The Incredible Hulk Annual #10

This 1981 King-Size Annual from Marvel delivers one of the more mind-bending premises a cover can offer: a single man seated at the center, mid-transformation, crying out that he's simultaneously becoming the Hulk and Captain Universe — "and I'm fighting myself!" Above him, a raging green Hulk throws a punch at the star-spangled Captain Universe in a collision of raw power versus cosmic energy. Al Milgrom's cover art captures the wild, splintered chaos of a man at war with his own dual identities, rendered against a bold red starburst that gives the whole scene real urgency. With Bill Mantlo scripting and Rick Leonardi on interior art, this oversized annual promises the kind of imaginative Marvel storytelling that made 1981 a great year to be reading comics.