Tarzan Annual #1

Marvel's 1977 King-Size Annual devoted to Edgar Rice Burroughs' jungle lord is a genuinely oversized treat, promising two of the Ape-Man's mightiest adventures told in the Marvel manner. John Buscema's cover — fully penciled and inked by his own hand — places a powerfully muscled Tarzan center stage, knife raised, standing triumphant over a fallen great ape beneath a luminous full moon with jungle foliage stretching all around him. With Roy Thomas scripting and a full creative team including inker Steve Gan and colorist George Roussos on the interior, this is a confident, handsome package that captures the raw vitality Burroughs' hero has always inspired.