King Conan #1

Marvel's 1980 launch of King Conan arrives with real impact, placing the Cimmerian warrior-king front and center in a tense confrontation with the sorcerer Thoth-Amon — a robed, long-haired figure who looms large on the cover, hand raised as crackling mystical energy erupts between the two adversaries. John Buscema and Ernie Chan's cover work captures Conan in full battle readiness, sword drawn, muscles coiled, facing down dark magic with the same ferocity he'd bring to any battlefield. Roy Thomas scripts "The Witch of the Mists," promising a fantasy adventure that suits a monarch who's never far from the edge of peril.