Excalibur #73

A feral, blue-skinned Nightcrawler lunges forward against a swirling purple energy backdrop, bearing down on a white-haired heroine in a red-and-gold costume who braces herself for the confrontation — it's a dynamic, unsettling tableau that immediately raises questions about what's gone wrong with the beloved teleporter. In the lower corner, two more figures — one visibly alarmed — suggest the stakes extend well beyond a single clash. Ken Lashley's cover pencils give this January 1994 issue of Excalibur a sense of urgent, kinetic tension that sets the mood perfectly for Richard Ashford's story, "Memories Are Made of This.