{"id":1148,"date":"2025-09-16T10:21:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T15:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/?p=1148"},"modified":"2025-09-16T10:21:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T15:21:57","slug":"swords-scrolls-025-the-battle-of-the-barbarians-round-1-conan-vs-kothar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/blog\/2025\/09\/16\/swords-scrolls-025-the-battle-of-the-barbarians-round-1-conan-vs-kothar\/","title":{"rendered":"Swords &amp; Scrolls 025 &#8211; The Battle of the Barbarians &#8211; Round 1: Conan vs. Kothar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/46Cover-684x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1149\" style=\"width:518px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/46Cover-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/46Cover-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/46Cover-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/46Cover-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/46Cover.jpg 1014w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two headed golem which is the Two-Headed Nerd returns to walk the Land of Scrolls! This time to discuss writer Gardner F. Fox and his contributions to comics and sword and sorcery pulp fiction. Here we discuss Garder&#8217;s character Kothar and the adaptation of the novel &#8220;Kothar and the Conjurer&#8217;s Curse.&#8221; Which begins in issue 46 of Marvel&#8217;s classic Conan the Barbarian. Thus begins the Battle of the Barbarians series of episodes!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Two-Headed Nerd Podcast<br><a href=\"https:\/\/twoheadednerd.com\/\">https:\/\/twoheadednerd.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Theme Music by GNOLL, courtesy Heimat der Katastrophe. All rights reserved. <a href=\"https:\/\/heimatderkatastrophe.bandcamp.com\/\">https:\/\/heimatderkatastrophe.bandcamp.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EMAIL ME BY GORM! swordsnscrollspod@gmail.com.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow on Intsagram<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/swordsandscrolls.podcast\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/swordsandscrolls.podcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two headed golem which is the Two-Headed Nerd returns to walk the Land of Scrolls! This time to discuss writer Gardner F. Fox and his contributions to comics and sword and sorcery pulp fiction. 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