King Conan #19

Against a stark black background, a massive skull looms as Conan — bare-chested, dark-haired, and armed with twin blades — lunges forward in a fierce fighting stance, making for a striking 1983 cover by Mike Kaluta. The bold composition captures the Cimmerian king at his most dangerous, the gleaming daggers and that enormous skull setting an unmistakably grim, high-stakes tone. Inside, writer Alan Zelenetz and artist Marc Silvestri bring "Bones and a Blade" to life, promising exactly the kind of sword-and-sorcery intensity the cover delivers.