The Avengers Annual #13

The tagline says it all — "Hulk Times a Hundred Equals Holocaust!" — and this 1984 Marvel annual delivers a cover to match, with Thor hammer in hand, Captain America shield raised, and teammates including a figure in white and a blue-skinned powerhouse all charging desperately through a landscape overrun by enormous green hands reaching up from every direction. Steve Ditko's pencils and John Byrne's inks give the scene a raw, kinetic urgency that makes the Avengers look genuinely outmatched for once. With Roger Stern writing and Ditko on interior art, this oversized annual is a compelling snapshot of Earth's Mightiest Heroes pushed to their absolute limit.