Man-Thing #15

The cover by Gil Kane and Tom Palmer says it all — the muck-encrusted Man-Thing looms through a shattered doorway, his massive green form casting dread over a chaotic room where two terrified figures cower amid scattered debris, while a sinister masked face watches from the shadows above. A single flickering candle on the floor underscores the eerie atmosphere promised by the story title, "A Candle for Sainte-Cloud," which Marvel's own cover copy bills as "the most macabre Man-Thing masterpiece of all!" With Steve Gerber writing and a team of artists including Tony DeZuniga, Alfredo Alcala, and Rico Rival bringing the Everglades' most unsettling resident to life, this March 1975 issue is a genuinely compelling entry in one of Marvel's most atmospheric horror series.