I Just started reading Conan a couple of years ago. I heard all the negative talk about the coloring in the Chronicles but figured it was that or nothing, so I took the plunge- and glad I did! I've now read Chronicles Vol 1 thru 18 and SSOC Vol 1-6 and they are very addicting. I did burn out a bit because I was plowing through volume after volume, but got right back into it when I resumed reading. I think the SSOC stories are better than the regular book, but they are all great. I think Conan the Barbarian loses a bit of steam after #100, but still worth reading

The coloring is kind of crappy in early volumes, but not enough to keep me from enjoying them. The coloring improves eventualy. My main grip is they didn't start including covers until around Vol 15 or 16. The also skip a few issues that feature Red Sonja, but I just picked up the issues on ebay. Annoying, but not much else you can do