Conan the Barbarian #191

Arriving in February 1987 as part of Marvel's 25th Anniversary lineup, Conan the Barbarian #191 brings "Deliverance" to readers with a cover that wastes no time setting the mood. Val Semeiks and Geof Isherwood depict an armored Conan at the center of a fierce melee, blades flying in every direction as a mass of green-scaled, sword-wielding warriors press in from all sides — one enemy already launched bodily into the air overhead. The bold magenta-and-black backdrop and the sheer density of combatants make this one of those covers that genuinely earns its dramatic premise.