A Cinematic History of Conanspoitation

Pulse brings you Barbarians: From Conan to He-Man. The eighties were the era of Heroic Fantasy. And after the box office success of John Milius' Conan, a horde of muscle-bound heroes stormed movie theaters and video store aisles. Their names were Ator, Yor, Gunan, Thor, Hundra, Dar... and these illegitimate children of the Cimmerian were to participate in the construction of a singular heroic figure, a brutal, unmodern and delightfully anachronistic character: the barbarian. After the birth of the barbarian international league and the colonization of children's imaginations with a line of toys called Masters of the Universe, people were introduced to the cinematic trend known as Conansploitation. From Conan to He-Man, Barbarians looks back at this curious phenomenon in 256 large and richly illustrated pages. Sharpen your axes and two-handed swords!

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