Captain Marvel #47

Mar-Vell hurls himself fist-first into the massive, armored Sentry Sinister on this kinetic 1976 cover, with panicked civilians scattering below as the fate of Earth hangs in the balance. The cover's corner inset reminds us just how formidable Marvel's spaceborn superhero looks in full stride, and the promise of a special Human Torch guest-star appearance only sweetens the deal. Al Milgrom's pencils and inks deliver a collision that feels genuinely enormous in scale, making "Crisis!" one of those issues that's hard to put back on the shelf.