King Conan #3

King Conan faces overwhelming odds in this 1980 double-length action epic from Marvel, as the cover — penciled by John Buscema and inked by Danny Bulanadi — delivers a striking crimson-skied confrontation: a white-haired warrior astride a fearsome dragon bearing down on Conan himself, daggers in hand, while smaller winged creatures swarm the blood-red horizon beneath a pale moon. The story promises "Dragon-Wings Over Zembabwei!" and the title "Red Moon of Zembabwei!" suggests the barbarian-turned-king is deep in dangerous, exotic territory. Buscema and Bulanadi's linework gives the whole scene a raw, kinetic energy that perfectly suits Roy Thomas's sword-and-sorcery storytelling.