Sergio Aragonés Groo the Wanderer #96

Sergio Aragonés kicks off a four-part divine comedy with "The Wager of the Gods Book One," and the cover — drawn and inked by Aragonés himself — sets the stakes with delightful absurdity: a massive, grinning god peers down at the tiny, sword-brandishing Groo standing right in the palm of his enormous hand, while another bemused deity watches from the clouds above. It's a wonderfully lopsided standoff that captures everything fans love about this series — the hapless wanderer entirely undaunted by forces that dwarf him in every possible way. A fine December 1992 entry from Epic Comics, with the full creative team of Aragonés, Mark Evanier, Tom Luth, and Stan Sakai along for the ride.