ON THE SPINNER RACKS 53 YEARS AGO TODAY

When you saw this image you could have easily assumed that this was a symbolic cover (also known as a no-scene-remotely-like-this-inside cover)

With the Mangog saga Lee/Kirby seemed to be trying surpass their  earlier Galactus trilogy in the FANTASTIC FOUR. Instead of merely eating the Earth, this villain wanted to destroy the universe by unsheathing the cover-depicted Odinsword. 

The four years Marvel paid Jack Kirby to hone his monster-designing  skills (1958-1962) was indeed money well-spent.