Conan the Barbarian #214

Perched atop the rooftops of an ancient city bathed in a fiery red sky, Conan heaves a massive stone block overhead to meet the leaping charge of a fearsome insectoid creature — blue-green, horned, and unnervingly agile. The tension and raw physicality of that rooftop standoff leap off the cover, penciled by Val Semeiks and inked by Geof Isherwood with a gritty energy that suits the Hyborian world perfectly. "City of Light" promises a Conan story that's anything but tranquil, and this January 1989 Marvel issue delivers that promise right on its cover.