Ultimate Fantastic Four #59

Part of Marvel's 2009 Ultimatum crossover event, this issue drops readers right into the action with a cover by Pasqual Ferry showing the Thing — all rocky mass and raw power — bearing down on a dark-suited figure who scrambles desperately beneath him, red droplets filling the charged atmosphere around them. It's a visceral, kinetic image that captures the scale of what the Ultimatum wave has unleashed on the Ultimate Universe's heroes. With Joe Pokaski writing and Tyler Kirkham on interior art, this tie-in promises the kind of high-stakes tension the Fantastic Four rarely get to leave behind.