Man-Thing #2

The frozen heights of the Himalayas make for a chilling backdrop in this January 1980 issue, with cover art by Bob Wiacek placing Man-Thing — the muck-encrusted, red-eyed creature of the swamp — squarely between a snarling dark beast and a terrified young woman fallen in the snow. The tagline "Whatever Knows Fear Burns at the Touch of the Man-Thing" sets the mood perfectly, promising the kind of atmospheric, dread-soaked horror that made this series such a distinctive corner of Marvel's 1980 lineup. Writer Michael Fleisher and artist Jim Mooney bring their talents to "Himalayan Nightmare!", a story that sounds every bit as unsettling as the cover suggests.