When comic book writers in the 70s said adult themes the majority really meant sexism. Hence this atypical cover from the mid 1970's. The artist, Bob Larkin, is a talented draftsman and delivers this 'money shot' with aplomb. It's an effective job, making sure teenage boys (like myself at the time) brought the comic this cover graced.
I've always liked the cover, call it a guilty pleasure.......and in these PC days you must. But I like the power it suggests, as well as the obvious fear in the rapidly melting male character that owning a penis might not be the be all and end all of sexual power.
It looks like he's for the chop! In which case, over to Freud!
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