Stan Lee Meets The Thing #1

Part of Marvel's charming "Stan Lee Meets…" series from 2006, this one-shot pairs the man himself with Ben Grimm — and the cover, penciled by Lee Weeks, makes the encounter delightfully vivid. The massive, rocky Thing dominates the foreground while a blue-suited Stan Lee reacts with wide-eyed enthusiasm beside him, a glowing dimensional portal swirling in the background with figures caught within it. With the teaser caption reading "This Stan… This Monster!" and Stan Lee writing the interior story himself, this issue carries a genuine sense of fun that few comics can match.