The Avengers #155

The cover of this January 1977 Marvel issue sets up a wild multi-sided clash: the Beast leaps into action alongside Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner, while the looming presence of Doctor Doom — gloating that Captain America and Iron Man are his prisoners — hangs over the chaos, and the Wonder Man charges in from the foreground declaring that no one stands unopposed. Jack Kirby and Al Milgrom's cover crackles with that kinetic energy Kirby made his signature, packing an enormous cast and competing agendas into a single irresistible image. Gerry Conway's "To Stand Alone!" promises a story every bit as tangled and tense as the cover suggests.