Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #124

The cover of this July 1972 issue sets up a genuinely gripping dilemma: Lois Lane, clad in a leopard-skin outfit and wielding a spear-axe, stands before a crowd of tribal warriors while a bound, straining Superman is lashed to a wooden frame behind her — the speech bubbles demanding she "prove you are our queen… kill him!" drive home just how impossible her situation appears. Bob Oksner's cover art captures both characters with real energy, Lois's expression caught somewhere between resolve and disbelief as the hunters press in around them. Also promising a second feature — Rose and the Thorn in "Murder by Motor!" — this issue delivers a full slate of DC adventure for a dime and a dime.