The Phantom Stranger #14

Neal Adams delivers a genuinely unsettling cover for this August 1971 issue, depicting a massive, dripping swamp creature — glowing red eyes burning through tangles of moss and muck — looming over two fallen figures: a blonde woman in pink and a red-haired man crouched protectively beside her. The tagline "Spectre of the Stalking Swamp!" sets the mood perfectly for DC's premier supernatural title, and the murky bayou backdrop makes the threat feel all the more inescapable. Inside, writer Len Wein and artist Tony DeZuniga bring "The Man with No Heart!" to life, making this a strong entry in the Phantom Stranger's early-'70s horror run.