This week writer Brain Wood provided sort of a director's commentary for issue #1 over at CBR. Among other things, he talked about how the original story had very little dialogue, and so he used Howard's descriptions of places and events in the story to craft dialogue between the characters.
I love when creators delve into the process behind a work, and the whole artilce is a very itneresting read if you've read the first issue of the comic. You can read the full article here.
--Brian