Tarzan #225

Joe Kubert's cover for this November 1973 DC issue says everything about why Tarzan endures — the Lord of the Jungle stands spear in hand, coolly defiant before a group of armed warriors beneath a pale moon, while the foreground seethes with massive, coiling serpents and scattered human skulls. It's a study in menace layered upon menace, and Kubert's linework gives every scale and shadow a tactile weight that pulls you straight in. "Moon Beast" promises exactly the kind of wild, atmospheric jungle adventure that made Edgar Rice Burroughs' creation irresistible.