Doctor Strange #27

The cover by Gene Colan and Tom Palmer crackles with interdimensional urgency: Doctor Strange, cape billowing and mystical energy blazing from below, strains to carry the Ancient One to safety while Clea reaches out nearby and Wong stands at the ready — all as the enormous, wild-maned Stygyro, the Living Star, looms overhead with a taunt about the sorcerer's exposed back. The cover copy promises a "Showdown with Stygyro!" with Strange trapped between dimensions and fighting alone, and that premise alone makes this 1978 issue a genuinely gripping addition to Roger Stern's run on the Master of the Mystic Arts.