The Brave and the Bold #93

There's something wonderfully unsettling about this 1970 cover from Neal Adams — Batman crouches tensely on a stone ledge before the massive wooden doors of the House of Mystery, while a terrified young man recoils from within as a shadowy, glowing-eyed presence looms behind him, all framed by grotesque stone gargoyles. The bold crossover branding — The Brave and the Bold meets DC's House of Mystery — promises a collision of superhero grit and gothic dread. With Denny O'Neil writing and Adams handling both pencils and inks, "Red Water Crimson Death" arrives with a creative pairing that defined some of the most atmospheric storytelling of its era.