Marvel 1602: Fantastick Four #3

Against a backdrop of tall ship rigging, this striking cover by Gabriele Dell'Otto presents two commanding figures: a masked woman in purple period clothing with living serpentine red tendrils coiling through her hair, and looming behind her, the massive rocky form of this era's Ben Grimm — chained at the wrists, yet unmistakably imposing. Issue three of five in Peter David's five-part limited series, Marvel 1602: Fantastick Four transplants Marvel's familiar faces into a richly atmospheric Elizabethan world, and this pairing of danger and raw power makes it clear the adventure is building toward something memorable.