word of advice : Contains spoiler for Conan the Barbarian : Battle of the Black Stone # 4!Conan the Barbarianis already widely reckon as a classic Marvel Comics type , having been featured in his own solo Marvel book since the ‘ 70s , and even team up up with Marvel ’s other most hard-core heroes in Savage Avengers . However , Conan is really an original character created by legendary flesh writer Robert E. Howard , and was only leased by Marvel . That means Conan exist both within and outside of the Marvel Universe , but now , he wants back in - and this time , Conan has his sights coiffe on theMCU .

InTitan Comics / Heroic Signatures’Conan the Barbarian : struggle of the Black Stone#4 by Jim Zub and Jonas Scharf , Conan and his band of warrior from across time and space follow to the closing of their quest , unveil the secret of the sour phantasm loom over their entire world . Warriors from dissimilar stead in history have been draw to a peculiar point in sentence to press an immensely herculean being of cosmic horror before it down all life in the world .

Conan and the other warrior site the reservoir of this entity ’s clutch on their world , combat horde of fiendish creatures before the heroes unleash a combined fire against the creatures , end the breach through the Black Stone and saving all reality . Every warrior is then returned to their original time period , but that does n’t stand for the mankind is saved just yet . The soul of one of the warriors who was slain was allowed a glimpse at the beast that imperil his world , discover that the creature Conan and the others were press was none other than Shuma Gorath .

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Conan’s Recent Conflict with Shuma Gorath Teases His MCU Debut

It is of import to observe that Shuma Gorath , like Conan the Barbarian , is not an original Marvel Comics character , but another creation of Robert E. Howard that Marvel engage along with Conan back in the ‘ 70s . Therefore , Shuma Gorath ’s inclusion inBattle of the Black Stoneis not inherently a connexion to Marvel Comics . That being said , it ’s impossible to push aside thatShuma Gorath is a spectacular Marvel Comics villain , and even recently made a cameo in the MCU .

While renamed Gargantos , Shuma Gorath made a cameo inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessas an otherworldly creature control byScarlet Witch to kidnap America Chavez . Shuma Gorath ’s MCU appearance is pregnant reach its prospicient history with Doctor Strange in Marvel Comics , as the Great Old One stands as one of Strange ’s most terrific villains to date . And now , that same column of cosmic horror has become Conan the Barbarian ’s most recent villain , teasing their joining as well as Conan ’s meta desire to formally enter the MCU .

In fact , Conan may have just taken this meta connection to another tier . Perhaps the MCU ’s Gargantos was simply an filename extension of Shuma Gorath the same way the ‘ daimon ’ Conan was fight were inBattle of Black Stone , making Shuma Gorath a villain both Conan and MCU ’s Doctor Strange were agitate simultaneously -Battle of Black Stonedoes make it exonerated that Shuma Gorath operates beyond sentence and space . If that ’s the case , and Shuma Gorath is , indeed , still at large inConan the Barbarian , then it ’s potential that Conan ’s battle against the Old One could cross over into the MCU .

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Conan Already Has Another Connection to the MCU Beyond Shuma Gorath

Savage Avengers#28 by Gerry Duggan and Patch Zircher

Shuma Gorath is a being that survive as a single entity across the multiverse , which is why its presence in bothBattle of Black StoneandMultiverse of Madnessestablishes a connection ( even if just a meta one ) betweenConan and the MCU . While that ’s an interesting point that hopefully teases Conan ’s MCU launching - especially if Conan has to travel to the MCU to fight a branch of Shuma Gorath ’s cosmic iniquity - that is n’t Conan ’s only tie to the MCU .

InSavage Avengers#28 , it ’s revealed thatKang the Conqueror sees Conan the Barbarian as a honest competition , and even pursue in an epic battle with him at the last of the series . However , it ’s light that their conflict is ultimately one of reciprocal deference , mean Conan has a solid association to Marvel ’s timestream through Kang the Conqueror . So , since Conan and Kang are so close in the comedian , it ’s possible that their kinship is the same in the MCU , go out the door widely open for Kang to bring Conan to the present Clarence Shepard Day Jr. during some succeeding event ( perhapsDoomsday ? ) .

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bring Conan the Barbarian into the MCU could be done in a mirthful - accurate style by having Kang the Conqueror pluck him from the past and bring him to the present . While that would be a great in - world explanation for how Conan could make his MCU debut , Conan ’s up-to-the-minute ( non - Marvel ) funny series just propose another one , as the Shuma Gorath Easter Egg indicates thatConan the Barbarianwants in on the MCU - and theMCUshould hold .

Conan the Barbarian : fight of the Black Stone # 4by Titan Comics / Heroic Signatures is available now .

Conan the Barbarian is a multimedia franchise that start in 1931 . Conan first appeared in the 1931 light Story " citizenry of the Dark , " but the character produce in popularity in the ' fourscore when Arnold Schwarzenegger take up on the character for two alive - action films . Since then , multiple movies , TV display , video games , and comic books have been put out , centering on the titular fibre .

Conan the Barbarian with the entire MCU behind him.

MCU’s Doctor Strange with Conan the Barbarian behind him.

Conan the Barbarian is a multimedia franchise that began in 1931. Conan first appeared in the 1931 short Story “People of the Dark,” but the character grew in popularity in the ’80s when Arnold Schwarzenegger took on the character for two live-action films. Since then, multiple movies, TV shows, video games, and comic books have been released, centering on the titular character.

Conan the Barbarian standing with Kang the Conqueror in the snow.

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Conan the Barbarian is a multimedia franchise that began in 1931. Conan first appeared in the 1931 short Story “People of the Dark,” but the character grew in popularity in the ’80s when Arnold Schwarzenegger took on the character for two live-action films. Since then, multiple movies, TV shows, video games, and comic books have been released, centering on the titular character.

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