Tarzan

From 1972 to 1976, Williams Publishing brought Edgar Rice Burroughs’ legendary jungle lord back to newsstands in a 129-issue run, making Tarzan one of the longest-running licensed comics of its era. This series, most closely associated with writer-artist Russ Manning, distilled the classic adventure tales into a clean, dynamic black-and-white format that appealed to both longtime fans and new readers. It matters as a faithful, visually striking adaptation that helped keep Tarzan a vital presence in pop culture during the 1970s.