October is overflowing with horrors. Draw your steel.

Thulsa Doom is calling the dead to war. Far out on the Western Sea, Conan and Valeria are stranded on cursed shores, hunted by something that knows the Cimmerian’s past. In India, Solomon Kane walks into a battle where even the gods have taken the field.

Titan Comics and Heroic Signatures have ten releases coming this month, with “Cursed Shores Beyond” and The Lion Errant heading into their final battles. Bêlit sets her sights on the throne that is hers by right, and collectors can claim a deluxe edition of Alex Horley’s oil-painted Conan adventure.

Here’s where the fighting starts this October.

Conan: Nomad Special Edition Releases on October 6

A stranger enters the court of King Conan with the power to shake a man who has fought his way to a throne. The encounter forces the ruler of Aquilonia to reckon with a lifetime of loss and the legend he will leave behind.

Jim Zub and Alex Horley’s tale from Conan the Barbarian #25 returns in an extended, 64-page deluxe hardcover. Horley painted every page of the story in oils on canvas; this edition gives readers more of his work to pore over.

Get a closer look at that work through previously unseen preliminary art, behind-the-scenes material, and creator interviews.

A fitting addition to the royal archives of any Conan collector.

The Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Comics Omnibus Vol. 12 Beckons You on October 6

More than 840 pages of Savage Sword await. This hardcover gathers issues #159-171 of the original black-and-white magazine alongside Conan the Barbarian: The Horn of Azoth.

Chuck Dixon and Gerry Conway are among the writers sending Conan into the fray, with Gary Kwapisz, Ernie Chan, Mike Docherty, and Andy Kubert on art. Jorge Zaffino brings his own savage hand to “The Horned God.”

For readers hunting down The Horn of Azoth or Zaffino’s Conan work, there’s good reason to make room for this hefty volume

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Conan the Barbarian & Dragonero #6 Crashes onto the Scene on October 7

The dragon is dead, but the danger has followed Conan and Ian Aranill into the Hyborian Age. Stolen jewels lead the warriors into Kuthchemes, where a cult is using their power to awaken ancient sorcery beneath the ivory dome of Thugra Khotan.

Luca Enoch and Stefano Vietti reach the penultimate chapter of their seven-part crossover. With deadly traps ahead and two worlds at stake, Conan and Dragonero will have to stand together against whatever rises from the ruins.

Lorenzo Nuti paints their peril in watercolor, with Mirko Colak providing the cover.

Conan: Songs of the Slain Paperback Sings Like a Siren on October 13

In the salt mines, a mouthful of water could mean another day alive. Baht Tann shared his with a young Conan, and the Cimmerian swore he would repay him.

Now Tann stands before the King of Aquilonia. His wife has been murdered. His children have been taken. Conan leaves his throne to honor the promise, but a bounty on his head draws warriors eager to be the one who finally brings the barbarian down.

Tim Lebbon’s novel arrives in paperback this month. Follow an aging King Conan into hostile country, where every challenger is about to find out how much fight remains in those old bones.

The Savage Sword of Conan: Reforged #7 Arrives on October 14

Half-dead from thirst, Conan and Natala reach the shining city of Xuthal. Inside, its people lie lost in drugged dreams while Thog prowls the halls. The desert may have been the kinder fate.

The nightmare returns in color as Reforged takes on Robert E. Howard’s “Xuthal of the Dusk,” also known as “The Slithering Shadow.”

Roy Thomas adapts the tale, with John Buscema and Alfredo Alcala giving form to the horror. Choose a cover by Bart Sears or Earl Norem, and venture into Xuthal.

Conan the Barbarian: Tides of the Tyrant-King #2 Rises on October 21

Thulsa Doom has returned. 

The Atlantean necromancer sends a tide of corpses against the Hyborian kingdoms in the second issue of Jim Zub and Jesus Merino’s event miniseries. Conan and his allies stand in its path, with the living world behind them and the dead bearing down.

The danger that followed Battle of the Black Stone is now at the kingdoms’ doors. Choose from covers by Merino, Phroilan Gardner, Sean Izaakse, and Micah Ulrich.

The Savage Sword 1-3 Slipcase Set Can Be Yours on October 27

Bring home 608 pages of the revived Savage Sword of Conan, with the first three collected volumes gathered in one slipcase. There are long nights of swordplay ahead.

Roy Thomas, John Arcudi, Jim Zub, and Frank Tieri are among the storytellers at work here, with art from Cary Nord, Richard Pace, Liam Sharp, and Max Von Fafner. Settle in for the magazine’s black-and-white tales of sword-and-sorcery.

You’ll also find Patch Zircher’s serialized Solomon Kane adventures inside. Follow the Puritan’s earlier battles before joining him for this month’s Lion Errant finale.

Conan the Barbarian #36 Arrives on October 28

Shipwreck has delivered Conan and Valeria into a nightmare. Now Jim Zub and Fernando Dagnino bring “Cursed Shores Beyond” to its final reckoning, with both pirates fighting for a way off the island.

The forces stalking them have ties to Conan’s bloody past. They mean to tear him apart, body and soul, before he can leave. Stand with the Cimmerian and Valeria as they turn to face the horrors that have hunted their crew.

Choose your cover from Mark Bagley, Doug Braithwaite, and Sedat Oezgen for the arc’s last battle.

Solomon Kane: The Lion Errant #4 Concludes the Miniseries on October 28

The war at Chauragarh has drawn more than mortal armies. As Rani Durgavati faces the Mughal Empire, gods and demons walk among the living, and Solomon Kane must confront the evil loose on the battlefield.

With the black-maned lion beside him, Kane carries an Atlantean staff that may hold the means to stop it. Follow the grim wanderer into the final clash of The Lion Errant, written, drawn, and colored by Patch Zircher. Micah Ulrich, Zircher, and Rebeca Puebla provide the covers.

Get your orders in with your local comic shop or bookseller, and choose your company for the long October nights. With Conan, Kane, and Bêlit at your side, you’ll be well armed for whatever comes knocking.