Planet of the Apes #8

Earl Norem's painted cover for this May 1975 Curtis/Marvel magazine pulls you straight into the chaos, with a muscular human man and a dark-haired woman in primitive clothing fleeing desperately as armed apes close in around them — the tagline "Where Man Once Stood Supreme — Now Rule the Apes" setting the grim stakes perfectly. Inside, writer Doug Moench and artist Mike Ploog deliver "The Planet Inheritors!," promising the kind of tense, atmospheric storytelling that made this black-and-white magazine series a standout of its era. As a bonus, the issue also teases an exclusive Roddy McDowall photo feature tracing his transformation from human to ape.