Red Sonja #2

Marvel's "She-Devil with a Sword" faces overwhelming odds in this March 1977 issue, as the cover by Frank Thorne plunges Red Sonja into a nightmarish confrontation — a massive, grotesque demon creature looms in the foreground while a sword-wielding adversary closes in behind her, with shadowy figures lurking at the edges of the chaos. Sonja stands her ground defiantly, her response to the cry of "Kill Red Sonja!" captured in the bold exchange: "Over my dead body!!" Thorne's dynamic linework crackles with the grim energy of the Hyborian Age, making "The Demon in the Maze" a vivid showcase for swords-and-sorcery storytelling at its most visceral.