Hexagon Comics: KABUR #6: THE FIRES OF FORALUME

 

 by Jean-Marc Lofficier; art by Luciano Bernasconi; Roberto Castro, José Luis Ruiz Pérez; cover by Roberto Castro.

7x10 squarebound comic, 

96 pages 

b&w
ISBN-13: 978-1-64932-256-2. 

US$14.95.   GBP 12.99

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ARIANROD: THE SCOURGE OF THE TSUNABI by Jean-Marc Lofficier; art by Roberto Castro

24. SHANGA KHOUR by Jean-Marc Lofficier (based on a plot by Claude J. Legrand) art by Luciano Bernasconi

25. THE FIRES OF FORALUME by Jean-Marc Lofficier; art by José Luis Ruiz Pérez

The SAGA OF KABUR continues!
 
After defeating the evil Ghool, Kabur and Arianrod suddenly find themselves pitted against the diabolical schemes of the witch SHANGA KHOUR and the mysterious TIME RIDER. To defeat them, Kabur will have to overcome the lethal traps of the ghostly town of N’THALEK...
 
KABUR and ARIANROD then reach the great harbor city of FORALUME, where Lagrid was once sold as a slave. Still on the trail of SELINOR PSAH, the powerful sultan-sorcerer who kidnapped LAGRID, they find themselves caught up in a deadly plot hatched by the SHAIKORTIN Reavers who seek to take over FORALUME…
 
In a third bonus story, the beautiful Fomore princess ARIANROD, after having left her home, unmasks a murderer and confronts the PLAGUE OF THE TSUNABI...

That cover is a poster or trading card in the making!  It's good to see Arianrod on the cover and in action since she has become as important a character in this book as Kabur.  The stories are pure sword and sandals barbarian goodness and some nice back history being established for the future., In this, as noted, Arianrod is the equal of Kabur rather as Red Sonja was to Conan. 

The lovely clean black and white artwork and whether in a city, dungeon or witches lair, spell-casting or sword play it all looks great and when you see the name of the artists involved it is bound to be. Lofficier keeps his steady hand on the stories as well as continuityu and what Roy Thomas was to Marvel Comics in its creative Bronze Age so Lofficier is to Hexagon in its age of power!

A must for barbarian comic fans or anyone liking a good set of action stories.