Conan #8

This Dark Horse trade paperback collects the "Black Colossus" arc with the creative team of Timothy Truman, Tomás Giorello, and José Villarrubia, and Giorello's painted cover sets the tone beautifully — a powerfully built Conan surging through a melee, his long dark hair whipping behind him as he drives through two opponents beneath a hazy, moon-lit sky where a solitary bird of prey circles overhead. The warm golden palette and raw, kinetic energy of the cover art make this 2010 volume feel every bit as fierce as Robert E. Howard's Hyborian world deserves.