories, including this one, are pastiches based on the unpublished and often unfinished work of Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan who died in 1936. I first read and enjoyed Howard’s Conan tales long ago as a teenager. I also enjoyed other pastiches of his work done by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter. The Conan graphic novels from Dark Horse Books are extremely well written and illustrated. The stories are enriched by brilliant art work to help the reader experience Conan’s ruthless behavior in a savage and mystical world. These graphic novels also accurately covey Robert E. Howard’s barbarian and the dangerous, but fascinating, world he inhabited. They are exciting, enchanting, mystical and just fun-to-read stories. In Conan: The Hand of Nergal, the barbarian/thief comes to the aid of a beautiful princess who is betrothed to a rich prince. The prince wants to live in his kingdom with his future bride forever. His servant has agreed to help the prince gain his eternal wish. However, the servant is also a servant of Nergal, the God of death and the damned, and he has his own plans for the virgin princess. To help the princess, Conan battles the children of Nergal, who are warriors refashioned from demon flesh. In addition, Conan battles Nestor, a previous rival thief and sometimes ally, who had been hanged in Conan: Rogues in the House, volume 6 in the Dark Horse Book series. This book is full of vicious supernatural creatures and much violence. It’s a Conan book! I liked it very much. ( )