Doc Savage #5

The Night of the Monsters!" blazes across this June 1973 Marvel issue, and Gil Kane's cover pencils (inked by Tom Palmer) deliver exactly the kind of visceral intensity that title promises — a grotesque, wide-eyed monster lunges toward the viewer, hurling a defiant "I have come for you, Doc Savage!" while the Man of Bronze himself fights back against a massive creature above a crouching red-haired woman caught in the chaos. Billed as "one of Marvel's mightiest thrillers," this issue pairs Steve Englehart and Gardner F. Fox on the script with Ross Andru on interior art, a strong creative lineup for a pulp adventure that clearly puts Doc Savage — shirtless, determined, and outnumbered — right in the thick of things.