The Thing #22

The concluding chapter of the "Rocky Grimm, Space Ranger" saga arrives in April 1985, and the cover — rendered by Ron Wilson and Joe Sinnott — captures a genuinely affecting moment: Ben Grimm cradling a fallen red-haired woman named Tarianna on the sweeping surface of an alien world, his anguished pleas filling three speech balloons across the stark, atmospheric landscape. There's real emotional weight in seeing the ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing rendered so vulnerable, stranded and desperate on a planet he clearly can't wait to leave. If you've been following this cosmic adventure, this finale promises the kind of bittersweet payoff that makes Ben Grimm one of Marvel's most compelling characters.