Fear #17

Frank Brunner's cover for this October 1973 Marvel issue is a striking urban showdown, with the massive, shambling Man-Thing looming over a red-suited figure who boldly declares the swamp creature no more than a "babe-in-arms" — that cocky challenger being none other than Wundarr, heralded right on the cover as "the Sky-Being." Bystanders scatter in the background as these two imposing figures face off amid crumbling city streets, and the cover's dynamic energy makes it easy to see why Adventure into Fear was one of Marvel's most distinctive horror-tinged titles of its era. Steve Gerber scripts the interior tale, "It Came Out of the Sky!," with art by Val Mayerik and Sal Trapani — a creative team well matched to this wonderfully strange corner of the Marvel Universe.