G.I. Joe, a Real American Hero #68

The cover of issue #68 (February 1988) delivers an immediate sense of high-octane chaos — a military transport plane dominates the upper half of the image, with vehicles tumbling from its open bay, while a green tank surges forward in the foreground, its cannon raised and figures visible in the hatch. Flanking the scene on either side are massive military vehicle wheels, and a blue-haired figure scrambles at the upper left, adding a human urgency to the mechanical mayhem. With cover pencils by Ron Wagner and inks by Bob McLeod, this installment of Larry Hama's long-running Marvel series looks like a thrilling escalation of the team's signature blend of military hardware and pulse-quickening stakes.