Sword of Sorcery #4

DC's Sword of Sorcery #4 (1973) promises "Tales of Fantastic Adventure!" and delivers on that billing with a cover that pulls no punches — the barbarian warrior Fafhrd and his nimble companion the Gray Mouser face down a truly unsettling supernatural threat: a swirling orange cloud of flame with a giant, malevolent eye at its center, blades slashing at it from every angle. Howard Chaykin's pencils and Walter Simonson's inks give the scene a raw, kinetic energy that suits Fritz Leiber's celebrated sword-and-sorcery world perfectly. If "The Cloud of Hate!" is the adventure promised on this cover, fans of Fafhrd and the Mouser are in for a wild ride through Nehwon's darkest corners.