Sergio Aragonés Groo the Wanderer #54

Sergio Aragonés delivers a perfectly absurd August 1989 cover for issue #54 of Groo the Wanderer: the hapless wanderer himself is bobbing helplessly in choppy ocean waves, swords strapped to his back, while a very real shark fin cuts the water beneath him — and in a dreamy thought bubble above, he's imagining that shark served up on a platter as a lavish feast. A crowded warship looms in the background, hinting at the armada chaos promised by the story title "The Armadas." With Aragonés handling both pencils and inks, the linework crackles with his trademark energy, and the gag lands with that effortless comic timing only this creative team — rounded out by Mark Evanier, Tom Luth, and Stan Sakai — consistently delivers.