Marvel Preview #17

Marvel Preview #17 brings Gil Kane's post-apocalyptic hero Blackmark to life in a self-contained graphic novel format, with the cover by Romas Kukalis setting a vivid, foreboding tone. The painting shows a muscular Blackmark charging forward with a blazing sword, a blonde woman at his side, a snarling severed head at his feet, and a swarm of dark bat-like creatures filling the sky above a grim castle — it's a lot of threat for one hero to handle. With Kane writing, penciling, and inking the complete story "The Mind Demons," this 1979 magazine-format issue is a genuinely rare chance to see one creator's vision realized without compromise.