Marvel Team-Up Annual #2

Spider-Man strains with every muscle to hold two glowing, energy-wreathed globes apart — the cover caption warning that letting them touch will destroy the Earth — while a roaring Hulk looms massively behind him, fists raised and ready. It's a wonderfully tense setup from the 1979 King-Size Marvel Team-Up Annual, with cover art penciled and inked by Al Milgrom conveying real urgency and scale. Inside, writer Chris Claremont leads the charge on "Murder in Cathedral Canyon!" with art from Sal Buscema, Alan Kupperberg, and Jack Abel — a creative team more than capable of matching the high stakes promised on that cover.