Collection The Savage Sword of Conan #19

Conan rides hard across a sun-scorched desert landscape on this striking cover, sword raised high against a pursuing horseman as the tension of open-country pursuit crackles across every brushstroke. The Italian-market collection — subtitled "Il Tempio delle Tigri!" — brings together work by a talented creative ensemble including Michael Fleisher, Bruce Jones, John Buscema, Ernie Chan, Tom Palmer, and Bob McLeod. It's a handsome volume for fans of Conan's black-and-white magazine era, packaging those sweeping Hyborian adventures in a format that does full justice to the art.