Marvel Feature #10

Marvel Feature #10 (July 1973) promises high stakes right on the cover, where a leering Doctor Nemesis dominates the foreground, his menacing grin filling nearly half the image as Ant-Man (Hank Pym) and a desperate young woman — "Jan" — struggle against what appears to be a bubbling cauldron threatening to consume them both. The cover's breathless dialogue — "Too late to do anything — but die!" — and the bold proclamation "The End of Ant-Man!" make this one of the most dramatically charged issues in the series' short run. With interior art by Craig Russell and inks by Frank Chiaramonte bringing Mike Friedrich's story to life, and a striking cover rendered by P. Craig Russell, Frank Giacoia, and Dan Adkins, this is early-'70s Marvel tension at its most earnest and entertaining.