Battlestar Galactica #22

The cover of this December 1980 Marvel issue pulls you right into the tension, with a Colonial warrior in the foreground gripping a raised blaster while a cloaked, red-masked figure and a brawling group of fighters fill the background against a hangar-bay setting — and a lone Cylon sentinel looms in an inset at the top left. Walter Simonson handles both the pencils and inks here, delivering a composition that balances intimate close-up drama with wide-open action, and the teasing cover copy — "Can This Be a Love Story?" — plays beautifully against the story title, "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair." Fans of the TV series and of Simonson's work will find this issue a satisfying blend of sci-fi adventure and unexpected romance.