Conan the King #33

Conan the King #33 brings a striking image from March 1986: a battle-scarred Conan stands atop a heap of fallen enemies, sword leveled outward beneath a dramatic orange-clouded sky, a fierce young woman close at his side as skull-adorned banners and weapons jut from the carnage below. The raw tension of the cover by Armando Gil captures a king who has clearly paid a steep price for whatever ground he now holds. With Don Kraar scripting "Day of Wrath," this issue promises the kind of hard-edged Hyborian drama that made this series a reliable destination for sword-and-sorcery fans.