Battlestar Galactica #4

Marvel's 1979 adaptation of Battlestar Galactica hits its fourth issue with a cover that puts you right in the cockpit — a Colonial Viper fills the foreground, its pilot visible through the canopy as laser fire streaks across a star-filled battlefield and a larger capital ship looms in the background. The single word "DOGFIGHT!" says everything about the intensity Walt Simonson and Klaus Janson have packed into this cover composition, with the fiery explosion behind the Viper giving the scene a real sense of danger and motion. Fans of the television series and space-action comics alike will find plenty to love in this Marvel Comics Group package, with the interior story credited to writer Roger McKenzie and artist Walt Simonson.