Marvel Presents #5

The Guardians of the Galaxy find themselves "Trapped on the Planet of the Absurd!" in this wild 1976 entry from Marvel Presents, with cover pencils by Al Milgrom and inks by Joe Sinnott. The cover pulls no punches: a powerfully built Guardian in red and gold charges forward through a chaotic crowd of wildly varied alien beings, while a female teammate crouches nearby and the mob's cry — "The aliens have invaded our world — kill them!!" — sets a deliciously ironic tone. With Steve Gerber writing and Howard Chaykin among the interior artists, this issue promises exactly what the cover teases: surprise follows surprise in one of 1976's most unusual cosmic thrillers.