Fantasy Friday: Elvis Presley's Fantasy Trio

With a little help from Meta AI, I found that Elvis Presley just doesn't work with all fantasy characters. He looks more like Hercules instead of Conan the Barbarian in the first picture below. As Elric of Melniboné, he looks a little bit better holding Stormbringer. He looks really uncomfortable as Lucius Malfoy even though his natural hair is blonde.

Elvis Presley as Conan the Barbarian Created with Meta AI

Elvis Presley as Elric of Melniboné Created with Meta AI

Elvis Presley as Lucius Malfoy Created with Meta AI

Fantasy Friday: The Cimmerian: Xuthal of the Dusk #1

Ablaze released The Cimmerian: Xuthal of the Dusk #1 this week. Here is the official summary:

"ABLAZE’s The Cimmerian returns! See Robert E. Howard’s classic pulp tales adapted to the comics medium with all bloody, guts, and glory intact! Conan, accompanied by Natala—a slave of wild beauty—advances through the seeming infinity of a sandy desert. With water and food supplies now exhausted, and with the two stranded in turn under a blazing sun and frigid nights, it is clear that the inevitability is death. Right as Natala’s final ounce of strength leaves her, Conan spots something in the distance. It’s a city that shines like glass. It’s Xuthal…"

Cover of The Cimmerian: Xuthal of the Dusk #1 from Ablaze

Elvira and Conan at Universal Studios

The picture below is from my Elvira scrapbook and I believe I clipped it out of a local Kansas newspaper in 1985. Elvira is shown in the arms of Conan (Richard Brose). The Adventures of Conan the Barbarian: A Sword and Sorcery Spectacular ran from 1983 to 1993 at Universal Studios. I did a Google Lens search but couldn't find an exact match. Check out the cool dragon.

Elvira and Conan at Universal Studios

Comic Books That Amazon Recommended This Christmas

I received an email from Amazon this morning with the following pictures that recommended a few of the Showcase Presents and Marvel Essentials collections:

For those that want to pick any of these comic books up (and help me out a little in the process), here are the links:
Showcase Presents: DC Comics Presents Superman Team-Ups Vol. 1
Showcase Presents: House of Secrets Vol. 2
The Savage Sword Of Conan Volume 6
Showcase Presents: Bat Lash
Showcase Presents: The Flash Vol. 3
Showcase Presents: Batman Vol. 4
Essential Sub-Mariner, Vol. 1 (Marvel Essentials) (v. 1)
Showcase Presents: Green Lantern, Vol. 4
I actually have several of the DC Comics Presents issues in my collection and I love the cover to the Showcase Presents edition.