The Savage Sword of Conan #98

In "The Blood Ruby of Death!", Conan and the former slave girl Sorcha follow a fabled treasure map to a long-forgotten ruin, where they stumble into a deadly conspiracy. A disgraced baron and a sorcerer seek the corpse of the once-wise King Nekros and a blood-forged jewel said to break his magical shield, but the quest ignites a frenzy of greed among the expedition's soldiers. Written by Michael Fleisher and illustrated by John Buscema, with inks by Rudy Nebres and Pablo Marcos, and lettered by Joe Rosen, this 1984 issue features a cover by Michael Golden that captures the tale’s grim, high-stakes atmosphere.