Sub-Mariner vs The Thing: In The Rage Of Battle!

Here's a tale from Subby's solo series that's stuck with me since I first read it in this Treasury Edition:

For the previous few issues, Namor had been bugged by a Donald Trump wannabe named Destiny who with his ( hem hem ) Helmet Of Power had brainwashed the American people into voting him in as dictator for life, before ( in a last page turnaround that screams ' Whoops, we've only got one page left to wrap this up' ) falling to his death off a skyscraper roof.
As we pick up this issue, everybody wants said helmet and you'll never guess what, neither Benjy or Subby are prepared to discuss any kind of compromise.
Big John's art shows why it should always be printed treasury size, but it's not the fight that's interesting, it's the subplot, as continuity boy Roy Thomas re-introduces a long lost Golden Age character back into Namor's life.
That last panel will break your heart.

Len Wein In Rutland

God, now we lost Len Wein as well. How is that even possible?
I really wanted to post that great clip from the Jack Kirby: Storyteller documentary, with Len & Marv becoming little kids again while talking about visiting Jack's house in their youth, but couldn't locate it sadly. The whole thing is on youtube tho', so watch it, if only to see how neither of these guys ever stopped being fans.
As well as creating two characters you may've heard of, Wein was also The Hulk's AND The JLA's best writer for my money and, as I say, a genuine fan right to the end.
So here's a classic fannish moment, an unofficial Marvel / DC crossover that Len cooked up with buddies Steve Englehart & Gerry Conway. It's the ultimate Rutland Halloween story, as The Beast fights The Juggernaut, the JLA face off against Felix Faust, and Thor battles Loki.
But those aren't the main story. The main story is the tale of how Len, Steve, Gerry & Glynis got to Rutland. And how everybody keeps trying to steal Englehart's car.
It'll make you smile. Which is what Len Wein spent his life making us do.