Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan #5

This 1948 Dell issue brings Edgar Rice Burroughs's jungle lord to vivid life, with cover art by Jesse Marsh depicting a muscular Tarzan standing alongside a massive elephant while a young companion perches atop the great animal amid lush tropical foliage. The story title "The Men of Greed" hints at adversaries whose motives may well threaten the wildlife Tarzan holds dear — and that imposing elephant with gleaming tusks makes it easy to imagine what's at stake. For a dime, readers in 1948 were getting some genuinely compelling adventure from a creative team of writer Gaylord Du Bois and artist Jesse Marsh firing on all cylinders.