2001 Nights #2

Yukinobu Hoshino's cover for 2001 Nights #2 pulls you straight into the cold vastness of space, where a sleek white-and-orange spacecraft — detailed with the kind of mechanical precision Hoshino brings to all his work — banks dramatically above a turbulent, wave-swept surface beneath a star-filled sky. A robotic figure clings to the vessel's exterior, lending the scene an immediate sense of tension and scale. Published by Viz Premiere Comics in 1990, this issue's story "Night 5: Rendezvous" promises the thoughtful, visually stunning science fiction that makes this series such a rewarding find.