Power Man #20

Luke Cage hurls himself through a shattering plate-glass window mid-bazooka blast on this kinetic 1974 cover, penciled by Gil Kane and inked by Mike Esposito — a duo that clearly relished putting Marvel's steel-hard hero through the most dramatic exit imaginable. The cover copy pits Cage against the villainous Cottonmouth in what's billed as a deadly, high-stakes showdown set in Harlem, with figures visible in the chaotic background adding to the sense of an all-out urban brawl. It's a vivid, pulse-quickening snapshot of Power Man at its street-level best.