Captain Marvel #23

From November 1972, this issue of Captain Marvel throws readers straight into a scene of desperate urgency — Captain Marvel, in his striking red-and-blue costume, lunges into action while pleading with Rick Jones to free him before it's too late. Standing in his way is Megaton, the massive yellow-and-orange Living H-Bomb, looming over a chaotic scene of rubble and a fallen woman, with the cover tagline "Beware the Living H-Bomb!" setting a genuinely tense stage. Gil Kane's dynamic pencils, inked by Joe Sinnott, give the whole confrontation a kinetic energy that makes this 20-cent issue hard to put down.