Human Torch #10

Part four of "A Plague of Locusts" concludes in this 2004 Marvel series, with a cover by Scott Kolins that puts Johnny Storm ablaze against a canyon of city skyscrapers — flames trailing dramatically behind him as he streaks upward into a pale blue sky. Below, a crowd of onlookers stares skyward, two figures in the foreground — a young woman with arms raised and a heavyset man in a pink shirt — reacting with unmistakable urgency. It's a kinetic street-level perspective that captures both the awe and anxiety Johnny Storm tends to inspire wherever he flies.