Tales of Suspense #98

This 1968 Marvel double-feature title delivers one of its most arresting covers, with Jack Kirby's pencils and Frank Giacoia's inks bringing Captain America and the Black Panther into a full-on midair clash — fists flying, shield tumbling, and energy lines radiating outward in every direction. The bold banner "Cap vs. …The Panther!" leaves no doubt about the matchup, and seeing two such formidable figures locked in combat against that stark yellow burst is genuinely hard to look away from. With Stan Lee writing and Jack Kirby on interior art, "The Claws of the Panther!" promises the kind of high-energy storytelling that made Tales of Suspense one of Marvel's most exciting reads of the era.