The Eternals #6

Jack Kirby's vision of godlike beings colliding with everyday human life hits a dramatic peak in this December 1976 issue, subtitled "Gods and Men at City College." The cover — penciled by Kirby and inked by Frank Giacoia — blazes with urgency: a blonde woman in an orange-and-yellow costume recoils in alarm while wielding a pink energy weapon, as a helmeted figure in red-and-white surges forward through billowing flames and dark smoke. The cover copy promises they "came to prevent a holocaust — and stayed to create chaos," setting an irresistible tone of cosmic stakes crashing into the ordinary world.