Classic Star Wars #19

The icy wastes of Hoth set a dramatically frigid stage on George Evans's cover for this 1994 Dark Horse entry in the Classic Star Wars series, where Han Solo cradles an injured figure in the snow while a damaged spacecraft looms overhead and a lone figure rushes through the frozen landscape in the background. Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson bring their practiced Star Wars storytelling to "A New Beginning Pt. 1," promising the kind of adventure that made the original newspaper strips so beloved. It's a wonderfully atmospheric issue that captures the desperate, survival-driven energy of the Rebellion at its most vulnerable.