Thor #208

Thor faces a genuinely harrowing threat in this February 1973 issue, as the cover — penciled by Gil Kane and inked by Frank Giacoia — throws the God of Thunder into a brutal street brawl with Mecurio, the Man from the Death Dimension. The image crackles with danger: a red-and-yellow-costumed Mecurio has Thor in his grip, boasting that his left hand freezes and his right hand delivers fire, while a stunned Thor strains against the assault amid flames and a crowd of onlookers. Gerry Conway's script and John Buscema's interior art back up that cover promise with a story titled "The Fourth-Dimensional Man!" — a pairing that makes this a memorable chapter in the Thunder God's early-'70s run.