The cover of Pink Panther #2 (Published 1st July 1971 by Gold Key) references Salvador Dali's The Great Masturbator (1929) ?

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Splice: Early concept art for Dren by Vincenzo Natali

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The Pink Panther Comic Book Trail   

a)  The cover of Pink Panther #2 (Published 1st July 1971 by Gold Key)

b) Salvador Dali's The great masturbator (1929)

c) The woman's face with the closed eye becomes the Pink Panther's face with closed eye, while the man's genitals becomes it's nose and mouth.

d) The embracing couple becomes the back of the left roller skate, while the egg like form becomes the front left wheel

e) The orchid like form becomes the panther's shoulder, with that this left side of the arch in the soft architecture becomes the stomach of the Pink Panther, while the right side of it becomes the position of his hands/paws

f) The eyebrow becomes the left curved dashed line

g) So the large white rock becomes the inspectors head, while the smaller white rock becomes his nose.