Epic Illustrated #15

Marvel's premium fantasy and science-fiction anthology returns with a December 1982 issue that packs in work from Boris Vallejo, Richard Corben, and Jim Starlin — plus the launch of an all-new series, Last of the Dragons. Vallejo's cover painting sets the mood perfectly: a dark-haired warrior woman in a red cape rides a black horse through a shadowy, twisted woodland, while a grotesque reptilian creature skulks alongside them, its jagged maw wide open. It's a richly atmospheric image that captures exactly the kind of sword-and-sorcery tension Epic Illustrated delivered so well in 1982.