Khordes

A creature of Marvel's Bronze Age murk, Khordes slithered into existence in 1974's swamp-soaked Man-Thing series, conjured by the singular Steve Gerber and artist Alfredo Alcala — a creative team that made that title one of the most genuinely strange corners of 1970s Marvel. With only four catalog appearances, Khordes is a rarity, a figure who haunts the margins of stories shared with the muck-monster himself, Ted Sallis, the enigmatic Captain Fate, and a handful of other souls drawn into the Florida Everglades' weird gravity. For collectors who love the eerie, lysergic edge of Bronze Age horror comics, tracking down a Khordes appearance is exactly the kind of deep-cut treasure hunt that makes this hobby endlessly rewarding.