Conan the Barbarian #170

Conan charges headlong into danger on this May 1985 cover, sword clashing against an enormous fanged creature while a fierce blonde woman fights at his side — all amid a scatter of gold coins and treasure. The diagonal composition by cover artist Armando Gil crackles with kinetic energy, splitting the scene between the mortal struggle below and the snarling beast lunging from above. With a story titled "Dominion of the Dead!" and the full creative team of Michael Fleisher, John Buscema, and Bob Camp on interiors, this issue promises the kind of sword-and-sorcery mayhem that made Conan the Barbarian one of Marvel's most enduring series of the era.