Fantastic Four 2099 #3

Matthew Ryan's cover for Fantastic Four 2099 #3 drops the futuristic team into a scene of total devastation — rubble, splintered wood, and scattered debris stretch in every direction as the rocky, barrel-chested Thing plants himself front and center, a Human Torch blazing beside him. Behind them, a caped villain wielding a staff looms over the wreckage while a white-haired figure in blue darts in from the left, and several other teammates — including a blonde woman and a red-haired woman armed with a futuristic weapon — scramble amid the chaos. Karl Kesel's story "Difficult to Recall" paired with Ryan's kinetic, overcrowded battlefield makes this 1996 Marvel 2099 entry feel like a team pushed to its absolute limit.