Swamp Thing #10

Berni Wrightson's cover for this June 1974 issue tells you everything you need to know about the tone inside: Swamp Thing is locked in a brutal, desperate struggle against multiple monstrous humanoid attackers in a pale, fog-drenched forest, their pale, decayed forms pressing in from every angle. The title "The Man Who Would Not Die!" promises something relentless and grim, and that cover — a tangle of moss-green limbs and snarling faces — delivers the mood in full. With Len Wein and Wrightson both on creative duties, this mid-run issue captures DC's early-'70s horror comics at their most atmospheric.