Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan #126

This October 1961 Dell issue puts Tarzan right in the thick of desert peril — George Wilson's cover painting captures the Lord of the Jungle mid-struggle, grappling with a robed adversary and raising a curved blade, while camels and a group of apes crowd the sandy background behind them. The cover copy promises a sweeping adventure as Tarzan crosses a burning desert and braves a storm at sea to rescue his ape friends in the interior story "Apes in Exile," written by Gaylord Du Bois with art by Jesse Marsh. A handsome, action-packed installment from one of Dell's most dependable adventure series, and there's even a reader contest inside to sweeten the deal.