Namor, the Sub-Mariner Annual #2

Part 2 of "The Return of the Defenders" lands in this 64-page 1992 annual, and James Fry and Chris Ivy's cover makes an immediate impression — Namor's intense face dominates the composition, while a full-body Sub-Mariner squares off in the foreground against a crimson-caped Doctor Strange, with a raging Hulk looming large behind them. The prospect of these three powerhouses in apparent conflict is exactly the kind of tension that makes a team book crackle, and at 64 pages there's plenty of room for Ron Marz's story to breathe.