Earl Norem's Conan


Norem's art set the tone of hyper-macho pulp men's magazines in the sixties, and he carried the style over to Marvel's Savage Sword of Conan, with barbarian-and-babe covers that oozed testosterone and unreconstructed chauvinism.


Conan The Barbarian – art by Earl Norem

The Savage Sword of Conan