Conan the Barbarian #110

Issue #110 brings one of the Hyborian Age's most visceral matchups, as a bare-chested Conan grapples hand-to-chain with a massive, snarling bear while a crowd of robed onlookers cheers from the arena stands above. A frightened blond woman in red looks on from the corner as the tagline demands: "Beware the Bear of Heaven!" John Buscema's pencils and Al Milgrom's inks make this 1980 Marvel cover crackle with raw physicality — Conan's muscled frame straining against the beast perfectly captures the dangerous, elemental world Roy Thomas built around the Cimmerian.