Ms. Marvel #12

Ms. Marvel finds herself in serious trouble on this December 1977 issue, snared in a crackling energy net while a dark-haired villainess — Hecate, the "strange new villainess" the cover promises — looms over her alongside a hulking male figure. Below, the Evil Elementals close in, leaving Carol Danvers pinned and seemingly at their mercy against a fiery orange sky. The cover tagline says it all: "Doomed by the Evil Elementals and a Strange New Villainess!" — and with cover art from Jim Starlin, John Romita, Alan Weiss, and Joe Rubinstein, it's a visually striking promise of a hero pushed to her limits.