Tarzan #223

DC's September 1973 adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' jungle hero reaches a dramatic peak with this issue, subtitled "The Pit of Doom!" Joe Kubert's cover captures an electrifying mid-air moment: a muscular, leopard-skin-clad Tarzan clutches a blonde woman in red as spears hurtle past them both and warriors scramble along a clifftop above. The sense of desperate motion — bodies falling, weapons slicing through the air — makes this the kind of cover that stops you cold at the spinner rack.