King Conan #9

From the pen of John Buscema, this March 1982 cover captures the "Mightiest Monarch of a Time-Lost Land" at full gallop — Conan rides hard on horseback, sword raised, as an enormous green demon with writhing serpentine hair and grasping claws looms out of the rocky cliffs above him. The tagline "Bones of the Brown Man" promises the kind of sword-and-sorcery peril that Doug Moench, John Buscema, and Ernie Chan deliver so well in this era of Marvel's Conan line. A genuinely thrilling cover that earns its dollar price tag.