Kull the Conqueror #10

A massive serpent rears up with fangs bared and jaws spread wide across this striking 1985 cover by Barry Windsor-Smith, its scaled body coiling around the blade of a sword held by an armored figure below — the tension practically leaps off the page. Robert E. Howard's brooding Atlantean king Kull is spotlighted in the corner box, reminding readers of the ancient, sword-and-sorcery world at stake in "While Valusia Sleeps." With Alan Zelenetz writing and John Buscema on interior art, this is a fine entry in Marvel's richly atmospheric Kull series.