{"id":1152,"date":"2025-09-30T22:07:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T03:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2025-09-30T22:07:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T03:07:40","slug":"swords-scrolls-026-the-battle-of-the-barbarians-round-2-conan-vs-kothar-vs-wulf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/blog\/2025\/09\/30\/swords-scrolls-026-the-battle-of-the-barbarians-round-2-conan-vs-kothar-vs-wulf\/","title":{"rendered":"Swords &amp; Scrolls 026 &#8211; The Battle of the Barbarians &#8211; Round 2: Conan vs. Kothar vs. Wulf"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ConanWulf-1024x730.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ConanWulf-1024x730.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ConanWulf-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ConanWulf-768x548.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ConanWulf-1536x1095.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ConanWulf-150x107.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ConanWulf.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Matt Howell from the Bronze Age Monsters podcast, returns to the Land of Scrolls! We discuss two issues (and so much more) of Conan the Barbarian which are part of an adaption of the novel, &#8220;Kothar and the Conjurer&#8217;s Curse&#8221; by Gardner F. Fox. We also welcome Wulf the Barbarian from Atlas Comics to the battle. Thus continues the Battle of the Barbarians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the Wulf discussion on the Bronze Age Monsters YouTube page<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/30JuVrTD7f0?si=eLHS6QABa8CRg67w\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/30JuVrTD7f0?si=eLHS6QABa8CRg67w<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the Bronze Age Monsters- <a href=\"https:\/\/werewolfbynight.libsyn.com\">https:\/\/werewolfbynight.libsyn.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Theme Music by GNOLL, courtesy Heimat der Katastrophe. 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