The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #14

This January 1987 installment of The Official History of the Marvel Universe packs an extraordinary amount of early Marvel history into a single issue, chronicling the X-Men's first clash with Magneto's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, the Fantastic Four's meeting with the X-Men, and Spider-Man's earliest battles with the Hulk and the Green Goblin, among much more. The cover by Keith Pollard and Al Williamson captures the scope beautifully — a towering Magneto dominates the background flanked by Brotherhood members, while in the foreground the Thing, the original X-Men in their yellow-and-blue uniforms, and the Human Torch collide in a swirl of optic blasts and energy. With Peter Sanderson synthesizing decades of Marvel continuity alongside art drawn from the foundational work of Kirby, Ditko, and Romita, this is a richly satisfying deep dive into the moments that defined the Marvel Universe's earliest days.