Ymir the Frost Giant is the ancient god of the icy realm of Vanaheim and one of the most powerful beings in Robert E. Howard’s Hyborian Age. In Marvel Comics’ Conan the Barbarian, Ymir embodies the primal fury of winter and the eternal cold that devours all life. His frozen domain is home to frost giants and creatures born of ice and shadow. Worshiped by northern tribes who fear his wrath, Ymir represents the unstoppable force of nature itself. His appearances in Conan the Barbarian and other Marvel adaptations capture the savage beauty and terror of the frozen north.
My Rating “The Frost Giant’s Daughter” Note: This is a remastered version of the story first published by Marvel Comics. The daughter of Ymir traipsed around the icy field as the Vanir gave battle to Conan and his Aesir allies. One by one, they all fell, each by the other’s hand. However, it would be […]
My Rating “The Nomad” A stranger has come to the gates of Tarantia seeking council with the King of Aquilonia. Yet, the Black Dragons – the ordained defenders of the city, bar his entrance as they would any common vagrant. There would be no audience with Conan or his royal vassals that day. So the
My Rating “His Master’s Voice – Part 18” Doomed! Red Sonja and Kulan Gath have become trapped in a reality that neither can break free from. This place is not the afterlife. Could it be hell? No, this realm is much older. This is the primordial chaos even the ancient gods cannot touch. So, how
My Rating “His Master’s Voice – Part 17” Trapped between the darkness-wraiths summoned by Kulan Gath, and Erlik’s Afterworld, Red Sonja must choose which evil to surrender too. With the aid of a local named Unnar and Ymir’s daughter, Atali, the Hyrkanian she-devil may have a third choice. But, Sonja will need to go through
My Rating “His Master’s Voice – Part 16” The prophesied goddess of the Trajan Clan has been freed to walk into the cursed wetlands with one of their warriors in tow. Will Unnar, son of Hida and Paal, be a true ally, or merely a hindrance to Red Sonja and her plan to rid herself
My Rating “His Master’s Voice – Part 15” Death comes for us all, with no exception. For some, it arrives in the form of a quick trust of a dagger. Others face the end after a long fulfilling life with no remorse. None, however, have the foresight of knowing just when or how they will
My Rating “His Master’s Voice – Part 13” As the forces of Ymir and Kulan Gath battle for supremacy at Emberfall, Red Sonja and her two souls flee to the northlands of Cimmeria. It is there that she works in the gladiatorial pit to pay for her travels. But she is not alone. A god’s
My Rating “His Master’s Voice – Part 12” The battle between gods and man has reached the walls of Emberfall. Now the necromancer who started the entire war is about to gain an unholy ally. Red Sonja has been tricked into bringing the very soul of Erlik, the death god, before Kulan Gath himself. But
My Rating “His Master’s Voice – Part 11” Red Sonja has tracked down the dark-eyed god who escaped from his otherworldly prison. Now the she-devil with a sword must convince the trickster to close the gates to his realm, and send back all the dead warriors used in Kulan Gath’s army. Time is running out
My Rating “His Master’s Voice – Part 10” Red Sonja has reached the inner sanctum of Kulan Gath, but now her convictions are in turmoil. She has come to avenge the murder of her sister, who was taken in battle between Kulan’s cultists and the army of Emberfall. The only thing staying Sonja’s hand from
