The Invaders #38

The cover of this March 1979 issue says it all — Lady Lotus looms large and menacing in the foreground, her golden hands cradling a sphere that contains the entire Invaders team: the Human Torch ablaze, Captain America with shield raised, Namor ready for battle, and what appear to be Spitfire and Union Jack in the mix. Glowering over her shoulder is U-Man, the Nazi from Atlantis, his masked face radiating hostility in a layout that Alan Kupperberg penciled with real dramatic flair, inked crisply by Joe Sinnott. With Don Glut and Roy Thomas at the writing helm and the full artistic team of Kupperberg, Don Heck, and Chic Stone bringing the World War Two action to life, this issue packs a lot of villainous energy into 35 cents.