Fantastic Four Annual #8

A king-size treat from 1970, this Fantastic Four Annual promises double the pages and double the thrills in what the cover itself bills as "the longest Sub-Mariner–FF super-epic ever published!" John Romita and John Verpoorten's cover art sets the stakes dramatically: a towering Sub-Mariner looms over a city street, trident raised, while the Thing, Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, and the Human Torch are trapped together inside a gleaming sphere — all of it unfolding above a massive, ominous street procession of armored figures. With Stan Lee writing and Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers handling interior art, this oversized annual delivers a clash between Marvel's first family and the Sub-Mariner on a genuinely grand scale.