The Demon #7

The March 1973 cover of The Demon #7, penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by Mike Royer, crackles with supernatural menace as a dark-clad youth called Witchboy unleashes a stream of glowing green energy directly at Etrigan the Demon, staggering the snarling, caped figure in red and yellow while a crowd of eerie, hollow-eyed figures looms in the shadowy background. The bold flaming logo and stark contrast of colors give the scene an urgent, almost theatrical energy that's pure Kirby at his most imaginative. With the story "A Witchboy!!" promising an encounter between Etrigan and this strange creature of the night, this issue captures exactly the kind of wild, mythology-driven storytelling that made this series stand apart in 1973.