The Savage Sword of Conan #37

Earl Norem's cover for this February 1979 issue drops Conan into a breathtaking underwater struggle, his powerful arm raised with a blade as he battles a grotesque, tentacled creature with unsettling yellow eyes amid a swirl of bubbles, tropical fish, and submerged flora. The story promised inside — "The Haunter of the Oasis" — makes that aquatic horror all the more fitting, while Roy Thomas, Sal Buscema, and Rudy Nebres deliver "Sons of the White Wolf" within. A vivid, action-packed entry in Marvel's celebrated black-and-white magazine series.