Marvel's Attempt to Take on Eerie
In the early 70s Marvel launched several black and white magazines to take on rival publisher Warren, which had circumvented the Comics Code Authority by releasing magazine format comic anthologies. Here's a breakdown of this issue:
...Man-Thing is a reprint of the first man thing story from Savage Tales #1.
The Cyclops is pretty much a run-of-the-mill retelling of the cyclops encounter from Homer's Odyssey set in WWII that really adds nothing to the story.
Frankenstein A.K. is a derisive movie 'review' of Universal's Frankenstein series after Karloff, which is insulting and kind of ignores the good points in favor of trashing the entire series. The author clearly thinks he's much more clever than he really is.
The Death-Dealing Mannikin is the type of story one would expect in a comic horror anthology like House of Mystery.
Contact! is a slight black humor piece that would be equally at home in Mad magazine.
Swamp Girl is another typical horror comic story where a 'bad' person (moral self-righteousness runs rampant in horror stories of the day), in this case an army deserter, gets his comeuppance.
There's also a preview of the Son of Satan, which seems simultaneously like a filler piece, and a promo for Marvel's upcoming comic. This is the type thing that would have otherwise been run in 'Bullpen Bulletins' or something at the back of Marvel's monthly comics.
The Cold of the Uncaring Moon another comeuppance story - this time a mobster seeking a cure for his lycanthropy.
And finally, Birthright! is closer to something you might see in Heavy Metal magazine - minus the bare breasts - a fusion of SF and Sword and Sorcery. Good art, but not an earth-shattering story.
Add a couple more promo/behind-the-scenes type filler, and it all adds up to something that and entertainment hungry 1970s audience would have devoured, but seems like little more than a quaint relic - a mild diversion at best for most of today's comic readers.