Avengers Classic #8

Kang the Conqueror commands the center of this 2008 Marvel reprint series issue, his blue-skinned, helmeted face set in a menacing glare as the assembled Avengers — Iron Man unleashing a repulsor blast, Captain America in mid-leap with shield ready, the Wasp in flight, and other teammates caught in the surrounding panels — converge around him in a dynamic honeycomb-style layout. The cover art, penciled and inked by Arthur Adams, frames the time-traveling villain as a genuine threat worthy of the entire team's attention. Pairing that striking cover with the original Stan Lee and Jack Kirby story "Kang, the Conqueror!" makes this a thoroughly satisfying package for fans of Marvel's earliest era.