The Saga of Swamp Thing #7

The Saga of Swamp Thing crashes into a vivid carnival nightmare with issue #7, cover-dated November 1982, as Tom Yeates depicts the muck-encrusted creature bursting through splintered wooden boards at center stage. Surrounding him is a striking cast of figures — a costumed woman holding a wine glass, a hard-faced man in yellow brandishing a weapon, an unsettling clown looming in the foreground, and ghostly silver figures caught in the chaos beyond. Yeates' linework gives the whole scene a wonderfully eerie energy that makes this an irresistible entry in DC's early-'80s horror-tinged series.