Ultimates #1, prelim for solicitation cover, Bryan Hitch, 2001.

This is the preliminary sketch for the FIRST-EVER published piece of Ultimates artwork; the Cap/Hulk-focused cover that was used in solicitation materials (and was replaced with the familiar wraparound group shot when the issue was actually released).

I knew I recognized this layout when I bought it, but it took me more than a year to find a decent-res copy of the finished image and confirm that it is, in fact, what I believed it to be... A very cool piece of early-2Ks comic history!