Alien Legion #9

From Epic Comics' Alien Legion comes issue #9, cover-dated February 1989, with a cover by Larry Stroman and Frank Cirocco that practically crackles with tension. Two imposing faces — one alien, one human — loom large in the background against a violet haze, while in the foreground a battle-worn legionnaire in armored uniform raises his weapon amid swirling yellow smoke, with a comrade and a small robot visible behind him on an alien landscape. With Chuck Dixon, Carl Potts, and Larry Stroman steering the story titled "Scalpel," this is sci-fi military action doing what it does best.