Super-Villain Team-Up #9

Dr. Doom and Iron Man clash in a spectacular armor-versus-armor showdown on this December 1976 cover, rendered by penciler Gil Kane and inker Dan Adkins — Doom demanding Iron Man's surrender while the Armored Avenger fires back a defiant challenge "to the death!" Sprawled across the foreground are what appear to be Captain America, the Vision, and other fallen Avengers, suggesting the villain duo has already cut a wide swath through Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Subtitled "The Last Avenger," this issue of Super-Villain Team-Up promises a high-stakes confrontation between two of Marvel's greatest armored powerhouses, with Bill Mantlo writing and interior art by Jim Shooter and Sal Trapani.