Human Torch #7

This striking 2004 Marvel issue features a darkly stylized cover by Skottie Young and Pierre-André Déry, rendered in a bold two-tone palette of crimson and black — a menacing, serpentine demon-like figure crouches front and center, its flaming hair and sinuous tendrils coiling dramatically against the dark background. The minimalist design gives the creature an unsettling, otherworldly presence that feels quite unlike a typical superhero cover. With Karl Kesel writing and Skottie Young on interior art, "The Locust Project" promises a Human Torch adventure with a genuinely eerie edge.