Four Color #490

Dell's Four Color series brought the adventurous Jungle Jim to life in this 1953 ten-cent treat, featuring a cover that puts the pith-helmeted hero face-to-face with a massive, lunging tiger amid dense jungle foliage — rifle raised and nerves of steel on full display. The painted cover art captures the raw tension of man versus beast with striking naturalism, the lush greenery pressing in from all sides. With a story titled "Through Devil-Devil Gorge," this issue promises the kind of pulse-quickening adventure that made Dell's jungle titles a staple of 1953 newsstands.