Tarzan #254

Tarzan grapples ferociously with a massive ape on this October 1976 DC cover, knife raised high as a fallen blonde woman cries out below and a horde of dark, snarling apes closes in from behind — it's a thrillingly primal image rendered with muscular precision by José Luis García-López. Based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' enduring creation and scripted by Gerry Conway and David Anthony Kraft, this issue promises Tarzan pushed to his absolute limits against overwhelming, savage odds. If you've been following the "Untamed" storyline, Part Five looks like exactly the kind of raw, jungle-stakes confrontation the series has been building toward.