Tor #3

Part of Marvel's early-1990s Heavy Hitters imprint, this third issue of Joe Kubert's Tor puts the prehistoric world front and center with a cover that's all raw tension — a massive, snarling tyrannosaur looms over a terrified dark-haired woman and a grimly determined Tor, whose outstretched hand seems to be the only thing standing between her and those snapping jaws. Kubert's linework, handling every aspect of the pencils and inks himself, gives the scene a gritty, kinetic energy that feels both primal and immediate. Titled "The Rebirth," this one promises the kind of elemental survival drama that makes cave-man epics so enduringly compelling.