Captain Marvel #44

Mar-Vell stands defiantly at the center of this striking 1976 cover, surrounded on all sides by a wave of mechanized warriors closing in fast — with the massive, clawed form of the Killing Machine looming from the foreground like a trap snapping shut. The cover copy makes it clear he's facing both Drax the Destroyer and that mechanical menace entirely alone, which gives the image a genuinely tense, outnumbered energy. Cover pencils by Al Milgrom and inks by Frank Giacoia bring a bold, dynamic composition to "Death Throws!" — a cosmic showdown that promises Mar-Vell pushed to his absolute limits.