The Human Fly #19

The Human Fly roars across a highwire on a rocket-powered motorcycle in this pulse-pounding 1979 Marvel cover by Bob Layton — while in the foreground, an armed figure raises a rifle directly at him, explosions billowing in the canyon below. The tagline "Is This the END of the Death-Defying Daredevil?!" sets the stakes perfectly for "Highwire To Heaven!", a story brought to life inside by writer Bill Mantlo and artist Lee Elias. For a hero billed as "the wildest super-hero ever — because he's real," this issue delivers exactly the kind of breathtaking, against-all-odds spectacle the series promises.