Howard the Duck #31

Doctor Bong dominates this May 1979 cover in his sweeping purple cape and bell-helmeted armor, unleashing a blast that sends Howard the Duck flying apart in a shower of scattered costume pieces — the speech bubble taunting that "your ridiculous armor means nothing to Doctor Bong!" Gene Colan and Al Milgrom deliver a wonderfully kinetic image, with Howard's duck form tumbling helplessly amid the debris while Bong looms large in the foreground. Subtitled "The Final Bong!" and carrying the tagline "Trapped in a World He Never Made!," this issue promises a satisfying showdown between Marvel's favorite fowl and one of his most entertainingly absurd adversaries.