Marvel Spotlight #26

Marvel's most mysterious superhero leaps into "Deathquest!" in this 1976 spine-tingler, with cover art by Howard Chaykin and Al Milgrom depicting the burlap-masked Scarecrow bursting through a shower of shattering debris while a terrified blonde woman recoils below him. The cover's tagline asks whether he's a man or a demon born in the darkest pits of Hell — a tantalizing question that sets the perfect eerie tone for Scott Edelman's story "Death Waters of the River Styx," brought to life on the interior pages by Ruben Yandoc. At just 25 cents, this 1976 issue showcases Marvel leaning hard into supernatural suspense with one of its most offbeat, unsettling characters.