Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth #27

Kamandi stands defiant and cornered on this March 1975 cover, dual pistols raised as a mob of armed, uniformed leopard soldiers closes in from every direction against a backdrop of roaring flames. Jack Kirby and D. Bruce Berry deliver a cover crackling with urgency — the speech bubble's desperate "The leopards are closing in — I'm trapped!" says it all. The tagline promises a "beastly replay of Gunga Din," hinting at the wild post-apocalyptic adventure waiting inside "Mad Marine!