Thunderbolts #5

A giant-sized clash dominates this August 1997 issue as the cover — penciled by Mark Bagley and inked by Vince Russell — pits the towering, gold-and-magenta Atlas against the Growing Man in a city-shaking brawl, with a blond female Thunderbolt watching from the street below and a caped figure inset in the corner. The headline "Big Trouble!" says it all, and with "Growing Pains" as the story title, Kurt Busiek and Bagley are clearly leaning into the large-scale chaos with a knowing wink. It's a confident, kinetic chapter from a team just finding its footing in the Marvel Universe.