Ka-Zar the Savage #26

There's something genuinely striking about seeing Marvel's lord of the Savage Land transplanted onto a photo-realistic New York City skyline — Ka-Zar, wild-maned and bare-chested, carries a woman in green while his saber-toothed companion Zabu prowls menacingly at his side, fangs bared against a backdrop of skyscrapers and open water. The cover art by Ron Frenz, Danny Fingeroth, and Armando Gil blends illustrated figures with a photographic cityscape in a way that feels bold even by 1983 standards. With Bruce Jones scripting and a story titled "Escape from New York!", this issue promises the kind of fish-out-of-water tension that makes Ka-Zar's urban adventures so entertaining.