Jungle Action #22

From the cover by Rich Buckler and Frank Giacoia, Black Panther is locked in fierce combat with the Soul Strangler — a flaming, red-robed figure on a rearing horse wreathed in fire — while onlookers and burning buildings fill the background. The cover's blazing tagline, "Doom Is the Death Rider!", and the villain's taunt that no mortal man can battle the Soul Strangler and live, set a genuinely urgent, high-stakes tone. Don McGregor and the artistic team were doing something bold with this 1976 series, pitting T'Challa against the Klan in stories that were as socially charged as they were action-packed.