Strange Tales #174

Marvel's "Strange Tales" takes a dramatic turn in June 1974 with this bold introduction of the Golem — "The Thing That Walks Like a Man!" — splashed across a vivid red cover by Gil Kane, Tony DeZuniga, John Romita, and inkers Ernie Chan, DeZuniga, and Romita. The massive, grey-skinned creature dominates the scene, bursting through what appears to be a military vehicle as armed soldiers scramble around him, while a young woman lies fallen in the foreground — and the cover tagline declares that gunfire and tanks alike cannot stop him. The haunting question "Is He Man or Monster?" frames a figure rooted in centuries of legend, finally unleashed in the Marvel Universe.