Tarzan #252

The cover of this August 1976 DC issue captures Tarzan locked in a fierce struggle with a massive vulture amid a sun-scorched desert littered with skeletal remains — a striking image penciled and inked by José Luis García-López that perfectly matches the promise of "a savage showdown in the desert." More scavengers circle ominously in the background, lending the scene a real sense of desperate, primal survival. With Gerry Conway adapting Edgar Rice Burroughs and García-López also handling interior art, this chapter of "Tarzan the Untamed" is a fine example of the Lord of the Jungle at his most raw and elemental.