In 1980, fed up with Marvel, Gerber took his voice, his sense of humor and his artist (Gene Colon) over to Eclipse. He traded in his feathers for the fur of a rodent and reimagined Howard as Stewart The Rat.
The result was a brilliant graphic novel that holds up as well as any of the Howard material and in some ways better. This represented Gerber unrestrained by corporate censors and Stewart said everything that Howard never could.
From what I understand, a company called About Comics put this wonderful volume back into print last year, but I’ve yet to actually see a copy of the new edition.
