Tarzan #3

Marvel's 1977 adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' jungle lord hits a fever pitch with this third issue, whose cover by John Buscema and Dave Cockrum plunges Tarzan into a savage melee atop what appears to be a ceremonial altar, fending off a mob of bestial attackers while brandishing a knife. A scarlet-clad woman — heralded by the cover itself as La of Opar — watches from the background, hinting at the strange, dangerous world surrounding the Lord of the Jungle. "The Altar of the Flaming God!" promises exactly the pulp-adventure intensity that made Burroughs' creation an enduring thrill.