12 Most Iconic Battles In Comics
11. Wolverine vs. The Sentinels
From: Uncanny X-Men #142
The Chris Claremont/John Byrne run on Uncanny X-Men in the late 1970s/early 1980s produced some of the most important stories in Marvel Comics history, but no visual may be more iconic than Wolverine getting vaporized by a mutant-killing Sentinel in the Days of Future Past arc.
The groundbreaking storyline, which was adapted for the big screen in 2014, focuses on a dystopian future where mutants are being incarcerated or killed. Some of the surviving mutants, including Wolverine, send Kitty Pryde's mind backwards through time so she can stop the Mystique-led assassination of Senator Robert Kelly, the key moment that led to this dark future timeline.
While The Dark Phoenix Saga is typically the more ballyhooed of all the Claremont/Byrne stories, Days of Future Past is arguably more influential for the way it played with time travel and 'dark futures' tropes that are still frequently used in mainstream comics. As for Wolverine vs. the Sentinel, the cover to Uncanny X-Men #142 promises that everyone dies, but witnessing the death of Wolverine at the peak of his popularity is still one of the most shocking things Marvel has ever published, even if he was alive again by the end of the issue.