Namor, the Sub-Mariner #33

That cover says it all — a snarling, monstrous face looms in extreme close-up against a fiery red background, going jaw-to-jaw with Namor himself in what the bold cover type bluntly calls "SHOWDOWN." Jae Lee's cover art (inked by Lee as well) crackles with raw, visceral energy, the two figures pressed together in a collision that feels genuinely dangerous. December 1992 saw "Marvel's First and Mightiest Mutant" in one of his most intense-looking confrontations of the era, with the interior story "Time in a Bottle" written by Bob Harras and illustrated by Jae Lee.