Captain America #329

Captain America finds himself outnumbered and fighting for his life in the sewers beneath Los Angeles, shield raised against a press of grotesque, feral creatures closing in from every direction — it's a visceral, claustrophobic image that makes the title "To Live and Die… Under L.A.!" feel entirely earned. Mike Zeck's pencils and John Beatty's inks pack the cover with menace, capturing Cap's defiant stance even as clawed hands and glowing eyes surge toward him through the slime. With Mark Gruenwald writing and Paul Neary on interior art, this May 1987 issue promises the kind of street-level (or rather, tunnel-level) adventure that keeps Cap's world feeling genuinely dangerous.