Man-Thing #10

Cover art by Bob Wiacek sets a blazing tone for this 1981 entry in Man-Thing's series, as the muck-encrusted creature surges forward through a wall of fire while a man is sent flying from his motorcycle and armed figures scatter in the chaos below. The story title — "Came the Dark Man, Walkin', Walkin'..." — suggests something slow and implacable moving through the Everglades, which feels perfectly at home alongside the series' signature tagline: "Whatever knows fear burns at the touch of the Man-Thing." With Chris Claremont writing and Don Perlin on interior art, this issue promises the moody, atmospheric horror-adventure that made this corner of Marvel's 1981 lineup genuinely compelling.