The Phantom Stranger #13

This June 1971 issue of The Phantom Stranger delivers a genuinely unsettling cover by Neal Adams: a small child dressed in a military helmet and red jumpsuit points a finger-gun at a man in a white lab coat who is blasted violently off his feet, a burst of energy erupting at the point of impact — all while toy soldiers, a tank, and a grenade litter the floor below. The eerie title "A Child of Death!" perfectly matches that chilling image of innocence turned weapon. Inside, the creative team of writer Robert Kanigher and the remarkably versatile Jim Aparo — handling art, inking, and lettering — brings the Phantom Stranger's world of supernatural suspense to life in full early-'70s DC style.