The Thing #9

The cover of The Thing #9 (March 1984) drops Ben Grimm — clad in ancient warrior armor and clutching a long spear — right into the middle of a chaotic urban standoff, with a woman in an orange dress pleading "Don't shoot!!" as armed soldiers and a tank close in around them on a rubble-strewn Lexington Avenue. Ron Wilson's pencils and Joe Sinnott's inks give the scene real weight, capturing the tension of a seven-foot rock monster trying desperately not to be the threat everyone assumes he is. "What Price a Soul?" promises a story with both muscle and heart, and this cover delivers a striking preview of that balance.