🦩 ETHEL’S “THE SWAMP MEETS THE STRONGEST THERE IS” DESCRIPTION

Up for grabs is Adventure Into Fear #18 (1973) — a Bronze Age Marvel key issue dripping with monster mayhem, superhero chaos, and artistic royalty.

This issue features:
🌿 Man-Thing – guardian of the marsh, melter of the fearful
💥 Hulk – the strongest Avenger (don’t @ us)
🧠 Doc Samson – gamma-powered therapist with fabulous hair

PLUS a cover team that collectors DREAM about:
✨ Bernie Wrightson – horror icon, atmospheric master
✨ Herb Trimpe – legendary Bronze Age Hulk artist
✨ John Buscema – Marvel titan of epic superheroes

Ethel nearly passed out when she saw the credits.
This is big-time collector juice.

The flamboyance uncovered this gem deep in our barn-find treasure haul — dust clouds, vintage trunks, one emotionally unwell raccoon — and it emerged in Very Fine to Near Mint condition, preserved safely in its collector’s sealed bag + board.

We can open the bag for additional photos — but Ethel will narrate the unsealing like she’s wielding Mjolnir.

📚 Collector Details

• Title: Adventure Into Fear

• Issue: #18

• Publisher: Marvel Comics

• Year: 1973 (Bronze Age)

• Key Characters: Man-Thing, Hulk, Doc Samson

• Cover Artists:

  • Bernie Wrightson

  • Herb Trimpe

  • John Buscema

• Genre: Superhero • Horror • Adventure

• Setting: Marvel Universe

• Condition: VF/NM (visual through sealed bag)

• Bagged & Boarded: Yes

⭐ Why Collectors Want This Issue

• Major crossover issue with Hulk & Doc Samson

• Wrightson + Trimpe + Buscema art is a MIRACLE in one comic

• Core chapter in Man-Thing’s Bronze Age storyline

• Marvel monster + superhero blend — highly collectible

• Fantastic long-term value for Hulk AND Man-Thing collectors

• Part of the rising wave of Bronze Age key issue demand

🎨 Cover Art Commentary (Ethel’s Artist-Swoon Breakdown)

• Wrightson’s haunting detail meets

• Trimpe’s explosive Hulk energy meets

• Buscema’s heroic dynamism

RESULTING IN:
A cover that absolutely slaps, stomps, smashes, and SCARES.
The vibe is:
“Do NOT enter this swamp unless you have gamma strength and emotional stamina.”

🦩 BARN-FIND FLAMINGO LORE

Found nestled in an old barn between:

• a mysterious wooden crate labeled “DON’T OPEN,”

• a saddle older than disco,

• and one raccoon who thinks he’s on the Defenders roster

Yet this issue survived in VF/NM shape — clearly preserved by swamp magic and gamma radiation.

📦 Condition

• VF/NM (inspected through sealed bag + board)

• Sharp edges, clean spine, vivid color

• Stored flat and protected

• Additional photos available on request — unbagging performed with ceremony

🦩 WE DO ACCEPT REASONABLE OFFERS!

Bundle discounts available — combined shipping offered for all comics.
Ethel LOVES collectors who build a big, beautiful, gamma-irradiated stack.

💸 Price Recommendation (Adventure Into Fear #18 – VF/