Incredible Hulk #64

Part five of six in the "Split Decisions" arc, this 2004 Marvel issue puts the Hulk front and center in a cover by Mike Deodato Jr. that radiates raw, unstoppable force — the Green Goliath erupts upward through a shattering landscape of rock and debris, backlit by an eerie glowing light as jagged spires of stone fly outward around him. It's a striking, large-scale image that captures the Hulk at his most elemental, with the series logo itself crumbling under the weight of his emergence. Writer Bruce Jones's "Déjà Vu" chapter promises the kind of tension and momentum you'd expect heading into a six-part story's penultimate installment.