The Savage Sword of Conan #190

In "The Skull on the Seas (part 1)," the fate of the Thurian continent hinges on a prophecy: a child born under the next full moon will rise to rule all. When King Ba-Dar orders the death of every newborn that night, a desperate mother and her warrior husband, Gorm-Li and Osa, give birth to twins—only one of whom survives. As the boy is saved by tigers and the girl is spirited away by the seer Ram-Os, the stage is set for a tale of destiny, blood, and the wild seas. Written by Roy Thomas and illustrated with gritty precision by E. R. Cruz, with lettering by Jean Simek, this issue launches a saga that unfolds across storm-lashed shores and forgotten temples. The cover by Earl Norem captures the grim, mythic tone of the story, a 2.25 USD adventure from 1991.