ON THE SPINNER RACKS Jul/Aug 1968

You could have easily assumed that this was a symbolic cover (or a no-scene-remotely-like-this-inside cover)

The Mangog saga Lee/Kirby seemed to be trying surpass their  earlier FANTASTIC FOUR Galactus trilogy. Instead of merely eating the Earth, it aimed to destroy the universe by unsheathing the  Odinsword. 

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