Marvel Super Action #17

Marvel Super Action #17 brings readers a reprint showcase from 1980, spotlighting "The Avengers Must Die!" — and the cover makes the threat feel genuinely ominous. A menacing villain in red and purple looms large, clutching what appears to be a viewing funnel or trap that contains the Avengers themselves — Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Captain America, Hawkeye, and the Black Knight all visible within its confines, struggling against whatever doom awaits them. Cover pencils by Don Heck and Werner Roth, inked by Vince Colletta, deliver a wonderfully dramatic composition that captures the full-team-in-peril energy that made Marvel's assembled heroes such compelling reading in this era.