Incredible Hulk #43

An unsettling, painterly cover by Kaare Andrews sets the tone for "The Beast Within" — a yellow-green, monstrous figure looms inverted over a helpless human beneath it, drool dripping from its twisted features as rocky debris surrounds them both. The composition is genuinely arresting, placing the creature's bulk between the viewer and its prey in a way that feels claustrophobic and threatening. With Bruce Jones writing and Lee Weeks and Tom Palmer on interior art, this 2002 issue promises the kind of taut, suspense-driven Hulk storytelling the series was delivering at its best.