Astonishing Tales #2

This 1970 Marvel split-feature book delivers two distinct thrills in one package, with Ka-Zar and Zabu locked in a desperate high-rise brawl against Kraven the Hunter — the cover's scaffolding-and-free-fall imagery making it clear that forty floors of danger is no exaggeration. On the right half, a bandage-wrapped figure looms over a helpless Dr. Doom while a figure descends a stairway behind them, promising equal mayhem in the good Doctor's own storyline. Cover pencils by John Buscema and inks by John Verpoorten give both halves a bold, kinetic energy that perfectly suits a title eager to prove it can juggle two very different corners of the Marvel universe at once.