Dazzler #29

This 1983 Marvel issue pulls off a genuinely clever meta-trick: a hand holds up a vinyl record album — Dazzler: Sounds of Light and Fury — against the warm glow of a concert hall ceiling, the album art itself depicting Dazzler blazing with light at the microphone. A small portrait inset in the corner adds an intimate, almost autograph-ready touch, rounding out a cover that blurs the line between superhero comic and real-world pop stardom. Cover art by Bill Sienkiewicz and Eliot R. Brown makes the concept feel as cool as it sounds, perfectly teeing up the issue's story, "Fame.