Tarzan #23

Edgar Rice Burroughs' Lord of the Jungle takes center stage in this April 1979 Marvel issue, with cover art by John Buscema and Bob McLeod delivering a powerfully charged scene: a knife-wielding Tarzan leaps into fierce hand-to-hand combat against a muscular opponent before a towering crystalline structure, while two other men struggle on the ground nearby — all under the urgent tagline "…To the Death!" The interior story, "Fight to the Death," is crafted by writer Bill Mantlo and artist Sal Buscema with inks by Pablo Marcos, promising the same raw intensity the cover so vividly telegraphs. Fans of high-adventure pulp action translated into Marvel's bold 1970s style will find this an easy one to seek out.