The Human Fly #11

Marvel's real-life daredevil hero takes center stage in this 1978 installment, with the cover by Frank Robbins and Ernie Chan showing the red-suited Human Fly launching his motorcycle off a ramp spanning a row of school buses, parachute billowing dramatically behind him amid a cloud of purple smoke. Onlookers watch from the sidelines as the stunt teeters on the edge of disaster — fitting perfectly with the cover's promise of "a true-to-life account of the near-tragedy at Montreal." With Bill Mantlo scripting and Lee Elias on interior art, "Silver Charity, Sudden Death!" looks to deliver the pulse-quickening action that made this series stand apart as a superhero book grounded in real-world stunt performance.