Conan the Barbarian #37

Neal Adams delivers a gripping cover for this April 1974 issue, showing a muscular Conan locked in fierce combat with a cloaked, golden-skulled supernatural figure whose green serpentine tendrils coil around the barbarian — dagger in one hand, a spiked mace in the other. A blonde woman in pink scrambles for safety in the background as a smaller inset image of Conan looms in the upper left, setting a suitably ominous tone for "The Curse of the Golden Skull!" Inside, Roy Thomas scripts the adventure with inks from Neal Adams, Tom Palmer, and Joe Rubinstein, with colors by Glynis Wein — a solid creative lineup for one of Marvel's most enduring sword-and-sorcery series.