20 Absolutely Masterful First Pages Of Comics

14. Fantastic Four #51

Fantastic Four 51
Marvel

This story features a body-swap and a trip to another universe, and yet it's still oddly grounded, coming immediately after the Fantastic Four's first battle with the godlike Galactus. Its emotional heart is the Thing's heroism in the face of his own misery, so we begin with the Thing merely standing in the rain. But lest anybody think this will be a quiet story, the ambiguous captions are fairly screaming that the excitement is about to begin.

Contributor
Contributor

T Campbell has written quite a few online comics series and selected work for Marvel, Archie and Tokyopop. His longest-running works are Fans, Penny and Aggie-- and his current project with co-writer Phil Kahn, Guilded Age.