The Incredible Hulk #279

What a warm and genuinely moving cover for a Hulk comic — a broadly grinning Hulk throws open his arms amid a crowd of Marvel's greatest heroes, with his speech bubble declaring "So this is what ACCEPTANCE feels like!" Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, the Thing, She-Hulk, Storm, Spider-Man, the Human Torch, Daredevil, and dozens more surround him in a joyful, almost celebratory press, with a smiling man (likely Bruce Banner) beaming up from the foreground. Greg LaRocque's cover art captures a side of the Hulk rarely seen in 1983 — not rampaging, but genuinely welcomed — making this "Acceptance"-titled issue feel like a meaningful moment for Marvel's most misunderstood green giant.