Conan the Barbarian #215

Issue #215 of Marvel's long-running sword-and-sorcery series finds Conan locked in a desperate, close-quarters struggle aboard what appears to be a ship's deck — water crashing all around as he grapples with a richly dressed opponent, both fighters clutching blades in a tangle of raw muscle and ornate fabric. The cover by penciler Val Semeiks and inker Geof Isherwood captures the sheer physicality of the fight with real kinetic energy, the two combatants practically tumbling off the page. With a story titled "Death Pit," this 1989 installment promises the kind of brutal, no-exit tension that has kept Conan fans coming back for over two decades.