Herb Trimpe, Hulk 141 My favorite interpretation of the Hulk. Not ripped, just a big lumbering man-child. I drew a splash page of the Hulk a couple of weeks ago. I didn't even try to capture this. It's for a certain kind of story.
Wally Wood, Dynamo 1 T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents comics were unevenly distributed but when I was a little kid I'd manage to swap for one, now and then. Dynamo was the clear favorite among the Agents and kid's dream in the sci fi/Space Age.
Paul Gulacy, Morbius the Living Vampire from Adventure Into Fear 20 Morbius looked like a vampire/superhero/rock star. His stories were weird; cultists, secret laboratories, other dimensions. I loved it.
Jim Starlin, Captain Marvel 33 Something about this sequence, the moment-to-moment almost slow motion pacing, the changing color in the background, Captain Marvel aging so drastically. Unforgettable.
P. Craig Russell, Amazing Adventures 27 Not every 'engrained' panel is pleasant :) To spare his pregnant wife an enslaved human licks the Martian overlord's boots in Killraven-War of the Worlds. This was intense when I was a kid. Still pretty intense.
Gil Kane, Captain Marvel 21 I have drawn 10,000 clenched fists and the first one I think of is the Hulk about to smash Captain Marvel in his vulnerable human form. Gil was a master of portraying unreleased, pent-up energy.
John Byrne, X-Men 120. The key was a surprise attack and hinting at the unknown monstrous assailant without revealing it. I knew John Byrne was Marvel's best visual storyteller before this but it was something to admire every month.
Jerry Ordway, All Star Squadron 20 The indiscriminate destructive power of the atomic bomb is addressed through a Green Lantern focused story, and ends in a tender, sobering moment.
Esteban Maroto, Creepy 50 Discovered this in an all-Maroto reprint (Creepy 82) that I've looked through so many times its turning into rags and dust. Later I realized Maroto didn't just draw great suspenseful monster scenes--he drew some of the most beautiful women in comics too.
Going to put these all in one thread. These two by Neal Adams:
John Buscema, Savage Sword of Conan 26 Tony DeZuniga was my favorite John Buscema inker aside from John himself. While John's inks are full and natural, DeZuniga's have dynamic lighting and 'sharpness'. I love both.
Walt Simonson, Thor 337 Thor is cast out of Asgard. This had happened to him in earlier stories but never was the drama of it so perfectly captured.
@PatrickZircher The foreground alone: that branch and hanging vegetation!... the water! the sparkles !...... and on and on