Fantastic Four #300

Fantastic Four #300 marks a milestone issue with a cover that sets an unmistakably ominous tone: a leering, bald villain looms enormous over a wedding scene, clutching a miniaturized Thing in his fist while a suited blond man and a bride in white holding a pink bouquet stand at the ceremony below, flanked by the full-sized Thing in a tuxedo. The story title "Dearly Beloved…" paired with that grinning threat overhead suggests the nuptials are anything but peaceful. John and Sal Buscema's cover art delivers a wonderfully tense contrast between the romance of the occasion and the menace crashing it.