Marvel Comics has revealed Alex Ross’ cover to the penultimate issue of Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic’s Secret Wars #8.
It’s an excellent piece for long time Fantastic Four fans, as it shows Benjamin Grimm aka The Thing, enlarged to gargantuan size and laying hands on Galactus with the close-up and personal touch that The Thing reserves for when he means business, such as his battles with the Hulk, or when he smashed Doctor Doom’s armor and hands way back in FF #40.
Official press release:
The Final Battle Begins in SECRET WARS #8!
New York, NY—November 3rd, 2015 — It’s the story that has the world talking. The biggest Marvel event of all time. And it’s rocketing toward it’s cataclysmic conclusion. Today, Marvel is pleased to present Alex Ross’ stunning cover toSECRET WARS #8 – the epic, penultimate issue of the blockbuster event! Chartbusting creators Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic march toward the end of their grand saga as the final battle against God Doom rages on! Battleworld teeters on the brink. The Shield has fallen. Armies march on Doomstadt. As Battleworld gives way to a new Marvel Universe…no one will come out the other side unscathed, if they come out at all. Who lives? Who dies? Find out when the penultimate chapter comes to comic shops in SECRET WARS #8!
SECRET WARS #8 (AUG150653)
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Art by ESAD RIBICCover by ALEX ROSS
FOC – 11/09/15, On-Sale – 12/09/15