Arrgh! #1

Marvel's 1974 humor magazine launches with a cover by Marie Severin and Tom Sutton that throws every New York City nightmare into one gloriously chaotic street scene — a fanged vampire in a natty suit carries off a screaming blonde while a cop levels his gun, a blind man clutches a money bag, a rat prowls the gutter, and a tiny figure peeks up from a manhole as a headline screams "World War III Begins!" The tagline promises "Vampires, Rats, and Other Delights of Urban Living," and the cover delivers on every count with Severin's wonderfully sardonic eye for urban absurdity. If you ever wondered what it would look like if monster-movie horror collided head-on with mid-'70s Big Apple chaos, Arrgh! #1 is your answer.