Thor Annual #5

Thor and Hercules clash in a sprawling melee on Jack Kirby and John Verpoorten's cover, with the speech bubbles making the stakes unmistakable — one side crying "For the glory of Olympus, Thor must die!" while the Thunder God fires back that Asgard shall triumph. Looming behind the battlefield are two enormous godlike faces, one helmeted and one leonine, surveying the carnage as Greek-armored warriors and Asgardian fighters fill the foreground. This 1976 King-Size Annual promises all-new material from Steve Englehart and John Buscema, making "The War of the Gods!" a satisfying oversized showdown between Marvel's two greatest divine pantheons.