The Savage Sword of Conan #109

Against a backdrop of roiling flames, Conan crouches with sword drawn, steeling himself before a towering armored demoness — blue-skinned, horned, and bearing both blade and shield — who looms over him with cold, predatory confidence. Steve Hickman's cover art captures that tension beautifully, pairing the Barbarian's raw physicality against something altogether more otherworldly. With Michael Fleisher writing and Gary Kwapisz on interior art, this February 1985 issue promises exactly the kind of sword-and-sorcery confrontation the title does so well.