Man-Thing #6

Marvel's muck-encrusted mound of misery finds himself at the center of a brutal swamp brawl on Mike Ploog's vivid 1974 cover, surrounded by sword-wielding warriors and a hulking red brute as a fallen figure lies helpless in the foreground. The story title "The Soul-Slayers Strike!" sets an ominous tone for Steve Gerber's writing paired with Ploog's interior art, promising the kind of weird, horror-tinged adventure that made this series stand out from Marvel's superhero fare. If you're drawn to moody monster comics with a genuinely unsettling edge, this issue of Man-Thing delivers that atmosphere in spades.