Fantastic Four #518

Part of Marvel's 2004 "Disassembled" event, this issue drops readers straight into the middle of "Fourtitude" — and the cover makes the stakes unmistakably clear. The Thing is dwarfed and overpowered by a massive reptilian creature, its jaws wide open and rocky debris flying in all directions as Ben Grimm struggles in its grip. Mike Wieringo's pencils and Karl Kesel's inks deliver a wonderfully kinetic composition that makes you feel the sheer scale of the threat bearing down on Marvel's most resilient hero.