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Comics fans will be familiar with the cover to Fantastic Four #1 whether they read the book or not, Jack Kirby‘s classic image of the Mole Man’s monster emerging from the ground, reaching out to grab Sue Richards whilst the rest scatter around him.

It’s been revived and parodied several times. both within the FF universe and by other titles, the latest being X-Men‘s Marvel 50th anniversary issue (I think, I don’t read these kind of comics).

A quick search, after seeing the Monster substituted for Galactus, revealed quite a few variations on the original, most cribbed from an existing article here on Comic Coverage. Thanks to Megatrip for pointing out extra homages too.