John looks at books and sees a lot of Tolkien, including almost all of the History of Middle Earth series.

A look at the new trailer, the Tom Bombadil announcement and why this wasn't the best way to handle all this.

Going over what Peter, Fran, Phillipa and Andy could do for the recently announced film, what the story could be and which actors could be involved.

Going over the rumors for what may appear in Season 2 and where the heck is it, anyway?

We go over Conan's time at Dark Horse Comics and the second run at Marvel and see why they both ended on a bad note.

We look at Conan the Barbarian's history in the comics in the second half of the 20th century, both at Marvel and a very surprising first outlet.

We go over the first arc of the new Conan comic series and how it follows in the footsteps of the better runs the barbarian has had in the medium.

A look ahead at what we'll be covering in the new year

We discussed the other series from the pen of Tarzan's creator, as well as the films from these books that reached the big screen.

Video component to this year's special showing off the DVDs (and Blu ray set) used for the reviews