Conan the Savage #3

Issue three of Marvel's 1995 black-and-white magazine series finds Conan locked in a desperate struggle against a massive, fang-filled sea creature surging up from the churning waves — axe raised, every muscle straining, as a fierce warrior woman brandishes her own blade at his side. Chris Moeller's cover art captures the raw, kinetic energy of the encounter with real visceral weight. With Chuck Dixon writing and Enrique Alcatena handling both art and inks on the interior story "Blood Rimmed Tide," this is sword-and-sorcery storytelling with serious talent behind it.