Daniel Shellenbarger’s Reviews > The Bloody Crown of Conan > Status Update

It seems to me that the real talent of being an epic hero is having enemies who choose to knock you out/imprison you rather than just kill you after you've remorselessly murdered half their friends and/or minions. Also, I think Conan works better in short form, in long form stories, things start to feel cyclical: Conan hunts/fight, Conan is betrayed, Conan is captured, Conan escapes, Conan hunts/fights, etc.