Battlestar Galactica #5

Marvel's 1979 adaptation of Battlestar Galactica hits a fever pitch with issue #5, subtitled "Ambush!" — and the cover by Walter Simonson and Klaus Janson delivers exactly that intensity. A blond warrior in flight suit leaps desperately through an explosion-lit battlefield while a menacing Cylon looms in the foreground and Colonial Vipers clash with enemy craft in a chaotic sky above. Based on the two-part "Lost Planet of the Gods" television episodes, this is a vivid snapshot of the series' blend of sci-fi action and human stakes at their most urgent.