Fantastic Four #5

Part of Matt Fraction's Marvel NOW! run with art by Mark Bagley and inks by Mark Farmer, this 2013 issue drops the Fantastic Four into what looks like ancient Rome — all marble columns and drawn swords — with the team surrounded on the cover by shadowy, blade-wielding figures closing in from every angle. Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, a flame-on Human Torch, and the Thing stand alongside a toga-clad young man who looks very much like he's having the worst day of his life, and the story title "I Killed Julius Caesar!" suggests the team has landed themselves in one of history's most consequential moments. It's a genuinely fun setup, blending time-travel tension with the warm, dynamic energy that has always made the Fantastic Four "the World's Greatest Comic Magazine.