Arak / Son of Thunder #2

Arak, Son of Thunder #2 brings Roy Thomas and Ernie Colón's barbarian saga roaring into its second issue with a cover — inked by Dick Giordano — that wastes no time setting a ferocious tone. A massive, fanged beast looms over the action as Arak struggles to protect a terrified young woman in green, while armored warriors clash in the fiery background beneath the ominous title "The Devil Takes a Bride!" It's a vivid, kinetic piece of 1981 sword-and-sorcery storytelling that makes this full-length DC adventure genuinely hard to put down unread.