Conan the Adventurer #10

The cover of this March 1995 Marvel issue tells you everything you need to know: Conan plummets through a storm of splintering wood and ship wreckage, arms bound, dark hair wild against the chaos — all under the ominous tagline "What Goes Up... Must Come Down!" and the story title "Free Fall." Rafael Kayanan's cover art crackles with kinetic energy, capturing the Cimmerian in a moment of savage freefall amid what appears to be the spectacular destruction of a sailing vessel. With Roy Thomas scripting and Kayanan handling both pencils and inks inside, Conan the Adventurer #10 promises the kind of sword-and-sorcery spectacle that made this mid-'90s series a worthy home for Robert E. Howard's greatest barbarian.