So far the Chronicles of Conan Volume 20 from Dark Horse is the best collection in terms of the material reproduced and the technical quality of the reproduction. This may very be because DH is reproducing material from 1983-84. There is a crispiness to the colors and the general art work in this volume that is lacking in previous volumes of the series; especially starting with “The Man-Bats of Ur-anarrh”, being the second part of a two part story by Michael Fleisher. The improvement is hard to explain as the pencil must be due to the changes in the pencil and inking artist as the colors are done buy the same artist. Regardless, it seems that the colors stand out better and are softer than previous stories. There is also a delicacy in the inking which gives it a softer look to the overall art.
Kudos to Dark Horse for binging Conan to the masses again through new and old Conan comics.