Conan the Barbarian #29

From 1973, this issue of Marvel's self-proclaimed "greatest sword-and-sorcery mag of them all" delivers a cover that earns that boast. Gil Kane and John Romita's pencils, inked by Ernie Chan and Romita, capture a fierce, muscular Conan mid-battle, sword blazing with flame as he squares off against a robed, hooded sorcerer channeling supernatural energy — while a red-haired woman recoils in alarm and a helmeted warrior lies fallen at the foreground. Titled "Two Against Turan!," this August issue promises the kind of high-stakes clash between brawn and dark magic that makes Conan's Hyborian world so irresistible.