The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #12

This 1986 installment of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition covers entries from Sif to Sunspot, and Ron Frenz and Joe Rubinstein pack the cover with an energetic crowd of Marvel characters. Front and center is Spider-Man in his striking black costume, swooping dynamically alongside a magenta-caped figure, while the Silver Surfer soars above near a massive green creature and a fiery burst — with dozens more heroes and villains filling every corner of the composition. Mark Gruenwald's meticulous approach to cataloguing the Marvel Universe shines through in a volume that reminds you just how wonderfully vast and varied this fictional world truly is.