The Defenders #114

The cover of this December 1982 issue — penciled by Don Perlin and inked by Al Milgrom — is a genuinely unsettling piece of work: a massive, many-eyed cosmic entity looms over the entire composition while a blazing golden figure collides with it in a burst of light, and a crowd of Defenders heroes — including the Hulk, the Beast, the Scarlet Witch, and many others — strain and cry out below, seemingly caught in the creature's overwhelming influence. "Dance of Darkness/Dance of Light!" promises exactly the kind of cosmic struggle this team handles best, with J. M. DeMatteis and Don Perlin at the helm. A wonderfully ambitious entry in Marvel's most unconventional super-team series.