Conan Saga #44

Part 3 of "Conan the Buccaneer" arrives in this November 1990 reprint digest from Marvel, and Ernie Chan's painted cover sets the mood perfectly — a sword-wielding Conan, adorned with a skull pendant and horned crown, stands triumphant against a roaring wall of flame, holding a severed head aloft while a frightened woman cowers at his feet and scattered weapons litter the ground below. It's a visceral, firelit tableau that captures everything readers love about Roy Thomas and John Buscema's Hyborian Age adventures. Inside, Tony DeZuniga's inks complement Buscema's storytelling in "The Devil-Tree of Gamburu," making this a satisfying chapter in one of Conan's sea-going sagas.