Iron Man #7

Part one of the four-part "Live Kree or Die!" crossover kicks off here, and Sean Chen's cover sets an urgent, foreboding tone: a massive armored Kree Sentry looms over a determined blonde heroine in a black-and-red costume who stands protectively over a downed Iron Man in his red-and-gold armor, while gun barrels close in from the foreground. The sheer scale of the threat — Sentry bearing down with crackling energy at its fist, Iron Man flat on the ground — makes it clear Tony Stark is in serious trouble before the story even begins. With Kurt Busiek and Sean Chen guiding this series in 1998, this opening chapter promises exactly the kind of high-stakes Marvel cosmic conflict the "Live Kree or Die!" banner demands.