Conan the Barbarian #102

The cover by John Buscema and Al Milgrom throws you right into the chaos: a sword-wielding Conan charges forward through a doorway of light, surrounded on all sides by snarling, feral figures — the blood-drinking men of the story's title — who claw and press in from every direction. That sense of being completely outnumbered, yet utterly unbroken, is exactly what this September 1979 Marvel series does so well. With Roy Thomas scripting and John Buscema on interior art, issue #102 promises the kind of savage, atmospheric Hyborian adventure that kept readers coming back month after month.