Creatures on the Loose #27

Marvel's sword-and-sorcery anthology puts Thongor, Warrior of the Lost Land, front and center in this January 1974 issue, with cover art by Vicente Alcázar and Marie Severin depicting the blue-haired barbarian leaping into fierce combat against a horde of grotesque, helmeted demonic creatures swarming from the crypts. A warrior woman with shield and sword stands poised in the upper left, while a pale-haired figure in green looks on from the right, framing a cover that pulses with the spirit of Lin Carter's lost-world fantasy. With Gardner Fox scripting and Val Mayerik on interior art, this issue delivers exactly the "sword vs. sorcery in the great tradition of Conan" energy the cover promises.