Conan: The Book of Thoth #3

The third chapter of Dark Horse's ambitious Conan: Book of Thoth miniseries arrives with a cover by Kelley Jones that's genuinely hard to look away from — a gaunt, robed sorcerer looms against a full moon, his lower form dissolving into writhing, serpentine tendrils that curl across the ground in the darkness. The eerie green-and-orange moonlit palette perfectly captures the malevolent mysticism at the heart of this story, "The Serpent Rises." With 40 story pages and the creative team of Kurt Busiek, Len Wein, and Kelley Jones behind it, this 2006 issue delivers a generous and atmospheric dive into the dark origins of Thoth-Amon.