Saga of the Sub-Mariner #9

Penultimate-chapter tension runs high in this ninth installment of Marvel's twelve-issue limited series, with Namor the Sub-Mariner launching himself airborne at the center of a crowded cover by Rich Buckler and Bob McLeod. Flanking him on one side are the original X-Men — Angel, Iceman, and Cyclops all visibly present — while Magneto and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants loom on the other, making the cover tagline ("caught between the X-Men and Magneto") immediately, vividly clear. Roy Thomas and Dann Thomas bring their signature continuity-rich storytelling to "Rendezvous with Destiny," promising a chapter where the Prince of Atlantis is pulled in two very dangerous directions at once.