Planet of the Apes #14

This November 1975 issue of Marvel's Planet of the Apes magazine delivers a cover by Malcolm McNeill that crackles with urgency — an armored gorilla soldier charges forward on a white horse, gun drawn, as a squad of armed ape warriors emerges menacingly from a rocky cavern backdrop. The tagline promises "killer gorillas on a manhunt" and "terror on the Planet of the Apes," and McNeill's painterly composition makes that threat feel immediate and relentless. Inside, writer Doug Moench and artist Mike Ploog continue their run on the series with the wonderfully titled "Up the Nose-Tube to Monkey-Trash," promising the kind of inventive, pulpy storytelling that made this black-and-white magazine a compelling companion to the film franchise.