Swamp Thing #16

Swamp Thing #16 (May 1975) sets a feverish, atmospheric tone with Nestor Redondo's cover depicting the muck-encrusted creature surging forward amid a tide of grasping, ghoulish hands rising from below. A commanding woman in white — streaked hair, gold jewelry, arm outstretched — confronts him while armed police officers hold their ground in the background, giving the whole scene a wonderfully chaotic, three-way tension. With David Michelinie scripting a story called "Night of the Warring Dead," this issue promises exactly the kind of eerie, pulpy horror that made DC's mid-'70s horror line so compelling.