This is one of my favourite comic book covers of all time. Jack “King” Kirby (1917 – 1994) was at the height of his collaboration with Marvel’s Stan Lee. It has all the elements that made Marvel’s latter “silver age” great: melodrama, cosmic scope, and an over-the-top title.

I don’t want to crease this old book by scanning it, but if you want to read the story there’s an online version at: http://marvel.com/digital_comics/issue/4667/fantastic_four_1961_77