Crom the Barbarian!

By Crom! It's Crom the Barbarian! With a name like that, how can he not be featured on CROM!

Only three stories featuring Crom were ever published, the first two in 1950, featuring the artwork of John Giunta, and the final episode in 1951, artwork, well, unknown. For a pretty comprehensive description/review of this comic, go read what Pat Calhoun has to say about it on Oh The Horror! Pat sums things up better than I ever could.

Crom the Barbarian is long before my time, and pretty tame compared to the barbarians I hang with, but cool nonetheless! I love the way he frequently speaks to his sword "Skull-Cracker", like it's his bestest bloodthirsty buddy...."Drink deep, Skull-Cracker! Drink Your Fill!"..."Ho! More blood to drink, Skull-Cracker!"

Excerpt from Out Of This World #1, July 1950

Excerpt from Strange Worlds #1, November 1950

Excerpt from Strange Worlds #2, April, 1951

Thanks to CROM! reader, and Conan mega-fan, Mike DeStasio, for the heads-up! Yup, he's got the ink to prove it!