Micronauts #20

One of Marvel's most cleverly staged covers of 1980, this Michael Golden-penciled-and-inked image captures the Micronauts locked in frantic combat with a swarm of green alien creatures atop what appears to be a cereal box — perfectly illustrating the team's pint-sized perspective on a very large world. Ant-Man strides confidently into the fray at the right, his speech bubble quipping "Funny, I could've sworn I heard someone call for help!" — making his arrival on the cover both visually and verbally fun. With Bill Mantlo writing and Pat Broderick on interior art, The Micronauts #20 promises an imaginative crossover brimming with the kind of inventive scale-play that made this series such a distinctive corner of the Marvel universe.