Swamp Thing #24

A massive green Swamp Thing rears back under a blazing yellow moon as a hulking yellow-and-purple armored villain — Thrudvang — charges forward with a menacing demand: "Tell me your secret, Swamp Thing — tell me… or die!" In the background, a man shields a red-haired woman from the chaos, raising the stakes of this mid-1970s DC confrontation considerably. With "The Mystery of Alec Holland" teased on the cover and Ernie Chan's dynamic linework driving the action, Swamp Thing #24 looks like a genuinely gripping issue of the series.