2001, A Space Odyssey #6

Drawn with Jack Kirby's unmistakable cosmic energy, this 1977 Marvel issue thrusts Harvey Norton into a harrowing confrontation, his strained face filling the foreground as a massive helmeted figure looms behind him, flanked by two other intense visages against a backdrop of intricate machinery. The cover copy promises an "awesome cosmic manhunt" where the prize is immortality and the penalty is death — stakes that feel completely at home in Kirby's boundless universe. Inked by John Verpoorten, the cover crackles with that signature Kirby dynamism that made 2001: A Space Odyssey one of Marvel's most genuinely ambitious series of the decade.