Marvel Spectacular #11

Marvel Spectacular #11 brings the thunder in November 1974, pitting the Mighty Thor against the towering Growing Man — a giant purple-and-orange figure who dwarfs the surrounding cityscape as panicked bystanders scatter below. Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta's cover captures Thor mid-swing, Mjolnir cutting a wide arc as he faces down this massive foe amid crumbling rubble, with a second glimpse of the Asgardian in flight upper left for good measure. Stan Lee and Kirby's "The Growing Man!" promises exactly the kind of larger-than-life Marvel adventure that made this era of comics so memorable.