Marvel Select #10

"Enlèvement !" delivers a gripping prelude to the Marvel Age, spotlighting the morally ambiguous origins of the future Thunderbolts. In a tense, shadowed moment before the world changed, Baron Zemo asserts his control over Indian laborers, watched silently by his son Helmut and Erik Josten, while the amnesiac Sub-Mariner is subdued by the Fixer’s alliance with HYDRA. Written by Kurt Busiek and illustrated by Steve Epting, with inks by Bob Wiacek and colors by Tom Smith, this 1998 issue captures a pivotal, uneasy moment in the making of a notorious team. The cover, penciled and inked by Mike Deodato, adds a stark visual punch to the story’s dark tone.