Fantastic Four #13

Kicking off the four-part "World War 3" arc, this November 1997 issue plunges Marvel's First Family into what looks like all-out cosmic chaos. The cover — penciled by Tom Raney and inked by Joe Bennett — shows a massive, horned blue behemoth wearing the Fantastic Four's "4" insignia charging forward, while Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, and the Human Torch struggle around him against a backdrop of alien figures and a looming mechanical giant. With James Robinson writing and Mike Wieringo on interior art, this is a promising opening chapter that fans of the team's cosmic-scale adventures won't want to skip.