Epic Illustrated #12

Marvel's prestige fantasy anthology returns with this June 1982 issue, its cover painted by Frank Brunner — a breathtaking underwater scene in which a pale blue-skinned mermaid drifts serenely while the sinuous tentacles of a massive red octopus coil around her, small fish gliding past in the murky deep behind them. Inside, the magazine delivers a rich lineup including Chris Claremont and John Bolton's Marada the She-Wolf, Weirdworld, Abraxas & the Earthman, and Doug Moench and John Buscema's "The Dragonmaster of Klarn: Part 3 — The Dark Stratagem," inked by Marie Severin with colors by Steve Oliff. For fans of serious, adult-oriented fantasy and science fiction in comics form, this is exactly what Epic Illustrated was built to deliver.